The Never List

by Jade Presley

To the readers who always struggle to pick a favorite book boyfriend. Don’t worry—here, you’ll never have to choose. It’s okay to love them all.

I smile against her, then flick my tongue again. “Fuck. You taste like salted caramel.”

good in this fucking world. I drag my tongue through her without preamble, relishing the light scrape of her nails on my scalp as she tangles her fingers in my hair.

“You’re mine now.” She shivers at my words. “Your mind, body, and heart belong to me. So,” I say, smiling as I tease her mouth with my tongue, “do what I say and come.”

“Because!” I throw my blades in the opposite direction until they snick perfectly into the walls. I stalk up to her, closing the distance between us again, not lowering my voice an inch. “The minute I heard your voice, the minute I sensed your emotions, you felt like mine.” The second the truth leaves my lips, something breaks open inside me, and I’m no longer pulling myself away from her; I’m jerking her to me in a painful kiss that sears my soul.

“We’ve been on a crash course since you found me in the library. I loved you then. I didn’t know it, but I do now.” He goes still, poised at my entrance. I can feel him throb against me in time to my own heartbeat. “Say it again,” he demands. “I love you.” I breathe the words, tugging against my chains. I need to claw at him, need to touch him, need to crash against him so hard I’m left with delicious bruises. Jax’s pupils blow out, and he rocks against me again. “I’ll ruin you,” he says. I capture his lips, biting down on his bottom lip hard enough that he growls. “Then ruin me,” I say against his mouth.