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Killian

“Yeah, but it felt so real, Kil. It was awful!” Dani takes a deep breath, and I can tell she is holding back her tears.

“It was just a nightmare. Octavia hasn’t been back since she died.

And she wouldn’t be able to come here anyway because the curse traps us here and keeps others away.

” I try to sound convincing because even I know that is bullshit.

Octavia cursed this place, I’m sure she could return anytime she damn well pleases.

I’m not sure why she hasn’t yet… Unless she is waiting for the right time…

Dani doesn’t need to worry about that, though.

I rub Dani’s back and massage the tension out of her shoulders. “Mmmm, that feels nice,” she throws her head to the side, exposing her neck. I can’t help it; the temptation is too strong even though I just had her.

I can smell her desire mixed with her blood.

Having her while she is on her period is my new favorite thing.

I think Dax helped her surpass any embarrassment because she had no problem spreading those perfect legs of hers and allowing me to devour her earlier this afternoon.

I could tell she had been well-fucked by Dax last night.

And I made sure she was well-fucked this afternoon, too.

I trace my lips over her sensitive skin and give her a playful nip.

Between the three of us, we always leave teeth marks on her delicate skin, along with too many hickeys. She always has me or Dax heal her skin when we are done, though sometimes she keeps the bite marks on her chest .

“You’re so good with your fingers,” she moans softly as I continue to manipulate her muscles and trail my tongue along her neck. “And with your tongue too…”

“What else am I good at, sunshine?” I ask her with my lips pressed against her earlobe.

Her skin is coated with goosebumps, a clear response to my actions.

I understand her body intimately, perhaps even better than she does.

The scent surrounding her reveals her desire, hinting at her craving for passion.

Yet, the heating pad she clutches against her stomach suggests a different story.

I place my hands over her lower stomach, and she immediately lets out a sigh of relief as her cramps vanish.

“You’re good with your words… and…” I pause her favorite movie, Evil Dead, and pull her closer to my chest.

“Mmhmm. Keep going,” I say as I put my hand under her shirt and squeeze her perfect tits.

Fuck , I love her tits. They fit perfectly in my hands.

I pinch her rosy nipple softly.

“And your cock… your perfect, pretty cock. I love it when you fuck me with your tongue and fingers, but what you got going down here,” she reaches her hand back and grabs my hard length, “this is my favorite.”

I rumble deeply in her ear, “Careful, sunshine, or I might just have to devour you again.”

Our fun is interrupted as Adonis comes barging in. I smile at him, never removing my hand from under Dani’s shirt. Adonis’ eyes darken, and a grin appears on his face.

“Have you come to join us?” I ask him as I lick Dani’s neck, never taking my eyes off him.

“Tempting, for sure. But, check this out.” Adonis walks over to the bed with the grimoire and sits down. Dani crawls out of my lap and sits closer to Adonis.

I adjust my dick in my shorts.

Adonis flips open the grimoire to its midpoint and gestures toward the binding. There, evidence of tampering is evident—a page has been conspicuously ripped out .

Dani gasps. “We have gone through this book repeatedly, and I’ve never seen a torn-out page before!”

“That’s precisely what I was thinking,” Adonis states, a glint of determination in his eyes.

“But there’s more to it than that.” With deliberate care, he reaches into his pocket, pulling out the ancient spell, its edges frayed with age.

He places it gently into the book, watching as the ragged corners seamlessly match the jagged tear in the page.

It left no room for doubt: this was the very page that had been ripped away.

“That’s the spell you found, Dani?” I ask, already knowing the answer to the question.

“Yeah… that’s the one. Why would we see this now?

That doesn’t make any sense. I mean, it makes sense that Octavia ripped this page out, given that it’s the correct spell for the necklace, but we would have seen a page missing from this book sooner.

” Dani’s brows furrow as she holds the missing page.

“Octavia loved playing mind tricks. I mean, you were reading the wrong spell for a while until you found the real one. I bet she had some concealing enchantment over the grimoire so no one would ever see the missing page,” I say casually.

Adonis and Dani look at me curiously. “Maybe, since the missing page was found, the book can now reveal itself,” I shrug my shoulders.

Sounds logical to me.

“Or maybe the spell has died over time,” Dani suggests.

Adonis and I smile at her. “Unfortunately, I don’t think so, love.

Octavia was powerful. Magic doesn’t just fade over time.

If anything, it gets stronger. I think Killian may be right.

Perhaps when you found the missing page, you broke whatever spell was cast over the grimoire. ”

“Oooh, are we triple-stuffing our girl tonight?” Dax walks in shirtless and sweaty. My mouth salivates, looking at his sculpted muscles. A rush of anticipation washes over me. Each curve and contour of Dax's physique is irresistible .

Dani looks up at Dax and forgets how to speak. She chews on her bottom lip, and my cock twitches.

Dax walks over and lifts her chin, kissing her passionately while Adonis and I watch.

He pulls away.

“Not tonight, love.” I can see Dani’s immediate disappointment with Adonis’ words. “Here, look,” Adonis says to Dax while pointing at the old book. He explains everything we just discussed to Dax, so he’s in the loop.

“I mean, that isn’t surprising that the missing page is a spell from the grimoire…

Big whoop,” Dax scoffs, rolling his eyes in disdain.

“You now see the torn page from the dusty ol’ book and pieced together it’s the spell needed for your necklace.

Dani isn’t reading that fucking spell, so I don’t know why we are still fixated over this. ” Dax’s words are sharp but true.

“Don’t be such a dick, Dax,” Dani says. Dax’s muscle in his jaw tightens with her words, but she presses on, undeterred by his simmering frustration.

“We have been reading this ‘dusty ol’ book’ for weeks now!

” she exclaims. “And we just found out a page had been ripped out. No shit, it’s the spell I found.

It’s the fact that all of a sudden, we can see the ripped seams. That’s all.

And don’t you dare try to dictate what I’m doing or not doing!

We aren’t fucking right now, so you don’t control me,” she spits back.

I let out a whistle through pursed lips, “Damn, I love it when our mate gets spicy.” I lean forward and slide my hands underneath her, squeezing her ass hard and plant a soft kiss on her neck.

Dax loosens his clenched fists and cocks his head to the side.

“Adonis, enough with the fucking obsession. Don’t you see that you are encouraging her?

” Flames flicker to life on Dax’s hands, dancing with an intensity that mirrors the fierce glow of molten lava, while his amber eyes radiate a burning heat, swirling like the depths of an erupting volcano .

Adonis, pissed off now, stands up. He’s just a little taller than Dax, but he outweighs us both with his strength. “You gonna blast me with those little flames, Dax? It was just a fucking observation. Don’t be such a prick.” He gets in Dax’s face.

I stand up and put my hands between the two of them.

“Alright, alright. Everyone calm down. Dax, extinguish yourself. Dani is not reading that spell if it means she gives up her life. I think we can all agree on that.” I push Dax back a little and nod to Adonis for him to step back. They both comply.

Dax is an idiot for getting in Adonis’ face like that. Adonis can easily take out both of us.

“Ugh! I want everyone to stop telling me what to do!”

Dax shifts his stare from Adonis back to Dani. “You. Are. Not. Reading. The. Fucking. Spell.” Each word he says is sharp. The fire grows bigger in his hands. He holds Dani’s gaze, and she doesn’t back down.

She jumps up from the bed and gets in Dax’s face. He immediately closes his fists, careful not to burn her. She is wearing only my T-shirt and a cheeky pair of plum colored underwear. “Yeah, why don’t you fucking stop me,” her finger jabs into his chest with her last words.

“Fucking, gladly.” He roughly grabs her by the nape of her neck and turns her. He pushes her down on my bed, face first. “Adonis, since you love being helpful, grab her wrists. Don’t let her move.”

“Don’t you fucking dare help him!” she warns Adonis. He smiles at her, and I know he wants to see Dax punish her just as much as I do.

He grabs her wrists, tugging her upward, making her body longer.

Without warning, Dax winds up his hand and smacks Dani’s ass hard. “Fuck!” she screams with her face in my sheets .

I nod to Adonis. He grabs one wrist of Dani’s, and I grab the other.

“Fucking traitors!” She says as she looks at me.

I’d feel bad, but I don’t. I know she loves this.

She loves to test us, and make us punish her.

She wants to be spanked. She wants to be choked. It gets her off just as it gets us off.

Dax slaps her ass again; this time, she moans in response. “Good fucking girl, Dani. I know you want this,” he slaps her again.

“On second thought… maybe filling all of our mate’s holes is what we all need tonight,” Adonis grabs the back of Dani’s neck with his other hand, keeping her still. “You are so fucking tempting, my beautiful goddess,” Adonis says while Dax slaps her ass again.

The smell of her arousal has the three of us excited.