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No one deserves to be trapped in anarranged mating.

While she might have hidden these secrets from us, it wasn’t for nefarious reasons. She wanted to protect her sister.

Fallon probably assumed we wouldn’t help her as well.

Most House leaders dislike the Supernatural Syndicates, and Kaspian is no different. Hell, he commented on it several times during the Earth and Emerald Chancellor Trials. Fallon likely heard a few of those statements, too.

It probably made her feel trapped, like she couldn’t voice the truth without risking being sent back.

And given everything Ayla has just revealed, I can only imagine what the patriarchs would do if they got their hands on Fallon again now.

That’s not going to happen, I vow.Real mates or not, Fallon Doyle is under my protection. And I will not be handing her over to these assholes.

No, I’m going to kill them all instead.

Deliver their heads to her in a coffin.

Then watch her burn their remains.

It’s a date,I decide, my gaze settling on Ayla once more. “Start with Patrick O’Neely. Tell me everything you know.”

CHAPTERTWENTY-TWO

FALLON

Oh,stars, I’m about to detonate…

Except Nox pulls his mouth away, leaving me begging beneath him,needingmore. He’s been teasing me for what feels likeforever, bringing me to the brink with his mouth and hands, only to stop right when I’m on the edge.

“Nox.”

“Fallon,” he murmurs, his mouth curling into a grin against my clit. “Do you think you’re ready for me yet?”

I groan, my lower half writhing in response. “I already said I am.”

“Well, I just want to be certain.” His blue eyes sparkle with wicked intent. “When I laid you on this bed an hour ago, you said you weren’t sure you could take much more.”

Yes. I did say that. Mostly because his piercings intimated me. But now…nowI feel like I’m going to die if he doesn’t finally fuck me.

Bane stretches out beside us on the bed, his head resting lazily on one hand as he stares down at me with a smile. “I think he wants you to beg him, sweet flame.” He leans down to brush his lips over mine before pressing his mouth to my ear. “Maybe ask if you can taste him. I bet that mouth of yours could easily drive him insane.”

Nox’s pupils flare in response, confirming Bane’s whispered words.

“It would only be fair,” I say, my voice breathless.

“Would it?” Nox asks, lifting a little so I can see how wet I’ve made his mouth and chin. “You want to taste me, firefly?”

“Yes.” I very much want to inflict this pleasurable torment on him. While Nox may be the first man who has ever gone down on me, I do know how to use my mouth on a man.

And I’m very eager to demonstrate that knowledge now.

“All right.” Nox’s gaze tells me he sees this as a challenge, one he intends to win.

But I’mverymotivated to make him lose.

I press against his shoulder, wanting him to move so we can switch positions. However, he stops me with a palm against my stomach.

“I’ll come to you,” he says, confusing me as he starts crawling up my body.