Chapter 12
We indulged in the moment, lazily stroking each other’s skin even while we still had clothes on. I knew if we were naked, we’d devour each other.
And right now I just wanted to feel.
Normally I burned hot and fast, but Logan influenced me through our bond. His wolf enjoyed this slow torment, a build up of promises that would end in deep satisfaction.
We fell asleep like that, lounging in each other’s arms until Logan eventually woke me with a kiss.
I curled into him, moaning as his scent enveloped me.
Oh, I’d missed him.
Missed this.
“Sorry to wake you,” he murmured, pulling me up so that he could properly wrap his arms around me.
“No apologies needed,” I said, sighing when his touch ignited new fire in me.
He skimmed his fingers down my sides, his knuckles brushing against the soft down of my wings. I shivered.
Logan grinned. “Are they sensitive?” he asked, his breath hot on my lips.
“Very.”
His lips twitched into a smile as he curled his fingers into the soft feathers, eliciting a moan from my lips.
Heat swept through my body, the small friction between his body and mine making my nipples harden. An ache low in my core spread out as my need threatened to consume me.
Logan’s responding desire hit my nose, a sweet woodsy scent that mixed with the fresh waterfall saturation of his den. I’d never scented desire before, but I recognized it, perhaps another new trait come to light because of my reincarnation, or my bond with the uni-hare.
Who knew.
My succubus side delighted in it, yet another magical link to sensation to devour.
I clamped down on that part of myself, determined I would never dream of hurting my Virtue.
I could only let go with that side of myself with Hendrik, or perhaps even Kaito, indulging in a darkness that had no place with my sweet shifter.
All my Virtues filled a void in my soul.
When it came to Logan, I experienced true and unbreakable loyalty.
Logan hummed against my neck, the vibration making my toes curl. “I can smell your arousal,” he informed me.
I gasped when he bit my ear, sending a shock through my body before he licked at the small hurt.
Okay, I was awake now.
Fisting my fingers through his hair, I turned him and claimed his mouth, needing his bite on my lips.
He obeyed me, nipping at me before stroking his tongue over mine. A growl rumbled from his chest, then he pushed me onto the bed. “On your knees,” he ordered as he slipped off the bed, that authority as an Alpha returning to his voice. “Now.”
I grinned, because yeah, that was an order I was ready to obey.
Moving to kneel before him, he corrected me, pushing me back onto the bed and turning me so that I faced the wall.
Oh, so that’s what he had in mind.
“Spread your legs… and your wings, Lily,” he said from behind me, and I did, the long delicate arches spanning his bedroom.
He took his time stroking the long feathers, sending waves of sensation through my body. By the time he reached my skin, I was shaking.
“Logan,” I breathed as I backed one leg over the bed, needing to straddle him, to ride him before this need consumed me.
“Stay,” he commanded, gripping my thigh and pushing it back into place.
I gasped when his hips thrust against mine, our clothing an unwanted barrier between his hard cock and my swollen flesh.
“Do you want this?” he asked, always my loyal wolf. He would seek verbal confirmation before this went any further.
“Please,” I begged. Hendrik would probably have loved to hear me beg for it, but I wouldn’t give him the satisfaction.
My wolf? Yeah, he could have me a whimpering puddle of need on the floor whenever he wanted.
He bumped against me again, his hands raking under my skirt and lifting it up. “Then I’ll give you what you want, if you behave.”
I squirmed, needing more than just his promises. “Logan,” I begged.
He caught my hips in his hands, stilling my movements. “I’ve been waiting for you for a year, Lily. I want to enjoy this.”
Then he yanked my skirt over my hips and pulled my panties down. I peered over my shoulder, rapt as I watched him kneel, disappearing behind my hips.
Sensation exploded in my core as he ran his tongue over me, making me gasp. I fisted my fingers into the bedding as my entire body trembled.
He grabbed my thighs, keeping me in place as he growled, running his tongue over me again, lapping up my arousal.
Fuck.
He devoured me, his arousal spiking in time with mine. He enjoyed this, enjoyed driving me mad with each stroke of his tongue. He pushed my ass high into the air so his tongue could reach my sensitive nub, making me cry out as pleasure jolted through me.
His torment only drove me into deeper desperation. “Logan,” I tried again, my mouth going dry. “I need you inside of me.”
Having mercy on me, he stood and ran his fingers down my spine, making me gasp when his touch ran over the sensitive spot where my wings extruded from my back.
“Don’t,” I begged, because if he stroked me like that again, I might just explode.
And I wanted him inside of me when that happened.
“I’m going to have so much fun with you,” he said, his stroke nearly missing my wings, making me tremble.
“Stop teasing me,” I begged. Unable to take anymore, I spun, surprising him when I grabbed the open flaps of his shirt and pulled him close.
I slammed my mouth to his as my hands grappled at his pants.
Unable to undo them fast enough, my talons slid out, sliding the offending fabric off his perfect body.
He growled in response.
I growled back.
His dick exposed, I fisted him, making him jolt. “Fuck me,” I ordered, tired of begging.
Who’s the Alpha now? I thought at him.
He grinned, delighted to take on the challenge.
He pushed me onto the bed, spread my legs and slammed into me, thrusting into me to the hilt.
I screamed.
He panted as he slid out and thrust in again, losing himself in our common desperation.
We needed each other.
We needed this.
My wings flared as I arched my back, throwing my head against the mattress as he slammed into me. I wrapped my legs around him and reveled in his growl.
He fell over me and lifted my halter so that he could rake his teeth over my breast. His wolf had taken over now, his sharp fangs leaving little pin-pricks of hurt over my skin.
Heat flushed through to my core as I tightened around him, enjoying the mixture of pain and pleasure.
He filled me again, his thrusts long and hard, and I whimpered.
A metallic scent entered the room, but Logan didn’t seem to notice it as he continued his delicious onslaught between my legs.
I didn’t think your puppy had it in him to give you a proper fucking.
I tensed at the unwelcome whisper at the back of my mind.
Cole.
A splash of ice washed over me and I felt him inside me. My veins turned molten hot, burning with the unforgiving magic of a demon.
I cried out again, my body’s visceral reaction out of my control.
Because it felt… good.
Logan’s mouth found mine. I kissed him, desperate to banish the phantom in my mind.
Will you ask if he can come? Bark once for yes, twice for no?
Cole’s voice was a mockery inside my head, touching my most private thoughts. My demon Virtue blasted an image into my mind, me on my hands and knees before him while my wings spread out and he knelt behind him, driving into me.
He timed the rhythm in the image to match Logan’s movements.
To my horror, the image aroused me.
I can fuck you so much better, Lily. Even in your dreams.
Growling in my head, I tried to push him out, the effort futile. Dreams are all you’re going to get from me, I assured him. You’ll have to watch while I fuck my Virtues, because you’re not getting anything from me.
Instead of being offended, he laughed in my head. I’ve tested your so-called Virtues and found them lacking, he informed me. That’s why I’m going to take you all for myself.
The bastard thought that everything he’d put my Virtues through was some sort of sick test? He wasn’t the judge when it came to what I needed to stand against Calamity.
That was a decision up to me, and right now? Cole needed to get the fuck in line.
Go cool off, Cole. If you can’t accept my Virtues, then you can’t accept me.
He hummed, his heat rolling over my body as Logan pumped into me. We’ll see about that, little angel.
I shoved the intrusion away, trying to eject him from my mind even as Logan adjusted his angle, body now moving in a way that he was riding my sensitive nub, forcing me to come apart.
In my imagination, under Cole’s rough hands.
And in reality, under Logan’s loving touch.
Logan reached his climax just as I did, his hard body shuddering as he roared. Our Virtue bond mended, strengthening with his resolve that he and I would always be together.
Loyal.
In love.
Cole laughed in my mind as I came down from my high.
Are you loyal? he asked. You’re still thinking of me.
Logan rubbed his cheek against mine before easing me down to the edge of the mattress.
He steadied me. “Don’t fall,” he murmured teasingly. “Stay,” he said again, this time the command endearing.
I watched him as he went to the bathroom and came out with towels. He lovingly cleaned me, making me want to cry.
He was so sweet. So loyal.
And a rage demon had just pushed his way into our connection. I hadn’t been able to stop him.
Tears pricked at my eyes and I jerked away.
Logan went still. “Lily?”
“I…” Shaking my head, I backed up. I couldn’t tell him. He didn’t deserve more pain.
Leaving without an explanation wouldn’t be much better, but I didn’t have a choice in the matter.
He couldn’t know what Cole had just done, because I guessed Logan was one of the few Virtues who had escaped his slow torment.
This was a sanctuary, an entirely different realm, one Cole shouldn’t have been able to enter.
But he was here now… because of me. I allowed a loophole, my connection to him bringing him into the safety of Logan’s den.
Cole was right, on some level. I was a multi-hybrid, and because of that, I required a Virtue for each of my shortcomings.
Logan was one of many, and while I recognized I needed more than one Virtue, this was supposed to have been our time to bond.
Our time for privacy and sanctuary in his little moonlit den.
Instead, Cole had decided to crash the party.
Greedy fucking bastard.
Heart twisting, I looked for an escape. I readjusted my clothes into place and headed for the door.
I had to get out before he asked what was wrong.
If he saw my eyes, he’d know, because I felt the burn of Cole’s rage swirling inside of me.
“Lily?” Logan shouted as I darted outside.
But I didn’t turn back. I couldn’t look him in the eye again.
Not until I’d dealt with a demon who’d just dug his own grave.