Page 23 of True Sacrifice
“What kind of ghost powers?” Maybe that would give me some sort of protection while I was waiting for my baby dragon to hatch. Hell was a little scary to a new girl. Starting a life with three mates was equally scary. Part of me felt the rush of fear, but there was also a rush of excitement as I considered life as a powerful demonling.
I turned my head, so I was facing forward again. I felt Justice return to my ear to whisper. “Oh, just turning invisible, walking through walls, manifesting fantom spiders to crawl all over your victim.” I could hear the smile in his voice. “Jax hates spiders.”
I laughed along with him. I would totally never do something that mean to Jax. He hadn’t earned something like that, at least not yet. I thought that some of those other powers might come in handy.
“Ok, so how do I learn those?” I wasn’t sure if that was something Jasper could teach or not.
“We can find that in the sacred books.” He got up swiftly, and I felt the absence of him.
I stood, remembering that Justice could feel emotions. I wasn’t sure I wanted him to know just how much I enjoyed his company. Another kiss like the one we had, the only one we’ve had, and I very well might kick this demon moon off.
Justice found the book for me quickly. It appeared he was very familiar with all the books in the library. I imagine he spends a lot of time here and I could envision us curled up by the fire, each absorbed in our own books. Maybe he would even read some of them with me and we could sit and talk for hours.
The book held very detailed instructions for demonlings specifically. It took merely an hour, and already I mastered several little tricks. Justice encouraged and celebrated with me the entire time.
“You know, you’re a pretty excellent teacher,” I laughed, flopping down on the leather sofa in exhaustion. I finally understood the power thing and how it drains when you use it. I felt like I needed to sleep for the rest of the evening.
Justice looked at the couch with disgust. “Get down here with me where you belong,” he growled, pulling me by the leg off the couch. He caught me before I hurt myself and laid me down on the blankets. I was laughing, but all that stopped when I looked up and saw him breathless above me.
I felt the pull so strongly, and I think I was figuring out that these guys really were exactly perfectly made for me. Even Jax was in there, too. I wasn’t sure how yet, but I could feel the certainty.
Justice’s white blonde hair hung in his face. The roots were black. I hadn’t noticed that before. I saw his gaze as it flicked to my lips. His eyes returned to mine; they were all animal. My body shivered as an urge to see the monster beneath his skin overcame me. I was his, and he was mine. There was no room for second guessing. He would not leave me for another.
The fears left from Brad evaporated like a weight off my shoulders as Justice’s body pressed against mine. Out with the old and in with the new. I moved up to capture his bottom lip between my teeth, biting down lightly before soothing away the pain with a swipe from my tongue.
Justice grabbed the back of my neck sharply as he pulled back and growled. I only had time to inhale sharply before his mouth was on mine and all my remaining hesitation melted into a burning pool of heat. We picked up right where we left off with our last kiss. His hand brushed up against my skin, just under the hem of my shirt. Hands were cool against my skin and tickled lightly.
I moved to the side a bit but found myself essentially caged in by him. He had a knee between my legs, which pressed against me as I wiggled. My hands found their way up his arms and to the back of his head.
His mouth left mine, giving me a moment to breathe as I processed everything that was going on at once. He trailed slow kisses down my throat while his hand continued its ascent under my top.
I remembered for just a minute that we were in a library, but Justice dismissed that thought when he found his way to my sports bra. I had expected to train hard with Jasper, so I had figured fitness attire. I ground against Justice’s leg purposefully, this time releasing a moan.
I heard it echo off the walls, bouncing back to us several times. I snapped a hand over my mouth and fought the urge to laugh. I gave Justice a sweet smile. “Probably wouldn’t want me to have to hold back during our first time?” I asked in a whisper.
“Why would you have to hold back?” His voice was husky. Oh, it was tempting.
“Because I can’t let myself be loud in a library. That feels wrong.” I had decided on that part at least. I’m not sure if I could look at myself if I yelled out in a library, and certainly not one with this kind of echo.
“You have a point, then. When I have you; I will hold nothing back, and neither will you.” His eyes shined with the promise. I was hoping sex was a lot better with my demons than my personal and limited experience as a human.
“I’m not as experienced as you,” I whispered to Justice.
“I remember from when you first arrived. You told me all about Brad. Oh, and don’t worry, I’ll make sure Brad pays for what he did to you.” I loved he remembered, but I’m not sure how I felt about the revenge thing. The guy might have been an asshole, but I don’t think it called for a demon ass kicking.
“Things wouldn’t have worked out with him.” I shrugged. “I was destined for you and Jasper and Jax.”
The doors to the library burst open. Jax stood in the middle of the threshold like it would kill him to take one step in. I seriously needed to figure out what the fuck was going on with him. There had to be some bigger thing that I was missing.
“On your back for him already, how shocking,” Jax’s voice sneered in my head. Guess I wasn’t getting the friendly one for training.
“Oh, sorry Jax. Time got away from us,” Justice said lazily. He finally removed his hand completely from under my shirt, smoothing the fabric down as a show before getting up to stand and offering me a hand to help me up.
I batted it away and stood on my own, doing my very own clothing fixes.
“Come along,” Jax commanded me.
“Why don’t you just say it out loud?”I mean, I get it would be super convenient for side conversations while in a group, but this seemed unneeded.
