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“Follow him,” I tell Zuben. “Please. Trust me. He won’t hurt me.”

I’d like to tell Zuben that he won’t hurt him either, but I honestly don’t know that for a fact. And my gut feels certain that Zuben wants to save me even more than he wants to save himself.

Zuben rushes to Axel’s side and then past him down the corridor, and soon Axel is galloping alongside us, the three of us moving so quickly, I can barely see, barely take in breaths of air as it rushes past.

We slow and I recognize where we are now, the entrance to Axel’s cave is not far ahead, but the shouts of the other vampires are coming up behind us.

“This way!” one yells. “The bear’s cave!”

Axe nudges Zuben’s body toward the entrance, and to my relief, Zuben turns, racing into the cave with me in his arms.

Axel stops near the entrance as Zuben and I head deeper.

Axe roars, his voice rumbling through the air and into my belly, and I’m terrified for him. He’s badly outnumbered, but Zuben doesn’t stop and I have no way to escape from his arms.

Not that I could do anything to protect Axe if I did.

Chapter Nine

Ryker

Panic rises inside my chest,squeezing my lungs and making my heart pound like a motherfucker.

The priest just arrived to perform the ceremony, and I still haven’t figured out a way to safely bring up Ember, never mind convince Octavia to release her.

I’ve let this go way too far.

“Tavi, why rush this thing?” I lean back against the wall, trying to look casual.

“Aren’t you…ready?” She sashays toward me, naked. Her mates already removed her business clothes and are fussing over a flowing, gold-trimmed red thing they’ve yet to put on her. Stopping about five feet away from me, she pushes her tits forward and runs her hand down through her bush.

Her eyes widen as she pushes her fingers inside herself, then she pulls them out, closes the space between us in a flash and rubs the scent under my nose.

A growl of lust erupts from inside me, and I remember the days when Tavi and I used to fuck. A lot. She was such a baby vamp then, so in awe of what her transformed body could do, and beyond eager and willing to have me take her as hard and often as I wanted.

She liked me to hurt her so she could see how fast she healed. It was fucking twisted. But it was exciting and I found it hard to resist her tight cunt that seemed desperate for my cock.

She claimed that her human husband had raped her, but instead of being traumatized by that, talking about it seemed to increase her libido. She liked to talk about how he could never hurt her again, and it was crystal clear that she wanted to find a way to punish him, punish all men maybe… She certainly knew how to punish me, when I let her.

“I’malwaysready to fuck.” I grab between Tavi’s legs, and she gasps as I squeeze way harder than I should. “How long has it been? Fifty, sixty years? Shouldn’t we take it slow? Get acquainted again.”

“Acquainted?” Her hips pulse in my hold.

I release her, but she grabs my wrist and forces my hand back between her legs. “Seems to me, our important parts are sufficiently acquainted.”

Her other hand lands on the leather over my cock as she says that, and she grips so tightly it blinds me.

“Fuck!”

“You like that, lover?” She squeezes again.

She’s way stronger than she used to be. Like a different person. Her power is far too great for such a young vampire, not even a hundred years since she was turned. How the fuck did she gain so much power?

I glance over to her mates. At least one of them must have the power of an Ancient. But while I’m distracted, she guides my fingers between her wet folds.

I form a fist to keep from stroking her.

Letting go of my cock, she uses both of her hands to push me down to my knees, and then forces my entire fist up inside of her.