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I didn’t need to look to know what was there. I could smell the blood and death. It was no longer a lingering scent but fresh and without the underlying stench of burnt meat.
“Samkiel.” I saw Logan’s face, terror and pain filling his eyes. It wasn’t compassion for what remained of the man on the bed, nor the other bodies that littered the room, but fear for his missing wife. If Dianna could do this, what could Kaden do?
“We will find her. I promise.” I reached out, placing a hand on his shoulder and squeezing lightly. He nodded and forced a brief smile. I looked past him. A young woman who worked for Vincent leaned down and picked up a pair of lacy red underwear.
My heart froze.
I lifted a handful of thin fabric held together by crisscrossing strings. If these were restraints, they didn’t look suitable. Maybe they were a weapon I wasn’t familiar with.
“What is this?” I asked, turning toward Dianna. She had left some drawers open in her room, and curiosity had gotten the best of me.
Dianna left the large closet wearing a baggy shirt and loose-fitting gray pants. She’d showered and changed out of the gown I had made for her after we’d returned from the garden. Her eyes widened when she saw what I held, and she rushed over to me.
“Oh, my gods, Liam, give me those,” Dianna hissed, grabbing the bundle of material from my hand and pushing me away. She closed the drawer and scowled at me. “Stay out of my dresser, please, and thanks.”
I shrugged as nonchalantly as I could. “You are the one that left it open. I was just curious about what your friend had bought for you.”
She shook her head and smirked at me before padding to the bed.
“What is that? Is that something you wear?” I asked, my curiosity still roused.
She hopped on the bed and crawled to the center. I would be a liar if I said the sight didn’t affect me. She was pleasing in a lot of areas.
She yanked the covers down. “They’re panties, Liam.”
That word seemed foreign to me, or maybe I had not been paying attention to the videos Logan had supplied.
My brows furrowed as I walked to the other side of the bed. “What’s that?”
A smile curved her lips. “You’re joking, right?”
I sat on my side of the bed and shook my head. I didn’t understand why she would assume I would joke about a question.
“Rule number one of our friendship is that you won’t lie to me. I have literally, and against my will, seen you take them off of women with your teeth.”
Realization hit me like a meteor. I felt my face go slack and my body run hot.
“Those are undergarments?” I pointed toward the drawer.
She laughed, genuinely laughed. “Yes. What did you think they were? Torture devices?”
I didn’t respond.
“Oh, my gods, you really did.” She laughed harder, nestling into the bed and grabbing the thick comforter to pull around her. I slid into bed and rested an arm underneath my head. Another thought gnawed at me like a feral beast, and before I could stop it, the question erupted from my lips.
“Why does Drake know what you wear beneath your clothes? Has he pulled your undergarments off with his teeth?”
Her hand reached out, and she playfully slapped at my chest. I reacted like I always did because it made her smile. Not her normal smile, but a brief one that made her nose wrinkle.
“Ow.” I flinched, rubbing the spot where she’d popped me.
“Oh, that didn’t hurt, you big baby.” There it was, that smile. I needed a name for it. “And no. He was just with me when I took Gabby shopping in Ruuman years ago. Now go to sleep and stop thinking about my underwear.”
“I promise that is not what I am thinking about.”
Dianna laughed and closed her eyes, snuggling further into the bed. “Sure you’re not.”
“I swear it.” And it was a complete and utter lie.
