Chapter 31

31

I come awake with a groan. Why am I so hot? Ugh , my body feels like shit. My eyes open slowly and then widen when I meet my reflection. With a frown, I tilt my head to look at the ceiling. Is that… is that a mirror on the ceiling? I never noticed that before, but I’ve also never been inside Dax’s chambers before. Did he remove the covering since his father is dead? I notice then that I am being snuggled fiercely by three males.

Dax is cuddled as close to me as possible on my right side, his face smushed into my neck as he breathes softly. Rev is on my left side, mirroring Dax exactly. Kas found a way to lie between my legs with his arms wrapped around my waist and his head resting on my lower abdomen.

The others are sporadically sprawled across the bed. Each sleeping peacefully as I stare up at the ceiling. Why would Dax put a mirror on the ceiling? Was this the king’s old chambers? Well , that thought sours my mood. I do not want to be lying on a bed the king used to lay on. I hope Dax bought a new bed when he moved in here. Kas adjusts his hold on me, snuggling deeper into my abdomen. Unfortunately , he snuggles right into my bladder, which sends a blaring alarm through my brain.

Shit ! I need to pee! I contort my body, trying to wiggle out from between Rev and Dax . Except , it does not go as planned. Instead of freeing myself from them, they both move even closer. Which makes my need to pee so much worse.

“ Guys ,” I say softly, hoping it will only wake the guys closest to me. Rev lets out a snort as he snuggles.

Biting my lip and trying to force EVERY muscle in my body to keep my bladder from erupting, I say a bit louder, “ Guys .”

Mir mumbles something, but he doesn’t move. I’m about to burst! “ Guys !” I finally yell.

Every . Single . One of them jumps off the bed, arms outstretched and ready to fight off an attacker. I don’t even care as I jump up from the bed and yell, “ OH , THANK THE GODDESS !” I run as fast as I can to the bathroom, hoping my bladder holds.

I hear Kas yell behind me, but there is no stopping me. “ Eira !”

“ I need to pee!” I screech, barely managing to sit down in time before the floodgates open. I’m hunched over, which may be an odd position, but the relief I feel from emptying my bladder is amazing.

There’s a knock on the doorframe, but I don’t move. “ Little Raven ?”

I’d forgotten to close the door in my haste. I wave a dismissive hand in the air. “ I’m okay. My bladder would have ruptured if I had waited any longer, though. Kasim was using it as a pillow.”

“ Are you sure?”

I hum as I finish washing my hands. “ It would have been pretty embarrassing if I had wet the bed,” I call with a laugh.

“ Forgive us for entrapping you, Little Raven .”

His voice gives me pause as I meet my reflection in the mirror. My eyes widen when I find all seven of my men standing awkwardly by the door. Turning the sink off, I arch a brow in question. “ I didn’t mind the cuddling, Dax .”

He gives me a nod but doesn’t meet my eyes. I look down to find that I’m covered. I’m not naked, although that would normally make him stare, not look away. So w hy won’t he meet my eyes? My gaze travels over each of my men, and I find that none of them will make eye contact. My panic begins to build, thinking I’ve done something wrong. I don’t even realize it until Asher is gripping my face, saying softly, “ Calm yourself, Snow Bunny . Your eyes turned black, and you are creating swirls of darkness.”

My eyes widen as I see the reflection of my eyes within his. They are completely engulfed in black, and I notice the swirls caressing his bare skin. “ Ash ,” I start as I try to gulp down air in my panicked state.

He gently caresses my cheeks, and I raise my hands to grip his wrists. He presses his forehead against mine and says, “ Breathe . Breathe with me, Snow Bunny .”

I work to match his breathing as he takes slow, deep breaths. When my panic starts to fade, and I’m breathing normally again, I see the black smoke disappear. He pulls away with a smile as he looks down at me. “ There she is. I didn’t realize how odd it would be to see you without your mahogany eyes.”

“ Yes , well, I had that seven times over,” I reply with a huffed laugh.

Bene comes to stand beside me and rubs a hand up and down my back. “ What caused you to panic like that, My Dragoness ?”

Finding it silly now, I duck my eyes as I feel my cheeks flush. “ It’s stupid now that I think about it.”

Bene’s brows furrow as he says, “ Nonsense .”

Mir comes to stand on my other side. “ What caused you to panic, Darling ?”

“ I thought I had done something wrong,” I mumble.

“ What makes you think you did something wrong?” Alair asks from his spot behind Bene .

My men close in around me as I shrug. “ None of you would meet my eyes. I thought I had done something to upset you.”

Their eyes widen as they exchange looks with each other. Rev huffs out a sigh, then says, “ Nothing you do will cause us upset, Sunshine .”

“ We are upset with ourselves, Princess , not you,” Kas admits.

I look between my men until my eyes meet Dax’s . “ You are upset with yourselves?”

Dax nods and shifts his gaze downward, so it no longer meets mine. I lightly push between the others to make my way over to him. Reaching my hand up to rest against the center of his chest, I feel his rapid heartbeat as he stiffens under my touch. “ Why are you upset, love?” I ask in a whisper.

He answers quietly, “ We are true villains, Eira . We could not protect you. We failed you.”

With my other hand, I grab his to place his palm over my steady heart. Each beat is a testament to how they saved me. How he saved me. “ Do you feel that?” He nods and I continue, “ My heart beats because of all of you. It beats because you cast the spell and were willing to pay the price.”

His voice breaks when he says, “ We have cursed you.”

I move the hand I have pressed against his chest to cup his cheek and shift his face, so his glassy blue eyes meet mine. With a gentle smile, I say, “ You hold a piece of me within yourself now. All of you hold a piece of me forever. If that is what it means to be cursed, then so be it.”

His free hand comes up to rest on my cheek as his eyes shift to black, giving away how much this upsets him. “ This is not what I wished for you.”

Not liking the pain I hear in his voice, I release my hold on his cheek and back away. His eyes widen for a moment as if he thinks I’m rejecting him until he sees the big smile on my face. “ What are you doing, Little Raven ?”

I begin stripping off my clothes, leaving myself completely bare in front of my men. I was planning to take a shower anyway. My vision shifts, and I realize my eyes must be black now. I notice that colors are sharper and more pronounced, as if I’m a predator in search of prey.

“ I am yours,” I state with conviction before my eyes shift to each of my men. “ I am all of yours.” Making my way over to the shower, I peek over my shoulder at them with a smirk. “ If I am to be cursed forever, then show me just how cursed I am. Show me how wicked the villains I have bound to my soul to are.”

Without hesitation, Mir strips off his clothes and slowly stalks over to me. “ You want to know how wicked we can be?”

I hum as he stands naked in front of me. Lightly trailing a finger down his chest, I reply, “ Your darkness does not scare me, Mir .” My fingers caress the metal balls around the head of his cock before wrapping tightly around it and giving him a slow stroke. He sucks in a breath as I release him. Sliding my fingers around his balls, I give them a soft squeeze. Before I release them, I feel the cool bite of metal on my fingertips. I grin as I slide my finger to the spot between his balls and ass to find a small metal hoop. Seems I’ve found his secret piercing. I press the area before allowing my nail to hook in the loop and give it a tug.

His eyes instantly turn black, and he growls, “ Do not tease me, Darling .”

“ Who’s teasing?”

He snarls and slides his hands down over my ass to lift me up. He nips at my breasts, making me groan. “ Are you sure you want my darkness?” Mir asks.

I suck in a breath when I feel his dark tendrils caress my skin. “ Yes ,” I say with a breathy sigh. I look over to see the others are still staring at me, their eyes full of hunger. The looks they send me have me clenching my thighs together, desperate for friction where I need it the most.

When I meet Kas’s gaze, I know exactly what to say to make him lose his tightly wound control. I groan when Mir sucks on my nipple. “ Kas ,” I whine.

He grunts. “ What do you want, Princess ?”

Moaning , I slip my fingers into Mir’s hair to pull him deeper into my chest, loving how he sucks and nips my breasts. “ Fuck me like you hate me,” I say breathlessly.

Dark tendrils fill the room as Kas rips off his clothes and marches over to us. Mir has me pressed against the shower wall until Kas steps into it with us. “ Move ,” Kas demands.

Mir chuckles against my breast and pulls me away from the wall. “ You’ve done it now, Darling .”

I scream when two fingers roughly slam into my cunt. It melts into a moan as Kas places a soft kiss on my shoulder before nipping it. “ Do you want my cock, Princess ?”

“ Yes ,” I whine as he continues at a slow but forceful pace with his fingers. It’s not enough, though; I want more. I need more.

He nips my shoulder, and with a growl, he demands, “ Then you better come. You don’t get my fat cock until you soak my fingers.”

“ Need more,” I cry out as I try to force his fingers deeper. But no matter how much I try, I can’t get him deeper. Mir has me confined as Kas slowly fucks me with his fingers.

“ You need more, Princess ? Then beg. Beg for another finger in that needy fucking cunt.”

“ Please , Kas . I need another finger. I need more of you.”

Mir hums and says, “ Now , I know you can beg better than that.”

My eyes burn as I choke on a sob of need. The heat in my abdomen keeps building but refuses to push me over the edge. “ Please !” I beg. “ Please , Kasim . I need more. I need another finger. I need you to fuck my needy cunt with your fingers till I see stars. Please .”

Mir chuckles and licks the tears that are rolling down my cheeks. “ You beg so well, Darling .”

When Kas’s fingers slide out, he inserts another finger, and my head falls back onto his shoulder. I’m panting as he quickens his pace. “ Yes . Yes , Kasim ! Fuck me like you hate me!”

His other hand slides in between me and Mir to tease my clit. I whimper when the pleasure builds to the point of it being almost painful. “ Please , Kasim . Please , I’m so close.”

He continues to fuck me with his fingers, then he growls, “ Come !” He bites down on my shoulder at the same time as he pinches my clit. His fingers slam into me, hitting just the right spot to make me scream and come undone. I feel myself tighten around his fingers, and he hums in satisfaction.

I whimper as he removes his fingers but groan when he replaces them with his cock, forcing himself deep into my tight channel. I bite my lip as his thrusts turn just as forceful as the fingers he used to fucked me.

Mir holds my upper body while Kas tightly holds my hips. I have a feeling his grip will leave fingerprint bruises on my hips, but I don’t care. The cuts across my skin were Dax’s way of claiming me. Fingerprints can be how Kas claims me. I want all of them to claim me in their own way.

“ Your tight cunt grips my fucking cock so perfectly, Princess . You were made for me. Made to take my cock so prettily.” He pinches my clit again, and I’m surprised by the orgasm he draws from me. “ Fuck ,” he growls. I look over my shoulder to see that he is looking down at where we are joined. His eyes are completely black as he huffs out, “ You’re creaming all over my cock, Princess . So fucking beautiful.”

“ Kas ,” I pant out.

His eyes meet mine, and he groans, “ Don’t look at me like that. I’m not going to last if you do.”

Letting my eyes flutter closed, I rest my forehead against Mir . “ Kas ,” I pant again. “ Kasim , I want to kiss you.”

He grunts and pulls out of me, but within moments, I’m pulled away from Mir and pushed against the shower wall. He thrusts back inside me as he seals his lips to mine. I groan into his kiss while he devours my mouth with each thrust. He kisses just like he fucks. Hard and hungry. Like a starving man who believes my mouth and pussy will satiate his hunger.

I push him away to gasp for breath. He rests his forehead against mine as we both pant, trying to catch our breath. I whisper, “ I love you, Kasim .”

He lets out a sound similar to a keen as he pounds into me. “ Fuck .”

I lift my hands to tangle my fingers in his hair as I briefly press my lips to his, whispering, “ Fuck me like you love me.”

His hips stutter, and his eyes close. Kas thrusts slow, turning gentle and languid as his eyes open to meet mine. They are no longer black but dark hazel. He brushes his lips against mine and whispers back, “ I do. So much, Princess .”

For some reason, a moment between the two of us months ago flashes through my mind. When he had asked who would lose me. Who would mourn me? I don’t want to ruin this moment, but I can’t stop myself. I pull away just enough that my eyes meet his, and I ask in a hushed voice, “ Would you mourn me, Kas ?” When he pauses mid-thrust, and his eyes widen, it is clear he remembers that moment.

I watch as his eyes turn glassy, and he reaches up with one hand to caress my cheek. “ I would not be able to mourn you, Princess . To mourn another, they first must have a heart.”

He moves his hips in slow thrusts, his eyes never leaving mine as he waits for my response. I’m not sure how to respond as I can only say his name. “ Kasim ?”

He lowers his lips to meet mine, lovingly brushing a soft kiss to them that makes my eyes burn. He rests his forehead rests mine as he continues to thrust, not pausing as he says, “ My heart would cease to beat. I would have no heart left to mourn you with. My soul would follow yours without question.”

He repeatedly hits just the right spot inside of me, and my pleasure grows. My eyes burn, and I can see the love he feels for me in his as he stares back at me. “ Kas ,” I quietly choke out.

He kisses me softly. “ There won't be a moment to mourn you because I will never be without you long enough to do so.”

I cry out when my orgasm hits, making him growl, and his thrusts begin to quicken. “ You . Are . Mine ,” he grunts out.

My fingers tighten in his hair as I say, “ I am yours.”

“ My Princess .” He growls as he slams into me.

I manage to open my eyes just enough to meet his, and I reply, “ You are mine. My Grumpy Man .”

With a roar, he slams into me one last time, and I feel the warmth of his seed fill me. He pants as he rests his forehead on my shoulder. His words are only loud enough for me to hear when he replies, “ You can call me whatever you wish, so long as I am yours. Forever yours, Princess .”