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Her mouth opens but then, her hands move and her fingers touch her chin and back down. They group, fingertips from both hands touch and she makes little movements. I begin to chuckle and bend to kiss her lips, smoothing down her hair and then wipe her tears away with the pads of my thumbs.

“You sneaky little vixen. I knew you paid attention during your ASL lessons.” I answer. But I had, too. While I didn’t sign, I made sure to learn in case she ever wanted to speak to me, I’m so fucking glad I did.

“What?”

“She said it was too good. Her soul left her body.”

Jonas grins and bites his bottom lip and then leans in to kiss her. “Mine too, baby.”

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We dress her slowly after cleaning her, even though she fought us when we tried to wipe her up. Her hands signing quickly that she wanted to feel us dripping out of her for the remainder of the day. While it was hot to me, I reminded her she was wearing a skirt, and that if she walked around campus with blood and cum running down her leg, things would not look good for Jonas. To which hefist-bumpedme and she dramatically signed that we were breaking her heart.

“Make sure she voids her bladder when you get back to her dorm.” I order Jonas.

“I should probably get some Plan-B, huh?”

I arch a brow. “Whatever for? That’s a hormone bomb.”

“We… came inside of her?” Jonas looks at me as though I’m either stupid or ridiculous.

I chuckle. “I’ve had her on birth-control for the last four years. There are incidents that happen at Lorne Wood between patients, that sometimes lead to wanted or unwanted pregnancies. I just inserted the other one before she left Lorne Wood.”

He looks me up and down. He’s about three inches or so taller than me. “You’ve really been taking care of her all this time, huh?”

I nod. “More than you know, Jonas. Come back and see me, okay? We have a lot to talk about.”

“Concerning her?”

“Concerning everything.” I reply honestly. “I know you have a lot of thoughts about what’s to happen. Her, her list, the Syndicate, Harrington.”

Jonas shakes his head. “Harrington can’t know. Not yet. He’s former FBI. You asked where my loyalties lie? With her. Fuck the Syndicate. I never wanted to join their stupid brotherhood. I don’t care about wealth or power. I’m grateful to my parents, I am. But if I would have known what came along with being a part of the elite, I would’ve begged to stay in the system.”

“I’m glad you agree that Harrington must be kept in the dark about this until the appropriate time. It won’t be a secret we can keep for long, but we’ll have to find out where his loyalties lie. He absolutely abhors the wealthy and that may be something we can work to our advantage.”

“I know who’s next on her list, Damon.”

I look at him questioningly.

“Tyler Prescott.”

I nod, reaching over and playing with one of Raven’s nipples. Her eyes close, and Jonas lifts up her shirt, displaying her for us. I lean down, tugging her in my mouth.

“Raven?” Jonas speaks her name like a prayer.

“Hmm?”

“When you were at Lorne Wood, did you know Tyler Prescott was forced to come out?”

I pop up my head just as her brown eyes widen and she shakes her head.

“So then, you don’t know he was forced to come out because he was caught getting fucked by your brother, Axel, at the annual Homecoming Masquerade Ball.”

Raven goes into a state of shock with the news and she begins to shake her head wildly, then her hands come up in a frenzy, signing, and I interpret for her.

But Axel isn’t gay. He’s always had girlfriends.

Jonas shakes his head. “The pictures that came out didn’t show his face. Axel protected himself by wearing one of those old doctor masks from the bubonic plague.”

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