88: Ada's POV (NSFW; Trigger Warning: Rough, Consent Issues)

Nik had marked me. It was the thing I hadn’t been expecting. And apparently, neither had either of his brothers.

Darius yanked him off of and out of me by his neck. My blood dripped from Nik’s lips as he snarled at his brother. I writhed against the wall, the pleasure of the orgasm him marking me had caused was still ripping through me. It was the most intense feeling I’d ever had, somewhere between joy and a blissful pain. Heat coursed through my body. The shadows still held me tightly in place and blocked my mouth.

Phoenix was watching my body tremble from the unwanted orgasm while Darius focused his energy on screaming at his brother, “What the fuck, Nik? You marked her? That was not your decision to make alone.”

Thank the Moon Goddess. Darius would probably be on my side with this, because Nik marking me crossed so many boundaries, and— Nik spat out, waving his hand at me, “She was planning to run away with Adrian. She was leaving. All because she was afraid of what would happen with us,” Nik shoved at Darius, “I was simply taking that option away.”

Phoenix limped over to me, wincing as he moved, “Tell me it’s a lie, Ada.” I averted my gaze. He growled and slammed his fist into the wall, “If you’d only waited for me to return, this all could have been avoided.”

His fangs sank into the marking spot on the right side of my neck. I whimpered against the shadows that were gagging me, fresh tears spilling down my cheeks. Heat coursed through my veins. I could feel the bonds between Nik and Phoenix strengthen, becoming easier to navigate. My arms were taut against my restraints, my body bucking in an attempt to break free. Phoenix stumbled back from me, eyes blazing a bright green. He planted himself on the couch, watching as I struggled against the shadows on the wall.

Nik tightened the shadows as Darius approached me. The eldest Prince regarded me with cold eyes. His muscles were tense, his canines extended. Darius reached up and ran a claw along my jawline and down my neck. He touched the two places on my neck where his brothers had marked me. I screamed as the open wounds burned. Darius took a step back and cocked his head to the side.

Within moments, his shirt and pants were tossed aside. Fresh tears streaked down my cheeks as I looked at him. It felt like I was swallowing the shadow that was gagging me. A band of shadows wrapped around my midsection, pinning me more fully to the wall. Darius gripped my hips with his claws, drawing blood. I hissed. He dropped to his knees.

Every nerve in my body seemed to explode as he sank his fangs into my inner thigh. My body froze, my eyes wide. The bond with him strengthened, and I was overcome with the feelings of rage and want from the three Alpha Princes. Heat rushed between my legs as a flush crept up my cheeks. Darius remained on his knees, sinking his fangs into various parts of my thighs. The pain was akin to ecstasy. Each bite sent trills of pleasure to the pit of my stomach, and I found myself crying because I didn’t *want* it to feel good.

Darius raked his claws down my ass and the back of my thighs. Blood dripped down to the floor. He stood in front of me, pressing his chest to mine. He was heaving with every breath, eyes locked on mine. His hands grabbed my hips and angled them toward him. He lined the tip of his cock up with my entrance. It slid up and down the slit, which was slick.

“I won’t fuck you if you don’t want it, Ada,” the tip of his cock slid up and down my core again, “But I think you want it.”

A sob wracked through my body. I squeezed my eyes shut and turned my head so that I couldn’t look at him. I didn’t want to want this. I shouldn’t. They were being so forceful, they had all marked me and claimed me. They’d backed me into a decision I didn’t want to make. I was bound to them. But... fuck it felt so good, so right.

I gave him a little nod.

He plunged his cock into me. The shadow that was covering my mouth disappeared. I cried out and tossed my head back as Darius reared back and pierced me with his cock again and again. My body was still restrained and held up by the shadows, but Darius was able to manipulate it to lift me and get my hips at the perfect angle for his merciless rhythm. My eyes shot open, and I looked over his shoulder.

Nik and Phoenix, both fully clothed again, were sitting on the couch watching as Darius railed me. I was sobbing as the pleasure built in my core, my pussy spasming against Darius’s cock. My scream was soundless as my eyes rolled into the back of my head and I found my release. Every muscle in my body was taut as Darius angled his own hips up and hit the throbbing spot within me. Fluid rushed forward, squirting over his hips and onto the floor.

His cock continued pounding in and out of my pussy. I wasn’t coming down from the high, drool running down my chin from the corners of my mouth as my body twitched and shuddered. Finally, with a warrior’s yell, Darius found his hot release inside of me.

As he pulled out, his come leaked out of my pussy and onto the floor. He smacked my breast and growled, “You're *ours* now, Ada.” Darius ran his fingertips over each of my new marks, “Consider this a mercy.”

The shadows released me, and I fell into a heap on the wet floor. Darius was pulling his clothes back on. Nik ran a hand through his hair and stood, pulling Phoenix to his feet. The three of them started toward the main door of my room.

I scrambled forward, my voice thick with the tears that were still falling, “Wait. Where are you going?”

Phoenix looked over his shoulder, face pale but holding an insane amount of fury, “You didn’t think we forgot about Adrian, did you?”

As the door shut behind them, I buried my face in my hands and pulled my knees to my chest. My cries echoed throughout the room. I barely noticed when Gwynn entered, rushing to my side. All I could think about was how I’d used Adrian, and he would die thinking I’d betrayed him— when in reality, I had betrayed the Princes I was supposed to be faithful to to try and save them.

Gwynn ushered me into the bathroom, uttering kind words to me. They made me cry harder. I didn’t deserve kindness. In the pit of my stomach, I knew what they’d done to me wasn’t half as bad as what they’d do to him. I also knew that by sunrise, Adrian would be dead.