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He hesitated, but Declan didn’t back down. He kept me pinned evenafter Callum walked away, his body weight heavy on my back. I groaned when he ran his tongue along the column of my neck, tipping to give him more room despite the tight grip he had on my hair.

“I’m so fucking pissed at you right now, baby. If you would’ve been honest with me from the start, I would’ve helped you. I would’ve kept my brother out of it, but I would’ve given you any information I had.”

“I didn’t–”

“Shut up,” he snarled. “I’m not done talking yet. I get it now. Why you did it. You were trying to protect Dante from ending up like your mom. You were trying to protect yourself. I don’t hate you for that. But you should’ve talked to me.”

I wasn’t sure what to say. Never in a million years would I ever have considered asking for help. It never even crossed my mind. I wanted to fulfill the vision as quickly as possible and get out of there before anyone saw me with him and realized what I’d done. I didn’t want him or any other human to get hurt because of me.

“Fuck, I’m pissed. You fucking ran! Before I could even figure all this shit out! What the fuck!” He bit down on my earlobe hard enough to make it sting. It made me shudder and when he soothed it by sucking it into his mouth, my breath caught in my throat.

I could probably overpower him. Even if it hurt me to do it, I was bigger than he was. But something kept me in place. Some deep need to be near him. To give in to him. To make up for what I did.

“Fuck it,” Declan murmured. Without warning, he released me. I thought he’d walk away, realizing he was better off without me. Instead, he gripped my hips, yanking me up onto my hands and knees.

“Declan, what–”

His hands came around my waist, wrestling open my jeans while he growled at me. “No. I’m still fucking pissed at you. But I’m in this, and I’m gonna prove it to you.” He yanked my jeans down over my ass and I was reeling so hard I didn’t do anything to stop him. “You better brace yourself, baby. I’m too angry to be gentle right now. I want you to feel me for days.”

DECLAN

I dove in before he could protest, attacking his hole with my mouth. He choked on a shout, his hips jerking forward, but I yanked him back before he could escape. I was relentless, loosening the muscles under my demanding tongue. I was still pissed. This whole situation was messed up. I understood better, now that I saw what he was afraid of, but I was still mad that he dragged my little brother into it. I wanted to punish him, but I also wanted him to know he wasn’t alone in this. It was complicated, and frustrating, and this was the only way I could think to deal with the anger without saying or doing something I’d regret later.

Pulling back, I sucked two fingers into my mouth, coating them in my saliva, before pushing them inside Aziel’s hole. He groaned, his back arching in surprise. He hadn’t seen this coming, and he was scrambling to keep up, but I never gave him the chance. I was too riled up to go slow.

I ripped open my jeans while I stretched him, pulling out my erection. Spitting in my palm, I coated my cock in it. I didn’t have lube with me, so we’d make do, but I didn’t want to hurt him. I made sure I was slicked up as much as possible before replacing my fingers with my cock. Aziel groaned, rocking back, and I slid in to the hilt in one smooth motion.

“Fuck,” I gritted out, my teeth clenched tightly together. I’d never fucked without a condom before, and the tight heat wrapped around my dick almost did me in. There was no resistance this time, no fight from Aziel. His body yielded to mine, and when I gave that first test stroke, he practically contorted with pleasure.

“Declan… Fuck…”

I snapped my hips roughly, throwing him off balance, his face almost in the dirt before I yanked him back. “Is this what you want?”

“Yes!”

Normally, I’d tease a little, draw things out. But neither one of us was patient enough for that right now. Aziel jerked back, meeting me thrust for thrust. The sound of skin against skin was loud in the dark forest. I had the fleeting thought that we could be drawing in dangerous animals or something, but it fled when Aziel’s ass clenched tightly. He cried out, his claws digging into the dirt.

“Found it, didn't I?” I growled, focusing on that spot that he loved somuch. He didn’t answer me, but I didn’t hold that against him. He wasn’t able to say much at all. His words came out garbled and choked, none of it making any sense. I’d feel pretty proud of myself for fucking him senseless if I wasn’t so close it was painful. My balls were drawn up, the tight squeeze of Aziel’s ass trying to milk my release from me. I couldn’t breathe, too lost in the pleasure for even that basic function.

It hit me without warning, my back arching in surprise as I slammed as deep as I could inside of him. White flashes sparked in the edges of my vision and it felt like my soul was trying to escape through my dick. I barely heard Aziel’s strangled shout, his ass gripping me harder and drawing out my release as he came.

Minutes felt like hours and only once his body relaxed could I breathe again. I sucked in a breath, a final shudder rolling through me before I collapsed forward on top of Aziel.

“I’m sorry,” he murmured between panting breaths.

“I’ll believe you if you stop running. We’ll face this together. Deal?”

He trembled beneath me, resting his head against his forearms. I thought I’d have to pull away and force him to say it, but he caught my arm before I could, keeping me pressed against his back.

“Deal.”

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

AZIEL

“How many commentsare we gonna get from your friend? I doubt he went far enough not to hear us.”

I shook my head, my arm around his waist. “None. Callum isn’t like that. It’s Felix you’d get shit from. Besides, if I commented every time I heard Callum and his mate, I’d go blue in the face.”