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They’re more.

I know.

A hundred questions sit on the tip of my tongue because I sense it all the time.

I hear the men booting upstairs to the third floor for secret meetings. I’ve noticed the handsome, inked Dom—the local lawyer, who rents that locked room.

Twice, I swear I’ve heard a woman’s satisfied moans from behind that black and gold door. I wasn’t sure if Jace was in there, but those are the only two nights he wasn’t by the front door, waiting to walk me home.

I know there’s a secret society surrounding Jace. I can sense its carnal circle.

Don’t ask me why the idea of Jace with others tempts me, but the threat of him with just one woman is torture.

But it’s here, this instinct burning inside me, wanting to know more.

Though I don’t dare ask.

If I do, it would only be fair that I answer Jace’s questions. That I respect our friendship and reveal my secrets too.

So I keep them myself.

And I keep secretly loving Jace.

CHAPTER SEVEN

JACE

Now

TWO

Where TF are you?

I glance at my phone,reading Nash’s text before I reply with my annoyed thumb.

We never use names; we use numbers in the order of our thrones. I’m FIVE, and fittingly, Nash is number two because he’s bugging the shit out of me.

Walking Vivian home

TWO

Told you we have a kings meeting at 6

NOW

Asshole

Life sucks

Get a straw

Asshole

I’ll be there when I get there

My brothers will be fine. Besides, The Queen, our mom, won’t let them start without me, and they all know I have my priorities straight.

I always walk Vivian home at night unless it’s an initiation.

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