Tempting Darkness

"You can lock me in," I blurted, not wanting to be stuck in a room with them. His hand gripped my throat, and he walked me backward until I hit the wall. My hands wrapped around his wrist, yet he didn't put any pressure on my throat. He simply held me, his way of telling me he could break me easily. Darius pressed his entire body against mine, and his stubble brushed my cheek as he leaned in.

"I am being very lenient right now by not breaking your neck. You will be in our room from now on because you can't be trusted." I shook my head, not wanting to sleep in there with them or be anywhere near Darius, Tobias, or Lycus. I didn't want to be near either of them, but if I had to pick a lesser evil, it was him.

"Maybe Kalen can stay in my room?" I asked, and he growled, pressing so close I could feel the heat of his anger seep into me. His aura was suffocating me.

"And tomorrow, when our mates wake up, you can explain to them why you are in our room and what you attempted to do," Darius murmured. I gasped, thinking of Kalen and how much that would hurt him if I said I was trying to escape. "But Kalen would hate me," I whispered.

"Exactly," Darius snarled before shoving me off. He took a step back and smiled. So, that was his punishment? Why didn't he just kill me? He wanted Kalen to hate me, and I gritted my teeth before glaring at him. But two could play this game. "Fine, I will tell them then. I will tell them that you came into my room and tried to hurt me, so I ran. We will see who Kalen believes. Me or his f*****g sadistic mate?" I smiled and shrugged.

Darius tilted his head to the side, examining me, and I turned toward his bedroom door. "Tobias would be able to tell you're lying. It wouldn't work."

"But Kalen also knows that Tobias would lie for you," I retorted.

He snarled, and I found myself slammed against the wall, the air expelled from my lungs with one harsh puff.

"Either I sleep in your room with you, or you sleep in ours, Aleera. So, f*****g pick. And you pull that shit again, I may just kill you. I will not allow you to get between my mates and me." "Let me sleep in my room."

"So, you would rather be locked in a room with me than in a room with all of us?"

"I would rather have you six feet down and buried, but I don't seem to get what I want," I snapped at him.

He laughed before pressing closer, so close I could feel his lips move against mine. "The only reason you are alive is because of Kalen. The rest of us wanted to kill you. Just remember that next time. Because if it were up to me, I would have let the wolves rip you apart," Darius sneered.

"And if I could go back to that night, I would have let them. At least I wouldn't have to put up with you daily," I spat back at him.

"So, what is it, Aleera? Am I sleeping in your room, or would you rather be in mine where Kalen is?" Darius asked.

"For someone who finds me repulsive, you are pretty insistent on spending the night with me," I said, glaring at him. He went to say something, but I spoke up, cutting him off.

"Or was Kalen right about you sneaking into my room at night? You claim to hate me so much, and if that were true, why the f**k can't you stay out of my room?"

Darius said nothing; he just glared at me. His burning anger made the temperature rise, and I knew what Kalen had said was true.

"He was telling the truth, wasn't he? You hate me yet can't stay away."

"Don't flatter yourself, Aleera. I do hate you, but you are our rightful keeper. I don't get to control the bond, no matter how stupid it feels about you," Darius sneered.

"No, but you control your actions. So, why come in? Or do you have a thing for unsuspecting sleeping girls, some f****d-up kink?"

Darius pounced on me, and I crashed to the ground with him landing on top of me. I tried to kick him off, but he pressed all of his weight down on me. His hand moved, covering my mouth before he shoved his hand in my pants.

I thrashed and hit him. He uncovered my mouth before pinning my hands above my head, holding them in one of his. I glared at him when his hand slid beneath my panties. I hated him, f*****g hated him, yet my body reacted to his touch as he cupped my p***y, which suddenly had its own heartbeat. His touch made me moan despite my hatred as his fingers caressed my slit. His touch was rough and forceful when his fingers moved between my folds, and he shoved one inside me.

A scream bubbled up my throat as I went to call out for Kalen when his lips crashed down on mine, almost hungrily. I pressed my lips together, and Darius bit my lips, making me hiss, only for his tongue to plunge into my mouth.

The bond reacted automatically with no say from me, and I moaned into his mouth as his tongue played with mine. Darius slid his finger out before forcing another inside me. The stretching feeling made me jerk when he curled his fingers inside, and I thrashed as he rubbed his thumb across my c**t. Tears of embarrassment brimmed as I felt my body start climbing higher despite my protests of not wanting his touch, yet the bond craved it.

My walls clenched around his fingers as he built up friction, and he groaned into my mouth as his tongue assaulted mine. My body reacted, and I tried to think of anything other than his vile touch. However, the bond had other ideas, wanting and craving him to keep going, though my mind screamed for me not to come.

My stomach clenched, and I struggled harder as heat ran through me, making me gasp when he moved his thumb quicker, his fingers soaked with the arousal the bond had caused, and the friction became too much. My walls clenched and throbbed, and Darius kissed me harder, covering my mouth with his and stifling my moans as my o****m ripped through me.

My surroundings muted as pleasure rippled through me, and my hips moved involuntarily against his hand. His fingers slipped out of me when the high subsided, and I was left humiliated and breathless.

Darius pulled away from me, and his hand slipped out of my pants. "Now, I am guessing you didn't want to come, but it sucks when you have no control over your bond. Just like I have no control over being in your room when my bond is f*****g calling for you," he sneered. I looked away from him, ashamed, when he shoved between my legs, his erection pressed against me, and I turned back to glare at him.

"As you can feel, I definitely feel the f*****g bond. I just choose to deny it control, so don't get it twisted, Aleera. The bond may want you, just like yours wants mine, but I will never be yours, nor will I allow you to be mine," he said before shoving off me.

I scrambled to my feet and away from him when his bedroom door opened. Tobias groggily stepped out, glancing at us in the hall.

"What's going on?" he yawned. My cheeks flushed, and I rubbed my arms, suddenly feeling cold.

"What will it be, Aleera?"

I gritted my teeth, no way did I want to be locked in a room alone with him, so I shoved past Tobias and walked over to the couch. "What's going on?" Tobias asked as I dropped onto the couch.

"Nothing. She sleeps in here from now on," Darius answered while I said nothing.