Page 109 of Their Blood Rite

I fall silent, knowing that I am absolutely fucked.

‘You done?’ he asks in a calm.

My feet dangle an inch from the floor as he holds me effortlessly, looking at me with a raised brow and an annoyed sneer.

‘You killed a man,’ I accuse, breathless from my escape attempt.

‘You kissed him and let him put his hands on your body. A man you don’t even know. He knew the rules. We made it very clear to them all. No one was to touch you. Besides, the last female he took to bed ended up with a black eye. I won’t have him bruising you or anyone else.’

‘I do not belong to you!’ I insist. ‘We have a deal, and owning my body isn’t part of it. Let me go.’

‘No. Not until you calm the fuck down. You’re going to hurt yourself.’

I continue trying to struggle. His hold on me increases, making it harder to breathe.

‘Let me go, Ronan!’ I slam my fists onto his chest, meeting nothing but solid muscle that refuses to ease up. ‘What do you care if I kiss someone else?’

‘It seems we care more than we thought we would,’ he replies, his tone a chilling calm.

‘So you humiliate me in public after you just did fuck knows what with human sluts from the village? You get to strip others naked and fuck them, but I don’t? Why would you summon me to your orgy in the first place if you didn’t want me to see you with others?’

He drops me so I fall to my feet before reaffirming his hold around my middle. As he looks down at me, his brow furrows.

‘That bothered you, Pixie?’ he asks, slightly confused. ‘Seeing us with others upset you?’

My eye twitches.

‘Answer me.'

‘It bothered me,’ I reply through gritted teeth. ‘More than I thought it would.’

‘Why?’ he asks, a self-satisfied grin stretching across his soft lips.

‘Why did seeing me with Kieran or that guard bother you?’ I counter.

‘Because,’ he says slowly, leaning in. ‘You’re ours. And we didn’t summon you. We thought you were resting. We had no intention of you seeing that.’

‘If you get to fuck others, I get to fuck others. I’m not in my earth coven now. I don’t have to behave like a lady or mind my fucking manners. I’m not betrothed to you. I’m not held to the standard of a coven leader's wife. And I can fuck all I want!’

‘Yes. You can fuck all you want,’ he replies.

‘I… I can?’ I stutter.

He leans in and lowers his voice. ‘Sure. As long as it’s us you fuck.’

My heart skips a beat, and my mouth becomes suddenly very dry.

‘And we have no need or desire for a female with manners. Swear all you like. Run wild in the nature you love. Fight and argue. We love all your edges.’

‘I…’ Words fail me. So, I attempt to maintain my rage and straighten myself in defiance. ‘I don’t want your dicks after they’ve been in some other human whore.’

‘Fine.’

He lets me go with a shove. I stagger back and hit Archie’s chest. He hooks my arms together at my back, holding me in place.

Shaw shrugs. ‘Then we won’t fuck anyone else but you. But you’ll need to keep up with us if you want to keep us. And just like you…’ He loosens his trousers and pulls out his erection, stroking it firmly as he walks towards me. ‘We will not share you with anyone else.’ He stands before me and tears my shirt clear down the middle, leaving me in the material’s scraps.

‘We didn’t touch the girls tonight,’ Archie whispers in my ear, every word heavy with dark excitement. ‘We had no intention of ever touching them. They were food. We had to accept for appearance's sake. We all know your sweet little cunt is the only one worth having.’

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