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at his side. He’s put a lot of training, time, and personal attention into her. His reputation as one of the elite now rests on her success in finding a position in this caste. In turn, she has staked her claim on me.”
    “She can’t have you,” Ona growled. Her fingers dug into his shirt and clamped into his side in a punishing grip he didn’t pull away from.
    “You are my beast, aren’t you?” he murmured. For a man who’d never been with a woman before two days ago, he seemed to know how to make her pussy pulse with need just from a raised brow.
    “You’re mine. Never forget that. Not the other way around.”
    “If you say so.” He grinned.
    She rocked onto her toes to kiss away his insolence. Jerking his head to the side, he tutted at her like she were an errant child. She pecked his jaw and nipped him. With his sharp intake of breath, she smiled against his stubbled skin.
    “So, she’s put on this show to claim you. She’ll find out she can’t. How does this help the PACk?” She gave him one last nip and pulled back a bit to give him the space to answer.
    His hands stroked her arms in a tender caress. “When she is publicly embarrassed, VanDross will have no choice but to punish her, perhaps even remove her from being his heir apparent. To best a demon in such a way, such a slap in the face, tears away their power—both in standing and in truth. There is some balance within them that builds the strength of their ability to influence in a way that feeds off public stature. They internalize that caste system in truth.”
    “Ah. I see. So outside influence can build the internal power. That’s why demons strike out at humans, it feeds them.” The thought didn’t sit well, but it explained why the demons had long lived among humans as aristocratic nobles rather than the blood-thirsty breeds that had come to Earth in recent years.
    “Yes.” His fingers crept to her neck and toyed with the strands of her hair.
    “So publically humiliating Shreeva will put a dent in this cartel because it will weaken her and in turn, weaken her father.”
    “Yes.”
    “Easy enough then.” She slid her fingers around to the buttons of his shirt and freed one. “I agree. She should smell sex on you. Should we do something about that now?”
    He gripped her hand, holding it against his flat stomach. “Showing your brand will giveaway that the Montevedos have this power. The branding to tie mates together is a close secret.”
    She tilted her head back and stared at his mouth. “Why is that a problem?”
    “We weren’t ready to defend it. It’s a valuable tool to other breeds. They can enthrall armies of humans.”
    “Then we’ll protect it.” She tugged until he released her and she freed another button. “Now about showing up this Shreeva bitch.”
    Tiago groaned and his hands landed on her shoulders. “Turn around.”
    The she-wolf inside whimpered at the command and trembled, ready for her mate. What a pushover she’d turned out to be. Ona took the challenge sent to her in his molten brown eyes. He nudged her forward and heart climbing into her throat, arms shooting forward, she toppled. Tiago caught her around the middle and led her to the floor. With a brush of his hand, he opened the back of her dress to the side. She’d taken the dagger and cut the fabric from her waist all the way down. It parted easily and her ass was fully exposed to the room.
    He fondled her again as his heat simmered behind her.
    “She’ll scent the sex all the way down to the kind we have. You need to submit to me, Ona.” He slapped her ass and she gasped.
    Unprepared, she couldn’t help the reaction to thrust her behind further in the air for more. Dimly, she understood what he wanted, and in her heart, reveled that he could give it to her, dominance—but with her permission.
    She groaned, closed her eyes, and rested her flushed face on the plush carpet. “I hope this room is fireproof.”
    “It won’t be. VanDross