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He finally released me and delivered a walloping smack on my ass. Freyja arched and hissed at the loud noise. “Oh, you calm down, rodent,” he scolded her. “Your human likes it. You’ll see.”
“I really hope that’s you, Mariposita, or someone’s about to get a socket wrench up his ass.” “Damn. I really hope it’s me too, then.”
A tiny rumbling sound came from her, like the smallest motorcycle engine. Confused, I looked up at Mariposa. "What's that noise? Did I hurt her?" "She's purring," the grinning medic answered. "It means she's happy."
"Huh." I extended a finger to run over the kitten's belly. "You're a funny little animal with strange taste in humans."
“But it’s so worth it to me. I feel so loved, so cherished. Seeing how Reaper looks at me, how Jandro holds me—I feel like I’m made of sunlight and I just want to give that kind of love back to them, so they can feel it too.”
"But what about..." Gunner's question trailed off, but he raised his eyebrows pointedly. "Gun, if you never heard of a threesome, I regret ever letting you into my fucking club," Reaper growled.
“A satisfactory performance, then?” I smirked at her. “Highly satisfactory.” She leaned against my shoulder. “Ten out of ten, would fuck on the dirty floor of a shooting range again.”
“I can’t marry you,” he blurted out. “Not legally anyway, but I was hoping…” His words trailed off as he showed me the small, velvet box he’d been hiding. “Oh my God, Reaper.” I slapped a hand to my chest. “Is this…a proposal?” “If you have to ask that question, I’m doing a bang-up fuckin’ job,” he muttered.
“Mari, will you be mine forever?” He swallowed thickly. “And only fuck other guys that I approve of?” The crude second half of his proposal made me giggle, but the fearsome Steel Demons president looked dead serious, if even afraid.
“You’re a lot of firsts for me,” he admitted, settling over my body. “The first woman I really loved. I loved your mind first, I think. Then this smart little mouth.” He traced my lips with his thumb before skimming down my chest. “Then your heart.” “Not my body?” I gasped jokingly. “Of course I love your body.” His hands ran down my sides as he stared at me reverently. “But have I really loved you with my body before now?”
“What would you rather think about while I’m so deep inside you?” he grunted out. “Christ, you feel so good. I need to love you like this more often.”
She glanced down at the floor before looking back up at me. "I figured you don't have many people saying this to you, so I just wanted you to hear it from me. You're doing great, and yeah, I'm proud of you, Shadow."
Mindful of her fresh ink, I kept my other arm lower, ultimately deciding to wrap it around her waist. With both arms, I returned the light squeezing that she initiated. So this was my first hug. I closed my eyes and willed my body not to shake from everything running through me.
“Who are you?” Not that I could see anything, but I felt like the figure smiled. “I’m Hades.” “Hades?” I repeated. “Hades, the dog?” “Part-time dog. Full-time lord of the underworld.”
