gushed out an orgasm.

We slowly came down from the high of being together. My webs lowered us to the ground with reverent grace, gently placing our heaving bodies like an offering on the floor.

I shifted positions and rested my head on Tomb’s chest, wrapping my legs around Crow’s body while my hand clasped Risk’s. Our breathing slowed. Our bodies smelled like sex and sweat. We drifted into that safe space of comfort where we knew this was it, this was where we belonged.

My spider purred in my chest as I traced the web of events that led me right here, to this moment. The pain and suffering. The sadness and loss. The exquisite change. All of it brought me this.

I was blessed with a beautifully fatal demon that broke me down and built me back up. She made me stronger. She took the worst things about myself and polished them with blood and silk. I gave in to the monster, fostered her taste for darkness and death. And in the end, she rewarded me with what I wanted most of all—family and love.

Epilogue Risk

I tapped my foot anxiously while scenarios played in my mind. I was wearing a tux and sitting in the auditorium at Thibault Academy, waiting for my daughter to cross the stage and accept her diploma.

I was so fucking proud of my little girl. I’d had other dalliances over the many years of my existence, and some of those resulted in children, but I didn’t have a connection with any of them like I did with Devicka. Hell, before Motley, I never even had a desire to settle down. My demonic nature was a wanderer, always seeking the next thrill.

But not anymore.

I sensed something special about my daughter from the very beginning. I’d evolved and settled into a sense of contentment I didn’t even know I was missing out on. I’d watched over her from afar, but now that I could finally be more present in her life, I was ecstatic, yet uncertain. I wasn’t sure how she would feel about being introduced to Motley, Crow, and Tomb. I wasn’t sure how she would react to the truth.

Motley squeezed my hand reassuringly while wiping proud tears from her eyes. She’d been emotional all day, pacing the floors and dropping trails of webs everywhere she went. I wasn’t sure what she was more nervous about, leaving the Between to go topside for the first time since the council was overhauled, or meeting Devicka.

I tugged her close to my side. “She’s going to love you,” I whispered in my mate’s ear as she stared at the stage. My Wicked Love was so strong. Her heart was open and ready. Devicka might be too old now for the mother she deserved, but I knew Motley would be whatever my daughter needed. A friend, a protector, a confidant.

The hardest part of this would be convincing my daughter that I’d been settled down this entire time. She had perceptions about me that I encouraged to keep us all safe. If the council knew I was mated to Motley and was hiding her in a world of my creation, they’d demand I bring her forward. I’m no fucking saint, but my life changed the moment I met Motley. I just had to bide my time before showing the rest of the world the new and improved me—the committed bastard hopelessly in love with his mate and determined to protect his daughter.

“Are you sure? Maybe we should do this another day,” Motley asked, and it wasn’t the first time.

Crow chuckled beside me. “Little Spider, it’s kind of cute seeing you so scared. I thought you were the big bad Black Widow,” he teased with a wink.

Tomb growled and punched his shoulder, punishing him for making fun of our mate.

“She’s going to love you. I promise,” I reassured her once again before lacing my fingers through hers.

“I hope so,” she whispered back just as the headmaster—a newly hired vamp with long, blond hair and a flair for the dramatics—called Devicka’s name. Much to my pleasure, Torne had been fired recently. I was happy to know he wasn’t allowed to work at the school anymore. Every single one of the assholes that used my mate as a scapegoat got theirs in the end.

I watched my daughter cross the stage with her head held high and a smile on her face. Her mates were there, standing under the spotlights and waiting for her. As council members, they had particularly handy perks and were allowed to assist in handing out her diploma. They were a bunch of cocky assholes, but they loved my daughter and treated her right. And now that they were in charge of the council, Motley, Crow, and Tomb were finally able to live topside without fear. I couldn’t help but feel grateful as fuck for that.

She stopped at Hyde first, and he bowed before her. I’d never admit it to any of them, but I actually liked that crazy fucker the most. He was odd—most necros were—but good. He’d go to hell and back for my daughter, and that was all I really cared about.

Devicka stopped at Gritt next. Of all of them, he and I butted heads the most. I liked to leave photos of his pink dragon lying around just to fuck with him. The alpha was too brash, but he’d calmed down some since mating my daughter. I loved how Devicka didn’t put up with any of his shit. She held her own with him, and it made me proud.

Render then flashed up to her and wrapped her in a big hug, kissing her on the mouth in front of everyone. I rolled my eyes and sighed. Fucking cocky vampire. He was way too affectionate for my tastes. I wasn’t stupid, I was a fucking demon, for gods’ sakes, but that didn’t mean I wanted to see him mauling my daughter

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