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He roared as the first salty drop hit the roof of my mouth. Still, I sucked. I took everything. Every last drop.

But just before I swallowed, he wrapped his hand around my throat and squeezed, stopping me. He pulled me to my feet and crushed his mouth against mine, tasting his own release as he fucking devoured my mouth.

It was dirty, and hot and I didn’t want it to end.

With his other hand, he ripped my robe open and plunged two of his fingers deep inside my pussy. The squelching noise it made was obscene.

I gasped deep in his mouth, and he swallowed it, along with his own cum.

His fingers thrust inside me so fast and hard that every movement had him pulling me upwards onto my tiptoes. His hand squeezed my neck tighter, cutting off my air. The edges of my vision blurred, and my hands scrambled to grab onto him.

Then, with a few devastatingly fast thrusts, I was coming all over his hand. He didn’t stop, even as my entire body quivered, and trembled, and bucked against his hold. It hurt, but in a weirdly good way, like the pinch of pain was drawing out more pleasure.

I hissed as he pulled his fingers from me and then watched as Alec licked his cum-soaked fingers clean.

Holy fucking Hell.

I had no trouble sleeping after that.

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Lori

The night of the Blood Moon loomed before us. This was it. They day we were going to either save the world or I was going to stand there and watch it burn.

We’d spent the entire day going over the plan. It basically came down to stay alive, destroy the machine and kill Mordecai. I was having trouble getting my mind on board with the last one though. Even after everything he’d done, I was unsure whether, when the time came, I’d be able to kill him.

We were all gathered in the common room and there was a sombre atmosphere as we gathered, a kind of resignation to the fact that this might be the last time we all saw each other.

Rae stood to one side with Michael, I’d have to ask her what was going on there because she seemed to be spending more time with him. Saskia laughed at something Cassian had said, which made me smile. He’d come a long way since the first time I’d met him. He was still grumpy and quiet but there were little slivers of warmth breaking through his icy exterior. Fenris chatted happily with Alec and Edwin, his brown eyes soft and carefree. Torsten was watching everything while a wisp of his shadow curled around the bottom half of my leg and Jasper stood talking with Lucifer.

We’d passed all the details onto the secondary teams, and we were ready to go. We’d also pulled in all the favours that we could and everyone who was willing, was going into battle with us.

“So,” Jasper started, “we know the layout of the cemetery, we know our strengths and we know what we can do together. What we don’t know is how many creatures Mordecai has on his side or how much power he’s managed to amass.”

“We know he’s got Camael and some of the Guardians,” Lucifer said, his arm tight around my waist.

“And the power of the witches fuelling his machine,” Rae added before thronging her gaze to me. “I think it’ll be some sort of power circle that will hold you captive. It’ll be tuned to you, so whatever you do, don’t step into it.”

“Okay,” I said, surprised at how steady my voice was. “We can do this, can’t we?”

“Yes, we can,” Fenris said as he wrapped my hand in his. Cassian came and grabbed my other hand, and the other guys formed a circle around us. The guys and I were a unit, a team. We were tied together by fate, but also love and, as I looked at each one of them, I knew they would do anything to win this. To beat Mordecai and save the world.

Something settled between us. A feeling of rightness. I never thought I’d ever find myself the centre of this much love, but here I was, absolutely surrounded by it. I hoped we all made it through this. I really did.

“Come on,” I said, my voice strong and sure. “Let’s do this.”

The cemetery stood before us, silent and still, an evening mist floating between the headstones. The cliff stood in front of and the edge of our forest to the right. Owls hooted and screeched adding another layer of eerie to what was an already creepy place.

The wind whipped through the graves, carrying with it the smell of the sea. I bet in the daylight there was something drastically beautiful about this place. But as I looked up at the sky, I could see the light slowly fading across the moon. It wouldn’t be long before the surface would be completely red.

“We don’t have long,” I said.

“This way,” Jasper whispered before leading us into the cemetery. I knew Elspeth’s grave was at the back, the mausoleum as close to the edge of the cliff as we could get.

We fanned out, moving at a steady pace around the different tombstones. Lucifer and Fenris were with me as we circled around a large mausoleum. I was trying to move cautiously, aware that there might be some trip wires or magic lying in wait for us, but Lucifer was marching ahead, clearly feeling invincible.

“Slow down,” I whispered to his back.

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