Wicked Devouring (Claimed by Gargoyles Book 3) by Sarah Piper

Author:Sarah Piper [Piper, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Two Gnomes Media
Published: 2022-09-28T18:30:00+00:00

It’s an eternity before I can see straight again, and when the haze finally clears, I lift my head and find Draegan staring at us, his expression unreadable. He catches my gaze and holds it.

The intensity burning in his eyes is shocking.

“Draegan,” West murmurs beside me. “I’m still waiting for my kiss.”

Draegan doesn’t reply. Spares her a momentary glance, cold and indifferent. Then he’s looking at me again.

Something passes between us. Some shared understanding. An admission on his part. An acceptance on mine.

He feels it, too. This inexplicable connection that goes beyond infatuation or obsession. Beyond a good time. Beyond one more roll in the sheets before the curse finally destroys us.

It isn’t even just love. Not any more.

The four of us are connected to her on a soul level. Eternally bound.

But he’ll never be able to say it out loud. Never be able to welcome it into his heart.

This, I know.

He nods at me once. I return it.

Wordlessly, he gets to his feet, grabs his loincloth, and stalks out of the room.

Westlyn sits up next to me and sighs, a shiver rolling through her body.

“Cold, darling?” I pull up one of the blankets and drape it over her shoulders, rubbing some warmth into her back. She leans into my touch, and I take another minute to breathe her in, the taste of her skin still fresh on my lips.

It’s barely another minute before she pulls away, pressing a soft kiss to my cheek and getting to her feet.

“Are you all right, scarecrow?” I ask. “You seem a bit off. Did we… Was it too much this time?”

A soft smile. A warm blush. “No.”

“Look, don’t worry about Drae. He’s just not good with… feelings. Of any sort. You’ve likely short-circuited his delicate wiring with that naughty little tongue of yours.”

She forces another smile, but I know she doesn’t mean it. “I’m okay. I just need a hot shower. I’ll be back down in a bit.”

“Trying to wash me away already?”

“I’m sure you’ll make a mess of me again later.”

“It’s a date, then.” I wink and smack her on the fine arse, and then she’s off.

“Drae’s a dick,” Auggie says, once she’s out of earshot.

“Huge one,” I concur. “Biggest I’ve ever seen.”

“Pretty sure I’m gonna beat his ass tomorrow night, if you want in. Just trying to finalize my approach.”

I laugh. I’m about to take him up on the offer when a shrill beep sounds off near the bar.

Rook.

He finally snaps out of his trance, frantically snatching his phone off the bar.

Glancing at the screen, he gasps.

“What the bloody hell is that?” I ask.

“The alarm on the code-breaker I built. I just cracked the encryption on the SSD card.” He looks up at us with a wide grin. “We’re in.”

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