Page 25 of Taken By the Twins

I release Lucian, stepping away from him.

The demon surges forward, cupping my cheek gently, turning his claws to shadows as he caresses my skin. “No, Tandy. You misunderstand my bluntness. That was not my intent. To hurt you… I would never. But you are not wrong. Damien left, but not because you welcomed me into your cunt, dear one. If I mate you, it’s almost the same as him mating you. But there is another…”

“Another?”

“Another male. One you’ve mated before.”

Woof. One? I don’t slutshame, but the numbers just a bit higher than that—and these demonsknow. It doesn’t really bother me, especially since I just eagerly let him fuck me, too, adding to that number, but just in case, I ask, “The essence exchange thing tell you that?”

Lucian nods. “I can choose not to see things about your past that will only make me jealous and wish there was a way I found you earlier. But Damien… he is a sensitive male.”

Don’t snort, Tandy. Don’t you do it…

I choke instead. “Damien? Uh… you mean, like, your twin who walks around with a stick up his ass? That Damien?”

Lucian frowns. “I assure you, there is nothing lodged inside of Damien’s posterior.”

I wave my hand. “It’s a human expression,” I tell him. Note to self: he might understand English because of my essence, but hedoesn’t quite get the nuances yet. I purposely make it more clear. “I’m just surprised you call him sensitive when he acts like he’d be happier if I never intruded on you two.”

“And that is why you must allow us to give you our essence,” Lucian tells me. “Because, my dear one, Damien wants you more than I do. And, I assure you, I want you very, very much.”

Oh. I know that. I have the evidence of his ‘want’ currently making my inner thighs sticky.

ButDamien?

“You sure?”

He nods. “I share essence with him. I know how he feels, even when he can’t find the words to say it himself. Just like I know that, in his own misguided way, he’s decided the only way to convince you to stay is to get rid of any reason for you to return to the human world.”

“He doesn’t have to worry about that,” I admit. “I’m pretty sure I don’t have one.”

“He believes otherwise.” And then, to my shock, he says two words that change everything: “Jared Turner.”

My stomach drops. “How do you know that name?”

“Because Damien thought it so loudly before he cut off our bond, it echoed into mine and rattled around my head. I should’ve known then… I believe that he has gone to confront him. This male who he believes owns your heart… and if this Jared has it, we never can.”

That’s fucking bullshit, first of all. Maybe demons don’t quite get it since they only have this one true mate that they’re searching for, but humans can love an infinite amount of people. I’ve given my heart away before to have it broken, smashed, stomped on, and I still hold it tight, ready to share it with someone else.

Could it be these demon twins? Maybe.

Do I still love Jared Turner? Not a chance.

But does that mean he needs to get involved in this? When I don’t even really know whatthisis?

No fucking way.

“What is he going to do to Jared?” I ask, more concerned about Damien than my ex.

Lucian thins his lips, fangs overhanging the bottommost one before he grits out, “I don’t know.”

And that scares the ever-loving shit out of me, because if there’s one thing I’ve gotten used to when it comes to Lucian, it’s that he knowseverything.

In the end,Lucian realizes he has no choice but to let me go after Damien with him.

That one hundred percent has everything to do with me. I, uh, kind of freak out about the quiet twin going after Jared—and when it hits him that I’m actually worried aboutDamien, not my asshole of an ex, he grabs my hand, tears open a portal, and pulls me through it.

Right before we left, he explained that while his purple eyes means that he is a magic user in his world, it usually takes a different skillset to do portal travel like that. However, after I read thatverus amorspell, I somehow created a rift between my world and his that he can access.

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