Page 96 of A Monstrous World: The Complete Series

Epilogue

Malice

I lean against the door to the kids’ bathroom. “Where is Fox?”

“I’m peeing in the shower,” Talon calls out. “But I membered to close the curtain this time!”

I snort.

If I were Ali, then I’d correct his vocabulary, but I think it’s cute when they say the wrong word. We make beautiful children, but not necessarily the smartest.

I laugh, shaking my head.

They’re all incredibly intelligent, to the point it’s difficult to stay ahead of their conniving minds.

Rogue and Gemma both lean against the closed toilet lid. They’ve perfected their look of pure innocence, but I’m not buying what they’re selling.

“Where’s your brother?” I stretch out a shadow toward each of them.

“He runned away,” Gemma says.

I look at Rogue, because I know she’s physically incapable of lying to me. The little shit simply shrugs.

I lift them both with a shadow, placing them outside the bathroom, and raise the toilet lid. Fox flies out, clutching on to me with his tiny tentacles.

“You two better run,” I tell the girls. “You’ve got to fight harder, buddy.” I pat Fox’s now human head. “Don’t forget to rinse the shower.” I slap the curtain, so Talon knows that was directed at him.

The girls squeal, taking off on small legs. I grab the towel off the hook and wrap him up.

“They’re bad,” Fox says, crossing his arms over his chest.

“They are quite vicious.” I nod. “You’ve got to stand up for yourself. They don’t torment Talon. It’s like they sense weakness.”

“I will, but I won’t hurt my sisters.” Fox huffs.

“Listen, it comes down to family values. We subscribe to the policy of survival of the fittest. They don’t get special treatment just because they’ll grow into ladies one day.” I hug him.

I’m also willing to say that since I’ve seen some of the hell Ember’s little brothers have put her through.

That child will grow up afraid of no man or monster because her demonic hellion brothers have already put her through the wringer.

Also, Fox is exceptionally sweet. His worst wouldn’t touch what the girls can dream up in five seconds.

“Did they get you again?” Ali asks, grabbing the still wet Fox.

He nods.

“Aww, come on. I’ll get you some fresh clothes while we run you through the shower in my bedroom.” She winks at me, spinning and heading off.

“And we thought boys would be an adventure,” Silence says, appearing at my side.

“Those girls are pure damn trouble,” I agree, shaking my head.

“For the love of God.” Silence jabs a finger at Talon, who climbs out of the tub. “Look out for your brother from time to time.”

I snort again, because he truly has adapted to the human realm speech patterns quite easily.

“Yeah, okay.” Talon runs off.

“We should start looking for blackmail material sooner rather than later.” Atlas jogs down the stairs. “It’ll be easy enough to find someone willing to watch the boys, but the girls...” He laughs. “We may need leverage.”

I quirk an eyebrow. He’s right. Ali has grown sweeter the last few months.

It’s only a matter of time before she experiences the quickening again.

It’ll be difficult being away from the spawn for a few days, but if they’re lucky, we’ll knock her up the old-fashioned way this time, and the girls will have another couple of heathens to torment.

“I’ll see what I can do,” I assure them.

“Hello, kitten,” I murmur into her ear, manifesting behind her in the security room.

“You’re always slinking around lately.” She laughs, glancing at me over her shoulder.

“Indeed,” I agree, pulling her hair to the side. “And we still have an hour before we need to be home.”

The sitter stays until midnight most nights, which is convenient. It gives us a little wiggle room to wrap up anything necessary after our shift while the kids are already sleeping.

My hands have a mind of their own, landing on Ali’s luscious hips as I grind against her ass. My shadows pull up her hands, planting them on the glass.

“I know how much you love a little danger.” I nip at her neck. “Can I fuck you in front of the glass?”

My shadows make the entire experience more pleasurable for the both of us.

It’s convenient being able to be in so many places at once.

I suck along her neck, pulling her hips back so that my denim-covered cock perfectly works against her cunt as I palm her tit and let one of my shadows tease her clit.

“Malice...” She dances around on her toes, wiggling her hips. “Fuck me, please.”

“Aww, kitten, I do love it when you beg.” I don’t bother removing her panties when I can simply pull them to the side.

It takes a little extra work to get my belt and jeans undone, but it doesn’t take long before I’m jerking the head against her slick lower lips.

The little vixen wiggles and begs, growing more insistent.

I thrust deep. I’m no longer afraid of hurting her, and it’s clear how much she loves being used.

I rut into her in punishing strokes that send my pelvis slapping into hers.

I cover her mouth with my free hand and move a shadow to hold her hips in place.

I’m addicted to the way she licks my palm as I help her stay quiet. She gets so wet and tight that I have to grind my teeth to stay focused. Her delicious little pussy seems to make embarrassing me its life’s mission.

I catch sight of her reflection in the glass as I thrust. Her eyes are hooded and glassy and she looks so damn content that I come as she bites my palm.

It’s lucky as hell when she shivers, tossing her head back into my chest as she whimpers through her release. I thought I might be a bit early, but it appears my orgasm was right on time.

“You dirty bastard,” Hex growls from behind me. “I told you to wait for me.”

I laugh and finally release her mouth.

“It’s okay, Hexy. You can have a go too.” I slap her ass, and she squeaks, nodding her agreement.

How’s that for teamwork?