I narrowed my eyes. “I feel like you’re not trying.” Malum trembled with rage. Poor guy was giving it his best shot, but he just couldn’t get the hang of it. Orion whispered in Scorpius’s ear, then moved across the room and laid one hand on his flaming mate’s shoulder while he pointed his other hand at me. “Your neck.” I looked down. Gasped. A black teardrop jewel about the size of my palm hung from a glittering diamond chain around my neck. The jewels were ice-cold and ridiculously heavy. My eyes snapped to John, the man who’d knelt atop me seconds before. He stared back. Then arched a dark
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