Page 76 of Rapunzel Unchained

Adam ground his thigh against my core. “All I wanted to do was hide you away from everything. To spank that delectable ass until you forgot all about your revenge.”

I moaned against his mouth, grinding myself down on his leg.

“But no.” He jerked back, breathing heavily. “You had to be a pain in my ass and get caught.”

I frowned at him. “You caught me.”

“No,” Adam growled. “Jetta knew you were coming and was going to make you one of his experiments. I convinced him otherwise. If Gage and I hadn’t been there to stop you, you’d be strapped down to one of his tables now. I can’t think about that without wanting to kill someone.”

“Then why didn’t you let me kill him?” I shoved at his chest. “If you’d just let me get rid of them, this would all be over now and we could be together.”

Adam grabbed my arms, not letting me pull away. “Because they would vilify you.”

I blinked at him.

“If you killed the other council members, their friends would make sure that everyone knew that you did it. Nick’s plan to have you show the world you were fighting for the humans was a good idea, but it wouldn’t have gone the way you all wanted.”

I shook my head, disbelief in my voice. “That’s not true. They want to be free. There are other mages who want to free humans, too. Rebecca and Nick both said so.”

Adam gave me a sad smile. “That’s true in part. But don’t think for one moment that they wouldn’t let you take all the blame if the other regions came to fix the problem.”

“And I’m a problem that needs to be fixed?” I gaped at him, unable to believe what he was saying.

“No, no, Eva.” He smoothed his hands down my arms. “You’re not a problem. You’remine. You’reours. And I’m going to help you destroy the council and free the humans. Because you were right. If I don’t take a stand, no one else will. I won’t let you be the scapegoat for a half-assed revolution.”

Adam released me and stalked out of the room along with my heart.

Chapter 36

I laid between Luke and Blake, their fingers moving along my bare flesh after we’d spent the last half hour reacquainting ourselves with each other’s bodies. A deliciously pleasant ache throbbed through my body. I didn’t know how I was going to keep up with having so many lovers, but I was eager to try.

“Do you want something to drink?” Luke kissed my shoulder, his chest pressed into my back. “Or food?”

Part of me preened at their attention. The other half knew I needed to hydrate and eat before I let anything else happen, or I’d pass out for real.

“Hmmm.” I shifted against them, my backside finding Luke hardening against me already. “My body says I probably should...” I reached back and grabbed his butt, rubbing myself against him, while reaching for Blake’s face. “But I can’t seem to think of a single thing I want to eat.”

Blake’s chest rumbled with his laugh, his mouth meeting mine in the middle. He let me languidly kiss him, his brother’s fingers sliding between us to cup my breasts, grinding his length between the crease of my butt.

My stomach made an angry sound.

Blake pulled away with a laugh, his lips brushing against mine. “Food first. Then...” He shoved two fingers inside of me, making a curling motion that had me gasping for breath. “We’ll see how many times we can make you come before you pass out.”

I rocked my hips against his hand and then whimpered at the loss as he pulled away. “Fine, hurry up.” I shoved at him and Luke, lying back on the bed with my arms stretching above me. “Feed me and then fuck me, not necessarily in that order.”

Luke and Blake had matching wolfish grins on their faces as they dragged their pants on and darted out Luke’s bedroom door.

A few moments after they left, someone knocked on the door. I sat up on the bed, dragging the sheet around me. Most of them had seen me naked already, but I couldn’t be certain it wasn’t someone else.

“Come in.”

Zane’s red hair popped into the doorway. His inquisitive eyes peered around the bedroom before landing on me on the bed. They darkened with desire and then his expression closed off.

“Eva.” He cleared his throat, pushing his glasses up his nose. “I wanted to talk to you for a moment, if you would like to dress.”

I leaned back on my elbow, peering up at him beneath my lashes. “No.”

Zane’s brows rose. “No?”

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