STORY EXCERPT

Warlock Impact.

Alexandria Breyson had experienced it several times in her life but never with the intensity that she did now.

The large number of people gathered at the gravesite faded into the fog surrounding her, leaving only the three powerful warlocks standing across from her.

The minister spoke, but the words disappeared in the mist.

The homicide detective with sharp eyes and dozens of questions faded into the background.

The horror and pain that had surrounded her the last three days had been pushed behind the wall of ice she’d carefully erected between her and the rest of the world.

Looking down at the graves of her mother, father and younger sister, she knew she had to keep the wall in place, especially around the three warlocks who headed the Council.

The Commissioners.

They were powerful and ruthless and, if they knew the truth about her, would take away her powers.

She was alone now, and she needed her powers to get revenge against the outlaw warlock who’d killed her family.

She kept her head down, purposely focusing her attention on the large arrangement of pink roses she’d ordered for her younger sister’s grave.

Anna had loved pink roses.

She’d loved everything pink.

Alexandria lifted her gaze and drew a deep breath and did what she’d been avoiding.

She looked at the three coffins containing her mother, her father, and her baby sister.

Her entire family.

Her throat clogged with tears, the agony of knowing she would never see them again nearly ripping her apart.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, struggling to push all emotion except fury aside.

She could handle the fury.

She reveled in it.

She could mourn their deaths later.

Right now, she could only focus on one thing.

Making their killer pay.

If she thought about anything else, she’d go mad.

Once she felt back in control, she opened her eyes, taking another deep breath, something compelling her to lift her head, and without meaning to, she looked across her family’s grave to the warlocks staring at her, their position ensuring that she would see them each time she looked up.

Her breath caught at the power emanating from them, an intense power that those with power understood and those without could only feel.

Those without power would see them only as compelling and intimidating, men other men eyed with caution and women eyed with interest.

She’d never met them before, but her father had shown her their pictures.

The Commissioners.

Maximillian, Drake, and Armand Blackstone.

Before her stood the most powerful of all warlocks.

Their power was legendary and the reason they headed the Council.

The Council, the governing body for those with power, also ran the Enforcement Agency, an agency of men and women with power who fought to maintain law and order.

She had to avoid the Council and the Enforcement Agency at all costs.

She snuck another glance at them, but their images had already become imprinted on her mind.

They were more handsome in person and bigger than she’d expected, tall and powerfully built, but it was the power glittering in their light brown eyes that made it difficult to breathe.

She knew them to be distant cousins, having inherited their powers from the same ancestor.

Each stood well over six feet tall and had wide shoulders and ink-black hair, Maximillian Blackstone’s thick hair shorter than the others, as if a civilized haircut could disguise the primitive power emanating from him.

Dressed all in black, he wore a structured raincoat against the drizzle, another attempt to appear businesslike and perhaps to blend in with the crowd.

Alexandria couldn’t help but wonder how many of those without power noticed that his hair remained dry.

Armand wore his hair the longest, past his shoulders, and even with the black suit he wore, he wore a billowy coat that came just past his knees and moved in the slight wind, giving him the appearance of a gunslinger right out of the Old West.

She glanced at Drake, who stood on the other side of Maximillian, his layered hair just barely brushing his shoulders.

His sleek leather coat gave him a dangerous look, his steady stare unnerving her.

Alarmed at what they might see, she hurriedly lowered her gaze again, hoping that once they paid their respects, they would leave and she’d never see or hear from them again.

She couldn’t let them interfere with her plans.

Furtively glancing to the left, and then to the right, she located the detectives who’d asked her dozens of questions during the past week.

Watching them move in the background, she saw that they took notes, a photographer snapping pictures in the background.

They’d become frustrated at their lack of leads, but they were way out of their league.

They’d never find her family’s killer.

Even if they found him, they’d never be able to capture him.

Only someone with a great deal of power could.

She’d briefly considered going to the Commissioners for help, but she knew that they wouldn’t allow her to take part in finding him.

Worse, they would make it impossible for her to get the revenge she desperately needed.

The possibility that they would try to stop her by taking her power strengthened her resolve.

Her father had been very explicit about avoiding them, and now alone, she found herself even more determined to honor her father’s wishes.

She needed to stay hidden in order to do what she had to do.

She would find the warlock who’d killed her family, and when she did, she would make him pay—with his life.

 

ADULT EXCERPT

 

She kept her eyes closed as Drake moved over her again, taking her mouth with his and parting her thighs, settling between them.

Stiffening at the feel of his cock against her thigh, Alexandria held on to him as he began to move lower, the feel of his lips on her breast renewing the heat.

As he kissed and licked his way down her body, she became more aware that Max and Armand could see her breasts, the awareness in her nipples making them throb.

She sucked in a breath when Drake moved lower, her stomach muscles quivering beneath his lips.

When the bed dipped on her right side, she lifted her hands to cover her breasts from Max’s and Armand’s view, jolting at the feel of another pair of warm lips on her right breast.

Her eyes flew open just as Armand caught her hand in his, the feel of his silky hair against her breast as he took her nipple into his mouth incredibly arousing.

From her other side, Max took her other hand in his, looming over her and filling her vision. “You’re trembling.

Shaking even harder when Drake lifted her thighs and draped them over his shoulders, Alexandria found herself lost in the heat in Max’s eyes. “What’s—oh God!”

Armand lifted her hand over her head and sucked lightly on her nipple, while at the same time, Drake’s tongue slid through her slit.

Max held her other hand in his while lightly caressing her breast, smiling when she cried out and the lamp on her nightstand rattled. “So beautiful. So passionate.”

He waved a finger of the hand holding hers, and the air around her began to shimmer.

Bending, he touched his lips to hers, brushing them lightly back and forth, tightening his hand on hers. “That’s it, little one. Drake looks like he wants to eat you alive.”

The pleasure of Drake’s mouth on her slit had her crying out and writhing between them, the need for something more driving her crazy. “Please! Do something.”

Drake used his tongue on her clit, increasing the pressure building inside her, a pressure that needed release.

She reached for it, but each time she got close enough to touch it, Drake slid his tongue lower and into her pussy.

Drake rose, spreading her thighs wide and positioning the head of his cock against her pussy opening, his gaze steady on hers. “Just a little pain, baby, and I promise to make it good for you.”

Alexandria nodded and stiffened, unable to look away from his glittering eyes, aware that Armand had lifted his head from her breast and both he and Max watched her closely.

“Easy, baby.” Drake thrust his hips forward, the brief sting that followed earning a soft cry from her, but not as bad as she’d expected.

Holding himself still inside her, his features tight with tension, he held her hips firmly and smiled in apology. “You okay, baby?”

“Hmm.” Appreciating his thoughtfulness, she smiled up at him, holding herself stiffly and trying to adjust to the full feeling. “Yes.”

“Wait.” Max slid his hand down her body, pressing it low on her abdomen. He stared down at her for several seconds with eyes that glowed and then smiled and slid his hand to her breast again. “She’s good.”

Drake began to move again, but instead of the soreness she expected, she felt nothing but delicious warmth and incredible fullness. “She’s better than good. She’s incredible.”

Smiling at the huskiness in his voice, Alexandra gasped when he kept her knees hooked over his arms and leaned forward, bracing a hand on either side of her. “Drake!”

“Ready for that pleasure I promised you?”

He began to move, the solidness of his cock inside her startling.

Armand slid his hand over her breast, tugging lightly at her nipple and pressing his lips against hers and applying pressure, a silent demand for her to open to him.

With his attention to one breast while Max used his mouth on the other, Alexandria hung on to them while Drake thrust into her, his slow strokes coming faster by the moment.

Armand’s kiss, filled with passion, made her dizzy.

Warm hands touched her everywhere, the sense of being surrounded by their strength and desire heightening her pleasure.

Her skin tingled everywhere, the pleasure gathering inside filling her with a restlessness that had her writhing beneath them.

The friction against her nipples sent currents of pleasure to her clit, making it throb. The fullness inside her and Drake’s firm strokes filled her with an even more intense pleasure and need for something more than before.

She cried out and pushed at Armand, sucking in breath after breath when he broke off their kiss. “Drake. Please! It’s too much. I—oh!”

Drake groaned, his features hard as stone as he continued to thrust into her, harder and faster than before. “Never too much. Take it, Lexi. Take your pleasure.”