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needed sex. Ares and Reseph had always been able to ease their destructive impulses by getting laid, which made sense, since their mother was a sex demon. But Than had never had that alternative, and instead of sex, he went straight for the kill.
    Now, maybe, he had another option. The real question was which act—killing or sex—would give him the most satisfaction.
    And the most guilt later.
    He supposed it would depend on whom he killed or whom he had sex with.
    You’re going to pleasure me. Whenever I want. At my every whim
. Right. He should storm back into thebedroom and get going on those months Regan owed him.
    Except that in the mood he was in he didn’t trust himself to be gentle… and even through his murder-lust haze, that frightened him a little.
    “
Bludrexe?
”
    Thanatos snarled, ready to take the head off the day-walker at the end of the hall. Before that happened, he clenched his fists at his sides. He demanded loyalty from his servants, and he got it because he’d never abused them. He couldn’t—wouldn’t—start now.
    “What, Artur?”
    “Should we prepare a room for your female?”
    Thanatos was in Artur’s face before he even knew he’d moved. “She’s
not
my female.”
    “Yes, sir,” Artur said, shrinking back.
    “Fuck,” Than breathed. “I’m sorry. I’ve got a lot of shit on my mind.” Like the fact that Regan was certain one of his vampires had tried to kill her. His hackles rose at the very thought. “Regan said two of you were taken from here by The Aegis.”
    Artur, who was normally unflappable, shifted his gaze. Only for a second, but Than caught it, and in that instant, he went on high alert.
    “Artur, tell me. Who?”
    The daywalker swallowed. “Jacob, sire.”
    “And?” When Artur said nothing, Than stiffened. “Dammit, Artur. What’s going on?”
    Artur bowed his head, his long hair brushing the tattoo on his neck that all the daywalkers sported. “The other vampire was not one of ours.”
    Now Than understood Artur’s reluctance to talk aboutthis. No vampire visitors were allowed here. His vamps had to go elsewhere for human blood and companionship.
    “Who was he? How did he happen to be here for The Aegis to grab?”
    “He was…a wilding.”
    A hiss escaped Than before he could stop it. “Why was he here?”
    “I don’t know, sire.”
    Than snared Artur by the throat and slammed him against the stone wall. “You’re lying. You have your finger on every pulse here.”
    “The Aegis grabbed him and Jacob before he got a chance to tell us,” Artur said quickly. “But I suspect it had to do with your son.”
    “How did this wilding know Regan was pregnant?”
    “I don’t know how he knew. Jacob and some others wanted to find her to bring her to you.” Artur’s lip curled. “We were angry at her deception, and we wanted her to be here when you returned.”
    The idea that a strange wilding had known of Than’s child before Than himself did made the need to kill seethe wildly inside him. “Did you know where I was?”
    Artur nodded. “Limos and Ares let us know you were safe. We wanted to rescue you.”
    So Thanatos’s servants had wanted to release him from the prison of his own body, but his brother and sister, his flesh and blood, hadn’t. Nice.
    Thanatos stepped away from Artur, his body buzzing, his tattoos coming alive on his skin. The thump of his pulse pounded in his ears, drowning out the voice that demanded he return to the female he’d just told Artur wasn’t his.
    Demons. He’d find some demons to kill. Australia was crawling with them. New Zealand was a demon playground. But he didn’t want to leave Regan.
    He eyed the entrance to one of the spare bedrooms. Self-gratification had never worked to bring Ares down from battle rages—only full-on sex had done that—but at this point, Than was desperate to try anything.
    “Tell the others that Regan is not to leave the keep,” he told Artur. “Go.”
    The vampire scurried off,