Steal the Day (Thieves #2)(113)

Daniel held up his hand. “I will, too, Z. I’m done with denying myself. I want to f*ck you daily, and I’m not going to walk away like a gentleman after you feed me. We’ve also decided that Dev is going to donate on a regular basis. His blood really is fairly close to yours. I want you both to take my blood at least once or twice a week. You’re aging, Z, and I’m not. I can stop that. I can stop it for both of you.”

Dev shrugged out of his jacket and laid it over the couch. He started in on his dress shirt. “If this proposal is acceptable to you, we would like to consummate our arrangement tonight. I’ve been miserable sleeping by myself.” Dev tossed his shirt over the jacket. “Come with us, Zoey.” He leaned down and kissed me. His tongue was insistent, and I let him in. I was drowsy with wanting by the time he was done with me. “I’ll be in bed waiting for your answer.”

Dev walked off toward the bedroom, and it was Daniel’s turn to persuade me.

“You’re really okay with this?” I asked as he pulled me into his arms and against his chest.

“We’re stronger together than we are apart, Z.” Daniel’s hands cupped my ass. He growled a little as he kissed me, letting me feel just how all right he was with the arrangement. “We need each other. The last few weeks proved that to me. We’re not going to get a white picket fence and two point five kids, but we can still be happy.” Daniel pressed his lips to mine once more and pulled away. “I love you. I’m going to go to bed. Don’t leave me waiting too long because two dudes in bed gets gay after a while, even if we are waiting for a girl.”

Daniel was tossing off his clothes as he walked to the bedroom.

I took a really long breath. I was stupid. There was so much more to this than simple love and lust. There always would be with these two men. They were ambitious and could be cruel and ruthless when it came to fulfilling their well-thought-out plans.

If I walked into that bedroom, I would be walking into a relationship where I had to fight not one but two men. I would have to fight to maintain my freedom because they were already working in tandem to curtail it. I would have to fight to be more than a pretty face and a soft body in bed. It would be so much harder because they were already presenting a united front.

Daniel wanted that power he could only get from Dev. Dev wanted to play the game, and more than that, he wanted to belong. He wanted a brother to replace his own, and Daniel could be that person for him. I would be the conduit to bring them together. This was so complicated, and I knew it was going to be far harder than either of them could imagine.

I knew all of that. I knew the best course of action was to grab the key from Dev’s jacket and march myself right back down to Ether. They would come around eventually. I could keep them both and maintain my control.

So why did that seem like a sad half-life compared to what they were offering me?

By the time I reached the bedroom, I’d gotten rid of those pesky clothes. I didn’t need them with my loves. I let Daniel pull me into bed, and Dev’s hands were on me before I hit the sheets.

I tried to kick my stilettos off, but Dev playfully slapped my hands away. “Leave them. We like the heels.”

Daniel was in full agreement as he wrapped those heels around the small of his back and his fangs found my neck.

It was the longest time before I managed to get out of those damn shoes.



Zoey, Daniel, and Dev will return in Steal the Moon, coming January 2014!





Steal the Moon

Thieves, Book 3

By Lexi Blake

Coming January 2014!



When an ancient artifact enslaves every werewolf on earth, humanity’s only hope is a thief…



Zoey Donovan should be happy. Her love life couldn’t be better, her demonic nemesis is on the run, business is booming, and no one has tried to kill her in seven whole months. But without her best friend to share it with, it all seems a little hollow. Neil, her fabulous furry wingman, is missing and two grumpy werewolf bodyguards have taken his place.

Undaunted by her humorless babysitters, she intends to track Neil down even if it means risking her newfound romantic bliss. But someone else has plans for Zoey, and they don’t intend to play nice. Lucas Halfer is desperate for revenge, and he knows just how to get it.

An ancient Roman legend tells of an artifact that will grant its possessor the power to control all wolves. No one, including Daniel and Dev, believes the Strong Arm of Remus is real but Zoey thinks Halfer might have already located it. With every werewolf pack in North America gathering in Colorado, the demon could enslave an unstoppable army.

To save the day, and possibly the world, Zoey will have to find a way to steal the Strong Arm of Remus from one of the most powerful demons in existence. Then again, impossible is kind of her specialty.





Dev reached out and suddenly I was no longer wearing that towel. He tossed it aside and took a moment to let his eyes roam my body. “I believe we had an arrangement before, lover. Do you remember it? I was more than willing to concede the reins of our relationship to you as long as I maintained a certain level of dominance in one very specific place.”

Dev liked to be in control in the bedroom. He liked to play certain games and we hadn’t done anything like that since bringing my husband into the relationship. I have to admit everything female in me tightened at the thought of Dev taking control again. Sex had been good the last six months, but Dev had allowed Daniel and me to explore what we were willing to do together. The boundaries had yet to really be pushed. As I looked into those green eyes, I realized he was done with going with the flow.