Page 22 of Messenger of Death (Ouroboros Academy #2)

I was a control freak on a good day, but in this case, it worked in my favor.

I would prefer doing this sitting in some kind of leather chair instead of on a toilet, but it was very clean in here.

If that wasn’t Morgana and Sage, it was the Brownies.

I was going to have to make it a point to leave them a big bowl of cream because otherwise, I would have left and not been able to enjoy this.

Because this? This was worth getting kidnapped for. I couldn’t participate until I was sure I wasn’t going to murder all of these people. I’d probably even feel bad if I accidentally killed Liam. I definitely didn’t want to kill Khalid or Sage.

They were letting me direct the entire scene and even Liam didn’t say anything nasty.

“Fuck, mate,” Liam said. “I didn’t know you had it in you. That’s grand. You can be the Commissioner of Fucking. The Minister of Orgies. The Auteur of Orgasms. Boss me around and bite me, Daddy.”

“You made it weird,” Khalid groaned.

“That’s why my plan has his mouth busy,” I said.

Because he was vulgar on a good day and I was guessing his pillow talk was revolting. Might as well put that mouth to good use, so he didn’t ruin this for everyone.

Khalid didn’t say anything. He just pulled Sage to him.

“Are you okay with this?”

“Yes. I’m not a virgin, but I can’t say I’ve had mind-blowing sex. I’m curious.”

I only suggested what I did because I was pretty sure she wasn’t, but even if she was, she clearly wanted this and Khalid and Liam would take care of her.

I’d been told that my eyes glowed red sometimes. They were probably doing that now because I couldn’t bring my fangs back in even if I wanted to. They’d never done this before, but Khalid’s eyes had changed.

“Uh, Khalid, your eyes are glowing golden,” I said. “Can you do this?”

“Pretty sure it’s the jackal I can turn into. I’ve been reading up about them before bed. They mate for life. Not sure how that works with shifters. I can feel him now. He doesn’t want to come out fully because he wouldn’t be able to do this, but he does want to be a part of it.”

His jackal better cooperate because my bat certainly wasn’t.

I hadn’t felt him like Khalid was feeling his jackal, but the bat was taking over while I was sleeping and depositing me in another room with no clothes.

Morgana and Sage at least gave me privacy when I was getting dressed, but Iman would stare.

If I asked her not to, she’d look me dead in the eye while slowly knocking something off the counter.

I had a feeling if I did anything more than ask, I’d be bleeding and end up with shit in my shoes like Blaize.

Khalid’s jackal must have been riding him hard because I was seeing a completely different side to him. I knew he had a history with boxing, but had decided he preferred history and books. Liam was violent, and I was an arsehole, but Khalid had always been the calm, steady one.

Until now.

Khalid had gotten a little aggressive with his touches and he was making this strange noise in his chest. Liam and I were watching, but we didn’t step in because Sage seemed to love every minute of it.

Sage might have been terrible at running, but she was fairly flexible. Khalid pressed himself to her back and lifted her leg so he could enter her from behind. Sage just melted into him. I loved it when a plan came together, but it wasn’t done just yet.

Liam got on his knees in front of her so he could lap at her clit with his tongue while Khalid fucked her from behind. Sage was beautiful, but she was stunning being fucked in the shower by two men.

I was stroking my cock and watching, but I was also learning. She was responsive and she let them know if she liked something. Sage wasn’t a passive lover, so I had to wonder about the complete morons she’d been with before that she hadn’t really enjoyed herself.

Khalid was kissing her neck, but he’d also reached around and was flicking her nipple with his free hand.

I knew it was a good idea to keep Liam’s mouth occupied.

Her cries were getting to me. This room was small, and it reeked of magic and sex.

I really wanted to sink my fangs in one of them and feast, but I also didn’t feel like I was going to go feral and kill anyone.

Of course, I was watching with my dick in my hand and not participating. That could all change if I was actually inside Sage. I was certainly enjoying watching Sage enjoy herself and calm Khalid lose some of that control.

I could tell when Sage came, even though I wasn’t participating. If our dorm rooms didn’t have any sound proofing, then her entire floor knew. That was a beautiful sound. I could record it and replace the white noise machine I liked to fall asleep to.

I exploded to the beautiful noises she was making. The sad thing was, the orgasm I had just watching Sage was better than anything I had having sex with anyone else.

Khalid was where everything went wrong. I thought vampires were the only ones with fangs, but Khalid’s canines elongated and he flipped out. He was out of the shower and pressed in the corner like a caged animal before I even knew what was happening.

Liam turned off the water and Sage approached Khalid like she was worried he was feral.

“What just happened?”

“I felt my teeth grow and I just really wanted to bite you. What the fuck? Anubis didn’t drink blood. That was Sekhmet.”

“You didn’t want her blood, mate,” Liam said.

“You should really pick up more than history books because while you know a lot about that shite, this is my area of expertise. You’re Anubis, but you also have an animal, so you’re kind of a shifter.

If your jackal was riding you, and jackals mate for life, you mate by marking her.

It’s a lil’ love bite during sex. There’s different lore with vampires and blood, but I don’t know if that shite is real or not. Lucian will have to ask them.”

Interesting. I’d have to ask. It would explain how I kept ending up naked in her bed and liking it. I’d never been that close with anyone before and I wanted to be with Sage. Which was odd for me.

“I wanted to do that without asking,” Khalid moaned.

“I only would have been mad about it if you knew what was happening and did it without my permission. We’re all figuring this out as it gets thrown at us.

We’re going to fuck up when instincts and magic takes over.

We have to give each other some grace, even if we might be upset about something,” Sage said.

Which was fair, especially given what I was and what I’d done to Liam when I was figuring it out. I might do it again. We all agreed, but the mood had been ruined. We were back in Sage’s room getting dressed to go to the dining hall.

“Hey, did we just bond?” Liam asked.

“Your tongue brushed my cock a few times and I’m not into men, so I’d say yes,” Khalid said.

I didn’t say anything again because I didn’t want to admit Liam had his uses.