“Once we do this, there’s no going back, Vinny.” I gaze down at her as I hold myself steady, the tip of my cock slotted against her slick heat. “This will make you mine. Not just your body. Not just because you're my Duchess. You understand, don’t you?” I can’t say the words, but I know she can hear them. I can see it in the furl of her brow, the lightning overhead making her eyes flash with terror. Sy can take her body. Nick can claim her mind. I want her soul. “I know,” she says, chest heaving with these huge, gulping breaths. “Take it.”
