to.”
I turned to Prudence, her cheeks rosy and bright white teeth showing. She didn’t hide the pleasure she felt from Tiffany’s words until she saw me looking. Tiffany laughed at Prudence’s stiffened posture. It wasn’t like she could hide her emotions from me. I felt how much she hurt for me, and I knew how happy the moment made her.
“Go ahead, Reaper,” Tiffany said to Prudence. “I’m ready to go home.”
There was a content, bright glow to Tiffany’s ghostly face as she left that world. My shoulders sagged, but at least I got to say goodbye.
It was time to move on. I needed to help my Reaper. I wasn’t foolish enough to think I could save the world, but I could aid the ones that could.
I didn’t know how long we remained in my sister’s bedroom, but the silence ended when Prudence grabbed me by the waist and pulled me to her.
“What are you doing?”
She squeezed me tightly and laid her head against my chest.
My body burst to life every time she touched me. All the words I wanted to say to her lodged in my throat. Instead, I ran my fingers down her back.
“When we fall apart, one of us has to be the glue that holds us together.” Her shaky breath tingled my skin through the shirt.
“I don’t deserve you,” I uttered as I embraced her. “But I’m far from falling apart. Thank you. Because of you, I got to say goodbye.”
“Do you want me to stop?” She jiggled her arms around me.
“Never.”
“Let’s go pick up the gremlins,” Prudence said, stepping back. “I’m taking you home.”
I stiffened, ice filling my veins when I remembered she saw my ugly side. “Prudence…”
“Don’t, Shepherd,” she said sternly. “You’re mine. And whatever belongs to me doesn’t treat themselves the way you have.”
I caressed her cheek. “You’re my home, Princess. For you, I’ll live like a royal.”
“Oh, Soul Reaper…” She sighed as she leaned into me. “You’re like no one I’ve ever met, and I adore you.”
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As I dropped my bag of clothes in Prudence’s living room, Wallis darted for her huge sectional. “So soft,” he said, rubbing his face into the cushions. He forgot about his favorite humping toy in favor of feeling up the couch. I hoped he didn’t get any bad ideas.
“It smells like cupcakes and Prudence here,” Marty stated before laughing. “I love it!”
“Where is my lady?” Wallis asked.
“Right here.” Prudence, walking down her spiral steps, wore a silk black top and shorts that revealed fucking too much in front of those damned gremlins. I nearly swallowed my tongue as she approached. My pulse thrummed wildly as desire coiled in my stomach. It had been two days since our movie date. I wanted my hands on her. Fuck her curse. I would keep her sin so fed it never came out again.
Wallis covered his eyes. “You’re too beautiful, my lady.”
“You better not be thinking what I believe you are.” Prudence wiggled her finger at him. “Which reminds me,” she bent down to reprieve something, revealing her ass.
I grunted, mouth tightening as I glared at the gremlins while her back was turned. Don’t-disrespect-her-or-dishonor-me-by-looking, my eyes conveyed. They avoided looking at her until she spoke again.
“Here, Wallis.” Smirking, she walked over and gave him a girl plush doll that was bigger than him. “For you. She’s the only thing you’re allowed to have a go at here. I better not see it, though. She stays in your room.”
Wallis gasped, on the verge of tears. “My lady got me a lady and a room?”
Prudence sighed. “I will never get used to my lady.”
Dirk’s yellow teeth were on full display until Prudence looked over at him. His smile waned, and then he huffed. “You shouldn’t spoil Wallis,” Dirk said.
“You have a room too,” she said. “And so does Marty.”
He bounced up and down. “Can I see my room?”
“You have to pick one first,” she answered.
“We only need one room,” Dirk said in his usual grumpy way.
“Why?” Wallis whined.
Dirk replied, “There will come a day when Sire might want kids. We must think of the rooms as already occupied.”
Kids.
I never gave them a thought because of my situation. I’d always been careful and terrified of getting someone pregnant and creating another soul reaper. But Prudence, with a rounded stomach, carrying our child, sounded far too tempting. Blood rushed to my cock. Already, I’d thrown caution out the door with Prudence. How many times had we shoved my semen inside her? Could she be pregnant