[Tatiana’s POV]I sit quietly while everyone at the table stares at me, and I swear it is almost as if they can see through me completely. Unable to calm down, I begin to squirm until Knight’s hand comes to rest on my thigh, sending soothing warmth through me before his essence begins to tickle my mind.‘Calm down; you aren’t in trouble.’‘Feels like it,’ I shoot back.For a moment, I let my eyes take in the group in front of me. We had gathered together to discuss our next move when it came to dealing with my uncle and Massimo, but it felt more like I was here for trial.‘You shouldn’t have been so loud last night,’ Knight chuckles, causing a ferocious blush to color my cheeks.‘Shut up,’ I hiss, wishing the floor would open up and swallow me. ‘How can you possibly…’Before I can finish, my eyes come to rest on Winley, and so help me a look of knowing flashes in them further confirming what Knight just said.‘Just kill me now.’“Thank you for coming,” Desmond announces, saving me fro
[Knight’s POV]I stare down, taking in Tatiana’s terrified gaze due to knowing that Fernando could invade her thoughts and hear everything. Fuck, I wanted to kill that bastard for what she was putting her through, but if I did that, she could die too.“What should I do?” She whispers, her eyes filled with pleading. “What if I cause..."“You won’t,” I say, pulling her to me. “I’ll be damned if I’ll let that bastard know a fucking thing.”As I speak, I look deep into her eyes, half expecting to see Fernando there staring back at me, but I’m just met with her golden depths.“We’ll figure out a way to stop this,” I murmur, hoping that my presence alone will calm her.“But how?”“If he is able to invade your thoughts like this, then you should be able to do the same,” I explain. “That’s how this works.”We were taught about blood-bonding long ago, but it was an extreme way of mating with another and is hardly used anymore. But if one party was capable of doing it, that meant that the other
[Tatiana’s POV]I stare at Knight as embarrassment rushes through me due to what I’ve just said, but now that he has ignited the fire in me, I can’t stop. If this would make Fernando go away, then I was more than willing to do it, even if it was almost like using Knight.'Don't you dare,' Fernando growls. 'It'll be the biggest mistake you can make.''No, it won't,' I counter.“Say it again,” Knight growls, hooking his fingers into my pants.“Fuck me,” I whisper. "Please fuck me even if we are being watched."Letting out a growl of excitement, he pulls, removing my pants and underwear in one fell swoop so that I’m left completely bare before him. However, unlike the last few times we did anything, I didn’t feel embarrassed; if anything, I was even more aroused due to the hunger I saw in Knight’s eyes. Knowing that I was the reason for that left me feeling beautiful and powerful. It was almost intoxicating, and the more I felt like this, the more I wanted to feel it.‘Careful, pet.’ Fer
[Tatiana’s POV]“Kn-Knight, I c-can’t!”My voice comes in embarrassing puffs while a loud groan of ecstasy escapes from the seventh orgasm I’ve had. So far, Knight had kept to his promise of making me cum until I couldn't, and he had done it without even penetrating me. If this kept up, there was no way that he was going to be able to fuck me.“You can,” he counters, building me up to another. “And then you’re going to be a good girl and take my dick.”As he speaks, he sends me crashing into an eighth orgasm, but this time instead of continuing to pump his fingers into me, he removes them.Pulling them out, he stands up and begins to remove his clothes so that his dick is freed from beneath his pants.“Did you learn your lesson?” He asks, climbing on top of me. “Or should I punish you a bit more?”“I learned,” I gasp. “I learned!”I did learn, but not to be disobedient. I learned that Knight had a sadistic side, and when we were together like this, he had a need to dominate. And despi
[Knight’s POV]I keep my gaze fixed on Vince as he stares at me in disbelief. When I called him here to meet with us, I knew that what I would be asking was a lot, but he was the only one left in the pack that I was certain I could depend on.“You want me,” he begins, his gaze flashing with excitement. “To actually cause trouble for your stepmother and Jackson?”“That’s correct,” I confirm. “And I’m assuming that your using their names means that they’re involved in this whole scheme with Onyx River and Obsidian River.”“That’s right,” he puffs, anger coloring his features. “It turns out that your stepmother has been in some type of fling with Giovani. I saw them macking on each other in the hallway and about lost my lunch.”To prove his point, Vince makes a gagging noise as his features blanch, and I can only assume that he is seeing the scene all over again.“Why am I not surprised?”I knew from the very start that my stepmother didn’t have much interest in my father, but her acting
[Tatiana’s POV]“Get it!” I yell, pointing at the zombie on the screen in front of us. “What are you doing?”“I’m trying,” Knight huffs, pointing his weapon at the screen and pulling the trigger.Biting back the giggle that wants to escape, I watch as his shot zooms past the zombie's head.“Dammit,” he growls as the creature attacks and Game Over appears on the screen. “This thing must be defective.”“Defective,” I repeat, raising a brow.When I suggested that we come to the arcade to play some games, I fully expected to look like an idiot, but instead Knight was the one doing that. How someone could be so bad at games was beyond me, but I was enjoying seeing this side of him.“One more time,” he huffs, reaching in his pocket and hunting for tokens. “I won’t lose again.”“No,” I sigh. “I think it’s about time we got back.”We had already been gone for half the day, and my chest was beginning to feel uncomfortable. Even though I had left milk for Octavia, I needed to either pump or fee
[Tatiana’s POV]“You’re much bolder than I expected, princess,” Knight murmurs as I lay panting on him.“I don’t know what you mean.”Flushing, I hide my face in the crook of his neck while the ride around jerks to life. Time was up, and we were sure to use it wisely, but after so much exertion, I wasn’t quite sure if I would be able to walk. However, I couldn’t just sit there completely naked.After throwing my clothes back on, I wait for the ride to come to a halt and then quickly scurry out while trying to ignore the gazes that come to rest on me. I knew that I was simply being paranoid, and there was no way they all knew what we were doing, but now that the moment was over, I couldn’t stop the embarrassment I felt.“Slow down,” Knight chuckles, wrapping an arm around my waist and pulling me close. “You look like someone who is doing the walk of shame.”“I am doing just that,” I point out. “Anyway, we really should get back.”Above, the sun was beginning to set, and a few stars cou
[Tatiana’s POV]Gasping, I pry my eyes open and find that I’m back in my room in Crystal Fang. Letting out a breath, I sit up and take a look around me while half expecting to find Fernando there, but all I’m met with is empty space and Octavia’s crib."Fuck!" I huff, pulling my knees to my chest. “That was too damn close.”What the hell was I supposed to do now that I knew not only could Fernando infiltrate my thoughts but also my dreams? I got lucky this time around, but what would happen the next and the next? I was like a sitting duck.“No,” I say slowly, shaking off the sudden sense of doom I felt. “There has to be a way to keep him out.”There had to be; I just had to figure it out.Getting up, I check on Octavia, and when I see that she is still fast asleep, I head out in search of Knight. I could only hope that he was done with his meeting with Desmond and actually agreed to what I had planned.Maybe if I were to enlist the help of a mage, they could give me something to seal