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Thistle was possibly one of the most psychotic creatures I’d ever come across. Wild, violet eyes snapped up to me, her gaze finding mine as I sat up properly, examining her work.
Knox—the fucking idiot—was still on the bed, out like a rock, with her chain wound around his neck and wrists before it circled tightly around the bed post.
If he woke, he wouldn’t be able to move without choking himself.
Thistle watched me cautiously as I staggered to my feet. When I leaned against the bedpost and tugged my pack of cigarettes from my pocket, she shifted forward—though her restraints weren’t giving her much leverage. She’d removed her top at some point in the night (it was tangled up on the chain), and the sight of her was downright sinful.
She was still in that skimpy black lace, and my erection jumped to attention as the chain caught and she lowered her cheek to the blankets, lifting her hips and tilting her head, showing me her neck and body like an offering.
A possessive growl rumbled to life in my chest, and it took everything in me not to reach for her and claim her right now.
“That’s a pretty offering,” I said, instead. “But you, Kitten, are playing with fire.”
By the look of that chain around his neck, she would be in enough trouble already.
I lifted my lighter with a grin and my brain reluctantly flickered to life as I inhaled the nicotine, waiting to see what she would do next. Only one violet eye was visible right now, but it became wounded as I took a drag and didn’t move.
I almost cracked as she shifted lower, back arching further, and neck even more exposed.
Fuck, she was beautiful, with porcelain skin and raven hair scattered and wild around her.
“Can’t touch you, Kitten. You know that.”
Touching her is what got us in this mess in the first place, and, considering he might fully off me if we had to go another round too soon, it would be her ass on the chopping block.
A half growl, half whine slipped from her, and she straightened. Her brows were perfectly creased in shock as I took another puff of my cigarette.
She cocked her head, eyes dropping to my crotch, and her frosted moonflower settled as she saw how hard I was. I exhaled a laugh with a plume of smoke as she chewed on her lip and returned her analytical gaze to me.
Knox groaned, shifting in his sleep and grabbing both of our attention.
I watched in satisfaction as the chain clinked and his body stiffened.
Just paying your dues—that’s what he’d tell me. This was allpenance, just like I deserved.
Sure, sure.
And I couldn’t exactlyarguewhen he reminded me I was a massive fucking prick.
Just didn’t change the fact that he was, too.
His eyes blinked open, and he tried to sit up before letting out a choked snarl, hands seizing the chains at his neck. His gaze darted around the room in fury for a moment before snagging on the two of us.
“What the fuck is this?” he demanded, voice rough.
Thistle looked back to me, and I realised it was a gift, and she was waiting for me to take it. Or do something.
Unfortunately, no amount of metal around Knox’s jugular would unseal my fate, so instead, I took another drag, leaving the ball in her court.
I was completely fascinated by her, and Knox knew that, so I had nothing to hide. What I didn’t want Knox to know was the trickle of warmth in my chest, a slow drip that was defrosting a long-encased heart.
She was something precious, and I didn’t get to keep anything worth more than dirt.
But I’d seen the feral fury in Knox’s eyes when he’d caught us on the staircase. He’d tempered it, directed it at me, but that wasn’t a madness I was willing to risk her safety with.
He’d bought her with the intention of taunting me, but that had been a claim in his eyes, and there was nothing more dangerous on the planet than an Alpha chained by a claim he didn’t want. Even last night, when she’d asked to take my punishment—asking him to do the unthinkable—I’d never seen him freeze like that.
The problem was, even if he fell for her as hard as I was, it didn’t matter. I didn’t believe my destruction was intended to be contained, and he was barrelling toward it as fast as I was.
