Revealing the Monster (Playing with Monsters #4) - Amelia Hutchins Page 0,151

footing, he’d been saving me from the things trying to consume me. He’d rescued our son and freed me from what I’d done. He’d kept his word and given me everything I wanted. ~Lena

I’d never expected to escape death a second time. I saved Makenna from Asmodeus, knowing that the dagger he held could kill me, but it didn’t. Instead, it had broken the hold the furies had on me. Lucian knew Asmodeus was the only one who could remove the furies from within me. He’d freed him from Erie’s mansion and ensured he gained access to Lucifer.

Lucian had been plotting to get my soul from Thanatos this whole time. He’d used the debts owed to him by other gods, making sure everything was in order. Lucian even had my coven here, minus Kat and Dexter, to do the spell to bring me back from the brink of death.

Lucian saved and protected our son and never let on that he had him back, even when I’d grieved for Harbinger in his arms. He hadn’t been able to save Kendra, but he had ensured her soul would be reborn, and no longer cursed from what Katarina had done to it for her to be free of the spell that was bound to her.

The man seriously knew how to keep a secret, which was honestly refreshing and terrifying at the same time. When I’d fallen in love with him and whispered those words out loud, I’d unraveled a curse that had started to play out. One Lucian realized would end with my life, only it wasn’t by his hand, but mine.

I’d thought I’d won Lucian and Katarina’s game, but he hadn’t quit playing it, ever. While I’d been adjusting to my new life, he’d been fighting to get my old one back. I’d come to terms with what I’d become and rolled with the punches, but he’d never accepted it.

I peered over at Lucian, where he was settling Benjamin into his bed. We had our son with us, and I had my life back. We were together, and he loved me. Lucian Blackstone loved me, with all my flaws and insecurities. He didn’t judge who I was or that I’d always wanted to remain a witch.

I no longer had wings.

I didn’t have American Horror Story eyeliner anymore.

I was whole.

“You’re sure this isn’t a dream?” I asked for the hundredth time in the last hour we’d been holed up in the nursery. “It seems too good to be true, and that usually means it is.”

“Does this feel real?” He leaned over to grip my chin before his mouth crushed against my lips.

I moaned at the delicious taste of his lips. His other hand went around my back, yanking me up until I was pressed against his warmth. Lucian’s tongue slipped between my lips, claiming mine in a loud, urgent-sounding growl that had my core tightening with need.

He pulled away, pressing his forehead against my brow before he swooped down, picking me up into his arms. Lucian didn’t ask if I was ready to leave our son before he marched to the connecting door.

He held me close instead of placing me onto my unsteady feet, stopping at the entrance of the nursery to whisper words in a strangely soothing language that had runes dancing over the pastel walls of the babe’s chamber. Closing the door, he walked me toward a large, marbled room that had a splendid tub in the middle of it.

“This is beautiful,” I whispered thickly.

“It’s the one you dreamed of fucking me in once. I plucked the details from your mind, knowing that one day you’d be here to make good on that fantasy you were having inside your pretty head,” he admitted, placing me gently onto the counter.

He lifted my gown off and over my head, tossing it aside. His large hands cupped my breasts as he peered into my gaze. Leaning forward, I chased his lips, but he refused to allow me a taste of them. I winced slightly at the movement, and he smirked, slowly running his fingertips down my belly.

“I wasn’t willing to lose you, Magdalena. I couldn’t let that happen. So I freed Asmodeus, knowing that his greed and his need to rule would lead him to Lucifer. He needed you there to open Pandora’s Box, but I removed her from the coffin where you left her and placed her somewhere safe. I hated that you would be in pain, but I wanted to give you