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Lilith

I open my eyes when I hear movement near me. I see Kael standing beside the bed looking at his phone. He is shirtless, and his pajama pants are hanging loosely onto his hips. He is gorgeous, and he’s all mine. Every single inch of his body is perfection. Since we mated, this feeling just keeps growing and getting stronger. All three men are just so incredible. They’re straight out of my dreams, and not even the soothing effect that sunlight brings me can match the utter bliss I feel when I am close to them. I don’t know what love is like, but I sure as hell know what it feels like to be the fated mate to three mouthwatering shifter kings.

“ We should wake Lilith soon ,” Kael says, only he didn’t. I’m looking at his face, and he never opened his mouth.

“ She’s already awake. She’s gawking at you like you’re a snack, ” Daemon says, chuckling.

I sit up abruptly and frown at him. “I’m not gawking at anyone,” I say defensively. When he narrows his eyes at me, I realize he didn’t say that out loud either. “Wait…”

“ Oh look, the crazy witch is awake, ” Kael says. Once again, his mouth is closed, but I hear him as clear as day.

“ Oh look, Kitty, is running his mouth again, ” I retort, only this time I say it in my thoughts.

“Well, I’ll be damned,” Callum laughs out loud. “She can mind link after all.”

“I can do what? I’m so confused,” I say with a frown.

“You make a ball of light with words, but you’re surprised that you can hear us talking in your mind?” Kael asks.

“Sorry, it was just the shock that I have to hear you yapping out loud and in my head now,” I say, and he laughs.

“Now I’m going to say dirty things to you in public just to watch you get all flustered,” he says with a smile.

“Two can play that game, sweets,” I say as I get out of bed.

“Want to see who wins?” he says in a low, gruff voice from behind me. He bites a sensitive spot below my ear, and I involuntarily whimper and lean into him when he wraps his arm around my body to hold me closer.

“Kael,” I say quietly. Daemon and Callum close in on me, then suddenly they are all touching me. Daemon pulls my shirt up and swirls his tongue around my nipple before nipping and sucking on me. Callum slips his hand into my shorts and lightly rubs my clit as Kael bites my neck. I moan at this new feeling. No one has ever touched me like this before. This is the kind of attention that I have been craving. I want someone to be obsessed with me and obsessed with all the possible ways they can make me come with them.

Kael holds me tighter when Callum pushes two fingers into me and his palm runs in my clit. My legs nearly buckle when he curls his fingers in. Fireworks of ecstasy burst in my chest as pressure builds in my belly. I want this so badly. I want them to see just how obsessed I am becoming with them. Fire is spreading through my veins as my breath quickens with each stroke into my body that he makes. As my thighs begin to tremble, and all of the sensations are gathering into a peak, they all suddenly stop.

“Fuck,” I whine.

“I’ll break you, pretty girl,” Kael murmurs in my ear as he moves me to sit on the bed. Daemon pushes me back and pulls my shorts off. “Now be a good girl and let him taste you.” I gasp and arch my back off the bed when Daemon wraps his arms around my thighs to hold me in place before burying his face between my legs and taking long, torturous licks across me.

“Oh Gods,” I whimper. “Fuck, what are you doing to me?” I’ve never felt anything like this before. I have come before, but this is entirely different. Usually, my pleasure runs alongside pain, but nothing about this is painful. He is dragging something out of me that I’ve never felt before. “Oh, my Gods. I’m gonna come.”

“I want to hear you beg for it, little witch,” Daemon says when he abruptly stops.

“Please, Gods, don’t stop. Please. Please make me come,” I plead with him. Begging for him feels so natural.

“If I make you come, you lose,” he warns. He spreads me open and flicks across my clit while keeping eye contact with me.

“Fuck, you don’t play fair,” I whine.

“Admit it. You want to take us shifted,” he says.

“I do,” I moan softly.

“Beg for it, Lilith. Beg your masters,” he growls, nipping at my clit and making me gasp.

“ Gods, please, ” I yell. “You win. Just please make me come. I want to come.”

Daemon latches onto my clit and sucks me hard. Callum and Kael bite and suck on my breasts. All at once everything builds to an intense level before an orgasm tears through me. They hold me in place as I scream and writhe in pleasure. Daemon is still sucking on me when he pushes three fingers inside of my pussy and starts to fuck me with his hand. He is thrusting into me so hard that another feeling builds behind it. I can’t catch my breath with their mouth on me. The feelings and sensations that are searing through my body bring me a semblance of peace that is unmatched by anything I’ve ever experienced. He called them my masters and I will voluntarily bow to anyone who can make me feel this way. I will be their pet if they keep making me feel this amazing. I can’t take the pressure inside of me. It won’t break free. My skin is electrified, and every wave of pleasure causes prickles to dance across my skin.

“Gods, yes,” I moan with my back arched dramatically and my head tipped back. My hips rock of their own accord, grinding against his mouth. Daemon presses in deep and curls his fingers inward, causing a rush of fire to sweep across me. All of the pent-up energy explodes, and I am instantly transported somewhere within my mind. Flashes of light mingle with visions of carnage and chaos. Bodies are strewn about fields, buildings, and roads. The dying lie amongst the dead in war-stricken cities throughout the country. Something is coming, and we have to fix it. This is the prophecy; this is what we are destined to do. A war is coming. The last flash of light I see before my body relaxes is of the hidden library in the woods.

I press my palms to my forehead, and the room is dead silent. “Uhm… Lilith,” Callum says slowly.

I open my eyes and immediately see that my skin is glowing a deep shade of red. It’s almost shimmery with the flood of light coming in the window. The sight of my skin bright red startles me, and I scream as I sit myself up in bed. My brain instantly panics.

“Woah, woah, woah,” Daemon says as he grabs my ankle and pulls me to the end of the bed so Callum can keep me still.

“What was that?” Kael asks as he sits beside me and brushes my hair out of my face.

“I don’t know,” I say after a moment when the red glow dissipates. “I’m sorry I freaked out.”

“It’s okay,” he smiles. “It started when you started to come.”

“Also, can we talk about whatever the hell it was that you were thinking?” Callum asks.

“Right… I think that was a… vision… or something,” I say.

“That was a war, Lilith. Are you sure?” Daemon asks.

“I… I think so. I’ve never had a vision before, but I know witches can have them. I know I need to get back to that library, though.”

“When we get back tonight, we can go hang out for a while,” he says. “How do you feel? You were glowing.”

“I… I don’t even know what that was,” I say. “My brain is hazy now.” I lay back on the bed and run my hands down my face.

“Are you sure your mom was completely a witch?” Daemon asks.

“I guess. I’ve never met her outside of that dream,” I say. “Why?”

“What did she look like?” he continues.

“Blonde hair and short. Looks about my age. I think she was around my age when she disappeared,” I say. “Again. Why?”

“Did she say anything about your father then?” Callum asks.

“She said that I favor him. Why are you asking about my father?”

“Lilith… The only time I have even known of someone to do… that… was a succubus,” he says.

“What the fuck is that?” I ask with a frown.

“It’s a female demon who feeds off sexual energy. The male equivalent is an incubus,” Daemon says. “The females are said to have long black hair. They are rare, but when an incubus mates, it generally results in witches or demons. If he mated with a witch… You may be both, and mating triggered that part of you.”

“I read once that they also have wings. It works like shifting for us,” Kael says. “We studied the species of the world before we came into power, and succubi came up once.”

“Also,” Daemon says with a smirk. “Do you want to know the name of the woman who was thought to be the first succubi?”

“Sure,” I sigh.

“Lilith,” he says. “She was created from her hatred of serving men.”

“Holy shit,” I say. “So…”

“So that is either a huge coincidence, or your parents had an idea of what your life would be like. She told you about the prophecy and you being assaulted, so it’s likely she knows how your life has been up until now.”

“So… My parents knew I was half succubi, and half witch, so they named me after the first succubi?” I ask.

“Looks that way,” Kael says. “Turns out being a smartass is hereditary.”

“Why doesn’t this freak you guys out?”

“Well, now I know I can make you glow when you come, so I’m going to keep doing that,” Daemon says, and I laugh.

“Gods…” I sigh.

“What?” Daemon asks, pulling me up from the bed to stand.

“Is it weird that I’m nervous to see Zypher again? Everything just feels so icky now that I know he wasn’t supposed to be letting his pack do all of that to me. I just don’t feel comfortable with the chance of being alone with him again.”

“Sweetie… He’s not going to lay a hand on you,” Daemon says, cupping my face.

“Okay,” I say quietly.

“We should get going. We have a long drive ahead of us,” Callum says.

We pull up to City Hall in Estroria, and I sigh. I’m not ready to face Zypher or Morwen. Now that I understand what they did was wrong, it makes me angry. I am furious with myself for not seeing it sooner and for how normal it felt. I am angry that I got off when Morwen raped me. I know that it’s not something I was in control of, and it felt wrong, but I wish I could go back and at least try to fight. I have taken hit after hit from these people and never second-guessed it.

Daemon opens my door, and I reluctantly get out. We are already getting looks because it is not often that the Three Kings visit the cities. That is going to change with me around. The people should know their leaders and see that they are invested in their well-being. I know they were overwhelmed with the curse, but they don’t have to worry about that anymore. The people of Grimitara should not be required to have blind faith.

“We are walking to his house?” I ask.

“Yes,” Kael says.

“His maiden… Can I get her alone and talk to her?” I ask.

“You don’t need our permission to do anything, Lilith,” Callum says as we walk down the sidewalk. No one is stopping us, but people are smiling and waving at the guys. By this point, everyone knows that I was chosen to be their maiden. They are all in for a shock when they find out the truth. “You are our mate and our queen. Just tell us where you are so we don’t worry.”

“Out of curiosity, why do you want to talk to her?” Daemon asks.

“Uhm…” I say. “There are too many people around for me to feel comfortable saying.”

“She’s like you?” he asks, and I nod.

“Yeah. We’ll distract him so you can go talk to her. I would like to talk to her myself, though.”

“Why?” I ask. My voice has a hint of an attitude as I get defensive over her.

“I just want her to know that she is safe. That’s all. I think it’s important that she sees for herself that she is in no danger.”

“Oh… I’m sorry,” I say. “I just…”

“Stop,” he says, taking my hand and kissing it. “I understand. You are rightfully wary of outing people.”

“People are looking at us,” I frown. “You can’t just…”

“Just what?” he asks with a smirk, and he stops and faces me. “Kiss your hand?”

“Yes. I am a maiden, and…” Daemon cuts me off by grabbing my face and kissing me deeply. I melt into him, and for a moment everything disappears. His hands slide down my body before he squeezes my ass with both of his hands.

“Understand this now, little witch,” he whispers into my ear. “I will fuck you in the middle of a council meeting and light the room up with you when I make you come for me. Don’t think for a second that I am concerned about what anyone thinks about what I do. You are our queen, Lilith, and after today everyone will know it. I don’t care if they find out on this sidewalk or officially through a press release. We will have that ceremony, and we will bow to you in front of the entire country.”

“You’ll bow to me?” I ask with a grin.

“Yes, ma’am. A queen holds a tremendous amount of power, but I will bow to you no matter how much power you wield.”

“Why is that sexy?” I ask.

“Because you are a little brat, that’s why,” Kael whispers in my ear before kissing my temple.

We continue our walk to Zypher’s home. I stand behind them out of habit, but Daemon pulls me up to stand between him and Kael as the door opens. “Your Majesties,” Zypher says, taken aback. “I didn’t expect you to grace us today.”

“We just have some things we need to discuss before we have our meeting,” Daemon says.

“Please, come in,” he says. When he steps aside, his new maiden is in the hallway. From the flustered look on her face, I can tell he was just fucking her. Her hair is a mess as she tries to fix it and straighten out her skirt in an attempt to look presentable. “How is your new maiden treating you?”

“That’s part of what we are here to talk to you about,” Daemon says with anger in his tone. Zypher looks giddy when he hears the anger. I think he is hoping they are complaining about me.

“What is her name?” I ask Zypher. His eyebrows furrow because I just broke a rule by talking.

“She asked you a question,” Kael says.

“Leli,” he says, and I turn to Daemon.

“I’m going to go talk to Leli so you three can talk,” I say.

“You of all people should know the rules,” Zypher starts to say. I’m feeling like being a bitch, so I cut him off.

“I wasn’t asking for permission, Zypher,” I say simply. When no one calls me out for breaking maiden rules, Zypher steps aside to let me pass him. Before I can walk away, Daemon keeps eye contact with Zypher as he grabs me and pulls me close to kiss me softly.

“Take your time,” Daemon says.

“Okay,” I say with a smile. When I turn back, Zypher looks angry. It’s not often that I see him like this, but it’s just as amusing as it was before. I walk past him and head towards Leli. When I get close to her, she turns to go into what used to be my room, but I shake my head.

We make our way out the backdoor into the garden as she turns to me and smiles, “You wanted to talk?” she asks.

“Yeah… I don’t even know where to start.” I say. “I need help.”

“Oh?” she asks. “Being a witch and maiden to the kings is risky, so I assume it’s about them.”

“Yeah… so I am their mate,” I say.

“What?” she says loudly. “Oh my Gods. Fuck, do you realize how long we’ve been looking for you? I had a feeling, but…”

“What the fuck are you talking about?” I ask.

“You’ve mated with them, yes? They know you are a witch?” She keeps her volume low so no one can hear.

“Yeah. They know. They know you are too. They are pulling all the maidens and working towards ending the segregation of the fox shifters,” I say.

“Then you know about the prophecy. The curse is broken now too, I bet,” she says. “I am from Voradia. That is where most of the witches fled. I volunteered with others to come here and find you.”

“I had a vision of a war,” I say.

“Yeah. I’m sure you’ve learned a lot recently,” she says. “You need to go there. There is a lot you need to prepare for, and you can’t do that here. You’ll need more powerful witches to help you.

“I’m glad the witches had somewhere to go. I was worried they were mostly killed off.”

“Gods, no. There are thousands, and they’ve all been waiting on the High Witch who is to be mated to the Three Kings,” she says with a smile.

“So I’m a part of this?” I ask.

“Yes. You are this. This prophecy is entirely about you.”

“Daemon is going to ask you, but did Zypher have the whole pack fuck you like he did me?”

“Yes,” she says, rolling her eyes. “That shit went on for hours. You did that for five years?”

“Yeah. Once a month for sometimes more than ten hours. Sometimes more. It’s gross,” I say, curling my face up.

“And sticky,” she says, fake gagging.

“And Morwen? Did you have any issues with him?” I ask.

“I was raped over his desk a few days ago,” she says.

“Yeah… My mom visited me in a dream and told me about the prophecy. She also told me he assaulted me. It wasn’t until I told the guys that it clicked, and I realized that what Zypher and Morwen did was assault. Although, I feel a bit stupid for not understanding.” Leli looks at me for a moment before speaking.

“Zypher brainwashed you, Lilith,” she says. “You spent five years with him, and he spent every second of it breaking you down. He didn’t throw everything at you at once. He eased you into it, but with me, he had gotten used to doing it, so he used his pack to essentially break me in.”

“He tied you down, didn’t he?” I ask with a frown.

“Yeah,” she says softly. “I knew what I was getting into coming here to find you. They showed me visions of what the life of a maiden was supposed to be like. I studied everything I could so that when I came here, I could blend in.”

“I told him I felt uncomfortable with it, and he assured me that it was a necessary part of the process. Ultimately, he didn’t like how hesitant I was, so I was tied to a table and he put tape over my mouth so I couldn’t talk. I think that’s the first and only time I’ve cried in front of others,” I say.

“Oh, Lilith,” she says softly.

“Well, that doesn’t make me want to keep him alive,” Daemon says behind me. I turn and he is leaning against the porch railing watching us.

“Sorry. He shushed me when he came out,” Leli says.

“Yeah, I could hear him,” I say as he comes over.

“Ah. You can mind link?” she asks.

“Mhmm. Realized that this morning,” I say.