Chapter 2 #2
If the human was truly female, I’d give her to Blade, but only because he’d permit the human access to more.
He and Iris would keep her safe. Depending on her sector, he’d be careful.
If nothing else, Blade for all his playboy antics was kind to humans, particularly females.
A female sent to Void was a fate worse than death, and it wouldn’t happen.
Not after what I’d seen in the first few decades of our reign.
Void would have to accept that he was here as a formality and nothing more. He was already on my shite list for the two he’d stolen. If our issues with the other factions continued, he’d be busy with interrogation and forget all about today, anyway.
If it was male, I’d pass him off to another. Maybe Boris.
He hadn’t received a Tribute in a few decades.
He wouldn’t be unkind. Cold, but certainly not unkind.
The human wouldn’t be tormented, and Boris would never force himself on anyone.
The warrior might not like humans, but he didn’t find joy in harming them.
He’d only put the human to work on miscellaneous chores.
But when my blue eyes slid down to the cage Boris carried in and I caught sight of the imprisoned Tribute, lightning struck my body. Electricity seared my flesh. Transformation nearly took me, and I hadn’t spontaneously shifted since I was a young drake.
Her icy blues rose—fearless, violent, hateful, lusting for blood—and I couldn’t breathe. I’d never seen a human like her. I’d never smelled someone so delicious.
My body thrummed and pulsed, fighting the beast within who was already reacting to her mere gaze. The dragon roared and clawed at my chest, demanding I free it. Demanding I claim her here so no one else could. My beast was ready to do whatever it took to have her.
Mine.
Boris dropped the cage on the floor, and her growl did something to my blood. Sent every fucking drop rushing to my cock. I fixed my posture and bent forward with my eyes on the human awkwardly crowded inside a much-too-small prison.
My silent assessment was cut short by Blade’s verbal outcry. “What a fucking beauty! Dibs. I call her. I don’t give a fuck what you say. She’s mine. She’s too pretty to let anyone else have. I want to see that gorgeous body under me, fighting the pleasure I give her.”
Void’s eyes flashed. He wanted her, too.
The asshole was practically licking his chops with the desire to cut her flesh and paint it red.
I didn’t have to be a mind reader to see all the ways he planned to torture her.
I’d seen what he’d done to every human he chose.
Their bodies suffered the worst kind of torment.
He's out of control, and you know it. You’re just prolonging the inevitable. He needs to be put down, that voice in my head whispered again.
The human’s eyes dashed over to the tattooed menace, her lush lips sliding up in a way that made the storm in my body intensify. “Fuck you, demon. You might’ve kidnapped and caged me, but you’ll never own me. Kill me if you must, but you’ll never get me under you without a fucking fight.”
Both Void and Blade’s bodies shuddered with scales. This human brought out our inner beasts. Both dragons were barely keeping it together, and if I were honest, I was struggling the most. Her smell was devastating to the senses, and those eyes…
Where had I seen that look before? Why did her violent gaze remind me of a dragon’s? Was this female truly human or was she a beast, too?
Blade chuckled, clearly tickled by her cheek.
“Oh yeah, take her to my estate, Boris. I’m going to enjoy making this one beg for it when she realizes how good I make her feel.
She’s going to have a hell of a time denying it.
Breaking and breeding her will be a real fucking treat.
I can’t wait to watch her struggle not to give in. ”
Her pale eyes sliced over to mine, challenging me to do something, and my blood boiled. My cock was so hard I worried it’d cut straight through the thick fabric of my trousers.
Lust wasn’t something I’d ever struggled to control.
I hadn’t acted on it in a very long time.
I didn’t need to. The ceaseless battles between the factions kept me plenty satisfied.
Blade was the insatiable lust beast of our trio.
Torture was the only thing that got Void’s cock hard, the sick bastard.
Not me.
I never gave into lust.
But the violence this white-haired female carried in a single glance made my mouth water. Before I realized it, I’d stood up. Boris stiffened when he saw me get to my feet, just as surprised as my brothers I’d moved at all.
“Take her to my chambers and guard her until I return.”
The silence that followed was heavy. The human growled again, but the other two were locked to their thrones in surprise, unable to speak or move.
“Onyx?” Blade asked in disbelief.
“No one but me touches her,” I commanded in a voice that left no room for argument. “Am I understood?”
Boris finally dipped his head, lips slanted. “Guess I’m losing money thanks to you, human. I should’ve known it was a bad idea to bet against you.”
She bit his hand, and he dropped the cage with another loud clang. Blade threw his head back and barked a laugh, but Void’s silver eyes were on me, full of silent intrigue, demanding an explanation.
He was wary of me the same way he had been the night I told him he was no longer receiving humans unless they had committed grave acts within our borders. The night after his human slit her throat to escape him. Whatever he saw in me that night, he saw in me now.
I left the room before I could be interrogated. I wouldn’t know what to say. That the fire in my blood and storm in my body made me do it? That I’d lost my mind? That I’d forgotten my long-standing hatred for humans so I could lay claim to one?
No one was more surprised than I was, but the fucking nuisance in my pants demanded attention. I’d deal with that before I dealt with her.