Page 53 of Grave Devil
I nod.
“And if he’s dangerous. If he tries to hurt any of us… I’ll deal with him myself. I promise.” He steels his gaze even harder out the window.
Fuck. My heart breaks for him. He’s carried this guilt for so fucking long. And now to think we are so close to seeing Sonny again. That, in fact, this whole time he has been alive, kept inside the Wishing Tree as the devil’s servant… It’s fucking horrifying. I try not to imagine the things that kid must’ve gone through. It makes my stomach lurch.
I close my eyes to try and fight off the nausea just as we pull up to Aries’s estate. I burst out laughing as he saunters out the door.
Bones shakes his head. “This motherfucker. Such a fucking attention whore.”
Even Rodrick has to pretend to cough to stifle his own laughter.
“Are you supposed to be Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?” Bones snickers.
Aries grins from ear to ear as he poses in front of the car in his skintight black leather pants. His chest is bare save for a thick fur vest, black as well. His chiseled muscles literally glow from the glistening of oil he’s slathered down the length of his torso and across his pecs. And on top of his thick, icy-blond tresses sits a crown of flowers with two black antlers attached.
The man is gorgeous; I’ll give him that. Stunning actually. But so over the fucking top. “What happened to the fit you already bought?” My seamstress spent weeks getting all of our looks right.
Aries flashes his teeth, pleased with himself. “I wasn’t feeling it. This is more me. Don’t you think?” He half leans on a staff made of bone. Every single one of his fingers is adorned with platinum rings. Some with diamonds, others with rubies, and the thumb rings have runic engravings.
Bones eyes the length of him. “You do look fucking hot. But a warning would’ve been nice. Dray and I are sitting here sweating in ruffles and velvet while you look as free as Pan himself.”
Aries nuzzles his cheek. “Don’t worry. A few hours from now, after we’ve drunk our weight in booze and poison, your delicate little suits will be floating down the river anyway.And I’ll have your bare ass in my fucking mouth.”
Bones’s cock slowly starts to tent his trousers. “Don’t distract me, Ries. You know the chaos that’s coming,” he growls.
He shrugs, but his expression hardens. “It would be weird if it was any other way. Chaos follows us like flies to honey.”
“I say fuck it then. Embrace the chaos. We’re the heathens of Ever Graves,” I quip. “Let’s go remind everyone of that.”
Mia takes all our breath away.
We had been waiting for her in the foyer like timid high schoolers on prom night. Mouths dry, pulses racing. Nox walks her down the stairs and presents her to us like an offering.
Her dark hair is loose in large waves around her bare shoulders. Her dress is corseted, the bustier a rich vibrant red with black boning. It cinches her waist, showing off the high curves of her hips and the roundness of her perfect ass. The black layered skirts puff out and bustle at the back while splitting open in the front to reveal tattooed thighs beneath black fishnet stockings.
I swallow hard and fight every urge to bend her over right here. I want to tear the fabric off her body and fuck every single one of her tender holes. My dark, exquisite goth goddess. Mmm. Fuck. And her scent… that fragrant jasmine still intoxicates meas much as it did that first night I got a taste of it in the bathroom at Duff’s. When I had her up against the counter, my cock buried so fucking deep I could practically feel her heartbeat through her cunt.
I stalk forward and pinch her chin hard between my fingers. I can’t resist the violent urge. Her breath quickens as the act forces her to pucker her lips. “Hi,” she murmurs.
“Hey, Trouble. You look… Fuck. You know how you fucking look.” I scrape my teeth across her jaw. “Beautiful. The most beautiful thing in existence.”
She tilts her chin up, forcing my gaze. It stokes my hunger as much as it does her own. “You’re as sexy as the dark. As always.”
I can’t help but smirk at that. “Like pure fucking sin,” I whisper. I nip at her lip before releasing her chin. As I step back, I admire the marks my fingers have left on her.
Bones embraces her from behind. He plants soft kisses across her shoulders. “We should play dress up more often, mi amor. I’m so fucking hard for you right now.”
She purrs, her eyes fluttering as she drowns in his affection. While I provoke, Bones soothes and calms. “I could get used to that kink.”
I brace myself for Aries’s reveal. Nox looks just as amused while taking in the sight of him. He inches forward, demanding his turn with her.
“Looks like you brought out the wolf tonight,little lamb. I fucking love every inch of…this.” He flicks his hand up and down the length of her.
Her eyes light up. Apparently, she’sveryinto this primal Pan-like version of Aries. More than I thought she would be. And it all clicks into place. It’s why she’s drawn to the Skelker. It’s the same reason she fell in love with Nox. It’s the animal in her. The primal ache that breeds inside her blood, stemming all the way back to the original sin.
She flattens her palms against his tight belly and drags them up slowly, feeling every ridge and curve of his muscles until she reaches the top of his lengthy torso. Aries grins like a Cheshire cat, his ego blooming with pride and satisfaction.
“I like the fur.” She inches her hands up farther until she’s got both of them wrapped around his antlers. “And these… He has them too, you know.”
