I am eternal and can tell you which life would have been the hardest or sweetest before that version of the soul is ever born into a bloodline. Katarina generated your line and had a hand in making you. I sensed it, but I missed it somehow. I never enjoyed fucking her, but you? I can’t stay out of you. You’re like a fucking drug, and I need a fix. I didn’t like kissing anyone, not even her. Your lips draw me in, and fuck do I want to feel them against mine, and around my cock.”
“You always have a way with words, Blackstone,” I teased, crossing my arms over my chest, glaring pointedly at him.
I replayed what he’d said as a look of wonder burned in his eyes. Then, a woman appeared from thin air, accepting Benjamin from his father before she vanished as quickly as she’d come. Frowning, I shook my head as my mouth dropped open.
“You loved me?”
“I fell in love with you before you were even born. Katarina wasn’t what I wished for, ever. I wanted what she would create with her soul. It explains everything about you that has been a mystery to me.”
“So you’re trying to get out of the fact that you had shitty taste in women?” I countered, as he slowly crept over to where I stood. “Everyone makes mistakes, Lucian.”
“I didn’t, though. I just chose the wrong soul and at the wrong time. Katarina was selfish and petty. You’re selfless and pure. She cared what others thought about her, but you don’t.”
“I did,” I corrected.
“No, you really fucking didn’t. You went away, and you used a spell that made you appear plain and lacking, and we all know that’s a fucking lie, Magdalena. You’re gorgeous and draw the eye of those around you without even trying. You just don’t know how beautiful you are. I’ll change that.”
“We have guests waiting for us below, and if you keep sweet-talking me, my panties are going to combust.” I lifted on my toes to kiss him. “I don’t care if you knew or not that I was the one you’d fall in love with, Lucian. I only care that you never let me go.”
“Never,” he promised, cupping my head to hold me against his lips. “Fine, but the moment we’re finished below, you’re getting fucked in this dress, on that desk.”
“Fine,” I said, smiling as his eyes turned into slits.
“Say it again, woman.”
“Nope, not happening, Blackstone. I’ve learned that you never give idle threats. After we’ve sent our guests away, you can fucking rail me on your desk and show me what your fine ass can do to me.”
“Fine,” he returned, watching my mouth.
“It’s a deal,” I chirped, spinning on my heel, allowing him to watch my ass from behind. He’d wanted me to say fine. If I had, I’d have been bent over that desk, my panties in his hand, and his dick buried in my heat.
Opening the door, the men on the other side came to attention, staring pointedly at me. I smiled, wrinkling my nose while stepping out of the office.
“Gentlemen,” I said softly. “I love your asses, too,” I admitted after a moment had passed.
“We like you too, Kitty.” Spyder slid his gaze over my face and grinned. Lucian cleared his throat, and Spyder winked at me. “Would you like to take the stairs or try out the new shiny silver ladder I had installed while you were gone? It’s not like any other ladder you’ve seen, and our patrons really like holding onto the edges and sliding down the slick surface.”
I cleared my throat, buffing my nails, then stared at them as if they held a layer of dirt. “I’ll use the stairs. I’ve slid down a ladder a few times in my life, but stairs seem to suit me better.” I swallowed past nervous laughter as flashbacks from our time in bed together replayed inside my head.
“I should hate you, Lucian, for taking those memories of the three of us from my mind, but judging by Lena’s reaction, I’m going to enjoy guessing what the fuck happened in that room,” Spyder admitted.
A sense of somberness fell over the men, and I turned, staring at Lucian, who watched Spyder with an uneasy expression.
“What is it?” I asked, pleading with Lucian to tell me what was happening.
“Not here, Lena. Not right now. Tonight we celebrate our victory. We still have to figure out Asmodeus’s next play and contain that prick