Severed by Vengeance (The Severed Signet, #1)

by Elle Maldonado

“Find out.”

“My girl is so fuckin...

“Your ...

“You’re mine. You’ve been mine from the moment I saw you. How many times do I have to remind you?”

“I don’t want you to remind me. I want you to show me.”

“So, what the fuck are you wa...

My mouth crashed into hers without another second of hesitation, and I got my first real taste of Evangelina. She tasted like fucking heaven—and fresh mint, and I smiled against her lips, understan...

Everything inside me screamed that I should run and never return. But like the masochistic fuck I was, I knew I wouldn’t. And for the first time since I was a vulnerable child, I felt powerless at the mercy of this woman.

“Goodnight, angel.”

She scoffed and sauntered to a side table next to the recliner, pulling out a fucking hot pink dildo before sprinting up the stairs.

Oh, she was ...

no matter how many times I tried to convince myself he was just being a gentleman. But I didn’t want a gentleman.

I ran a hand down my face. No, I had a job to do. Job first, dick later.

For Eva, I’d go to war with the whole goddamn world.

“That’s my girl.”

Helena looked back, her eyes narrowed and questioning, attempting to decipher Evangelina and me. She and I had crossed few words over the years beyond business. We’d been on partnered assignments less than a handful of times. Never speaking more than necessary. She was skilled, beautiful, and deadly. Her beauty had struck Kai, and the two had engaged in a very short fling, remaining close friends once it was over.

She was wholly unaware of the lengths I was willing to go to, the people I’d kill without so much as a second thought if it meant she was safe. The day I’d set eyes on Evangelina, something inside me shifted out of place. Out of balance. The fabric of my very existence had been unraveled. The code I lived by. All of it, in shambles. She’d turned my world upside down and inside out.

Who are you? Those three words were on repeat in my thoughts. The truth was, I had no fucking clue. She made me feel so much. Made me act outside myself.

“Angel, I want you to ride my fingers like a fucking good girl. Show me how you want to be fucked. How you’ll come all over my dick.” I kissed up her neck. “Then you can watch me lick every single drop of you.”

It didn’t take long for the arm over my abdomen to slacken and her quiet breaths to slow. Staring up at the white ceiling, one arm behind my head, still sporting a semi, and this beautiful, sated woman tucked securely on the other, I came to a stark realization. I was officially fucked.

Red flags I knew I shouldn’t ignore. But damn it all. Couldn’t I just be reckless for once?

“There’s something I need you to understand.” He slipped his hand from between my thighs and traced wet fingers along the contours of my lips. “This is mine.”

“She only gets wet for me. Is that understood?”

“Angel.”

“Yours, Derek. Only for you.”

“You taste so fucking good. All I thought about this morning was feasting on your pussy. I need to have you.”

“Like what you see?”

It didn’t matter that we hadn’t known each other long. I trusted this man to take care of me, just as he’d done since the day we met.

“Prettiest fucking pussy I’ve ...

“I need to hear you. You won’t deny me what’s mine.”

“I said I need to hear you.”

“Whatever you want. Just d...

There was a time I thought I’d never enjoy foreplay and sex this way with a man, not after my experience. And while there are still moments of hesitation, of slight insecurities, I trusted him.

“Say it. Tell me who you belong to.”

“Yours! I’m yours… always yours.”

I grasped at the sheets, bunching them to my face and squealing into the fabric. Fuck, that was amazing. The best I’d ever had. I’d have to both thank and kill the woman who’d taught him those skills.

“It’s just me, angel.”

“You’re back,”

“Don’t stop. Sing for ...

“You have no idea how fucking beautiful you are.”

“That’s my fucking girl. Show me how badly you want this cock inside you.”

“Look at me, baby. Look at what you do to me. How fucking hard I am for you.”

The hours away from Eva had felt like a lifetime. I wasn’t sure when, how, or why things had changed, but there was no going back. I’d never missed anyone, never craved their companionship, not even Kai. She wasn’t special, wasn’t any different than other beautiful women I’d come across and fucked in the past. But she was everything.

“God, I missed you,”

“I missed you too.”

“What have you done to me, Derek?”

“Nothing yet. But I’m about to.”

“I’m going to fuck you, Evangelina. I’m going to ruin you the way you’ve ruined me completely.” My grip on her throat tightened, forehead pressed against hers. “You’...

“I do,” she whispered. “I’m yours, De...

“Please, what? What do you want, beautiful? Because all I want to do right now is drop to my knees and tongue...