“You don’t have it in you to fuck Aria the way she needs it, Vicious. That little slut takes a beating and still begs for more. She’d fucking eat you up and spit you out, little boy,” Knox sneered. While I wasn’t concerned about the world’s opinion of me, I also didn’t want it to be disclosed. “Hell, she even took my entire knot into that greedy cunt of hers and liked it like the filthy whore she is. You think you’ll ever be able to fulfill her needs? Nah, that’s right. The first girl you loved? Didn’t that bitch swan dive off of a cliff? Total header, right? Oh, I remember now. The idea of returning to your tiny pathetic prick after having a real dragon made her want to die, right? She knew you’d be unable to quench her thirst for a real man so she did what was needed to escape you.”
Zyion’s strike against Knox’s blade sent him back, forcing him to dig his feet in as he smoothly countered it. Knox’s fingers tightened against the pummel of the blade, as sweat trickled down my back. My nails pricked against my flesh as my stomach roiled with tension. Knox swung then lifted his foot, kicking Zyion in the chest, sending him staggering back a few steps. The color fled from my face as I watched Knox bring his sword back, then swung it with a killing blow. Zyion turned just in time, missing the blade connecting with his chest by a hair’s breadth.
“Do you remember the second woman? I do. I remember her screaming for you as I ended her life. And she did, Zyion. She pleaded for me not to kill her, too. But I ensured she sang for me before I allowed her to find the blissful nothingness of death. That whore sang like an angel as she took every fucking inch of my blade through her supple, tender flesh. So, do you honestly think I’d entrust my whore with you? You’ll never have her, Vicious. At least, not while I still live.” Fear fluttered through my awareness as the vicious determination on Zyion’s face, as his body grew taut and rigid with murderous rage.
“I already fucking have her, Karnavious. I’ve had her many fucking times, and I’ll have her many fucking more now that you’re out of the way. And your girl? She sings so fucking pretty when I’m inside her. Fucking hell, it is so deliciously beguiling to want her to continually sing her sweet, lustful song again so soon after I just had it humming around my cock as I fucked her throat, raw. Your girl even sang my praises as she purred against my lips, promising to be a good little slut and let me use her however I’d like once we’ve finished up here. Of course, I wouldn’t say she sang like an angel, but she did gag prettily as I forced my entire cock down her throat. She’s exquisitely primal. That is why you like her so much, isn’t it? She doesn’t just give you her submission, she makes you fucking take it from her.”
My eyes fluttered in shock at his words, even as Killian’s gaze burned into the side of my head. I had told him to use whatever he could to bring Knox to the surface. There hadn’t been time to specify what would be out of line.
Turning to glance back at him, I exhaled before whispering, “I said whatever it took, Killian. Do you honestly think I’d have fucked Zyion and then brought him home with me to meet Knox?”
“You best hope he doesn’t remember what Zyion just said, Aria. Knox has spent his life hunting Zyion because he’s the one who removed the head of Dracarius Karnavious. Knox’s grandfather and the former King of Norvalla. You brought him right to him too,” he hissed back with his eyes on the duo currently fighting. “If he thinks you fucked him, there won’t be any coming back from that.”
“That pussy of hers?” Zyion asked. “It’s fucking delicious, isn’t it? She let me fuck it like I owned it. I enjoyed every whimpered gasp as I stretched her tight pussy out to ensure it knew who it belonged to, though. That girl is vicious, and knows how to fuck, I’ll give you that much. However, that knot of yours must not be as impressive as you think. Getting into her cunt wasn’t an easy feat. Her walls were a snug fit, but easier once I’d had a few good, hard, lengthy bouts of breeding her. But I wasn’t hearing Aria complaining about the length or width of my prick, Knox. But I assure you, before I’d finished with her, my seeds were planted and growing in her womb. She’s going to make me a daddy.”
Knox stumbled, but as quickly as he did, he recovered. The sound of his steel crashing against Zyion’s rang out through the darkening night. Every move was fluid, graceful, and driven by murderous rage. Horror entered my mind as the men became blurs of movement, each aggressive slice faster than my mind could process or my eyes could even register.
I’d known Knox moved with an impossible, inhuman speed. But I’d never considered it being employed in a sword fight. Zyion still met every swing with a defensive blow. Zyion was tiring from the relentless blows vibrating through his arms. Knox parried, then sent his blade thrusting forward, piercing Zyion’s shoulder. His scream of pain tore through the night as horror shot through me faster than any bullet could have.
Zyion stepped back, freeing himself of the blade, then just managed to lift his blade to defend himself as Knox brought his sword down. Horror tore through my mind as Zyion tried to regain his footing with angry, deafening blows colliding against his blade. The moment Zyion was on his feet, Knox knocked Zyion’s blade aside with a downward sweep of his own.
As if the sky heard and felt the horror unfolding beneath it, it released a deluge of rain. A lightning bolt ripped across the darkened space above us, then forked as it spread out in several directions. A white light filled the scene, even as a sharp crack of thunder followed behind the flashing light. Several more bolts shot like arrows throughout the night skies, one after another. Thunder mirrored the beat of a war drum as the world went still around us.
Knox brought his blade down with lethal accuracy. A cry of frustration tore from my lips as I sent my magic toward both men, sending them soaring backward and away from one another. Both men collided with the murky, wet ground. Only, Zyion didn’t get up as quickly as Knox, who wasn’t the type to ever stay down.
Knox planted his palms against the earthen floor and pushed up with practiced strength, throwing himself back onto his feet with the gracefulness of a cat. Then he glanced at Zyion, who was searching the area for any sign of Knox, and looked back at me with fear. Knox’s head turned, following Zyion’s stare until it landed on me. The moment it did, horror gripped my heart, working to rip it free of my chest. One step toward me, then another. My footsteps mirrored each step he took forward. My lips parted to issue a warning, but no sound escaped past the knot swelled in my throat as a vicious smile twisted over his mouth.
“Aria, run!” Zyion snarled, which jerked me from the shock of what was unfolding.
Knox was going to catch me. Hecate would then force him to end my life, right along with the lives of his unborn children. Adrenaline shot through my veins, forcing a surge of desperation to bite into my mind. Turning on my heel, I shot toward the dense forest.
Chapter Thirty-One
Aria