Marked for Danger by Jennifer Leeland Read Free Book Online

beautiful. He stared at the vid. In the heat of the moment, he'd missed the tightening of Rina's features when his hand reached down to stroke her sweet pussy. Sweat broke out on his palms, and he licked his lips.
    For a split second, he was lost in that moment, in the sensations Rina had dragged out of him in that encounter. But he was being shown this vid by Princess Sera Placido. He had to stay in the now. “And what? You don't like that I fucked a Brotherhood Assassin?"
    Out of nowhere, Leo sprang on him and slammed him against the wall. The violence of the man's hands was nothing compared to the death Xandros saw in the man's gaze. “You fucking bastard. I'm going to kill you."
    Leo was military and had served undercover with Primarian soldiers. But he hadn't been trained in dirty tricks the way Xandros had. In two seconds flat, Xandros had jammed his fingers in a spot just above the man's dick, and Leo recoiled.
    But when Xandros moved in to follow up, Shaun stepped forward and chopped down on Xandros's arm, numbing it. Then Shaun slammed Xandros back against the wall. Where the princess had left Xandros sexually cold, Shaun's touch made Xandros as hard as a fucking rock. Damn him.
    A muscle moved in Shaun's cheek, and his gaze dropped to Xandros's mouth. “You fool. You just had to do it, didn't you?"
    "I don't know what's wrong with him, but there's no way in hell I'm going to be manhandled by anyone.” He leveled a serious look at Shaun. “Even you."
    "You'd love me to manhandle you,” Shaun whispered.
    "Not like this, Fenway. Get your damn hands off me, or I'll drop you to your knees.” Confident in his abilities, Xandros didn't raise his voice or flinch when Shaun squeezed his throat.
    Shaun sighed. “Why did you bait him?"
    "I don't know what the fuck you're talking about, but I'm dead serious. Get your hands off me.” Xandros flexed the fingers of his working arm, his right arm still numb.
    Shaun dropped his arms and glared at Xandros. “Why do you have to pick now to do your typical fucking anything with a hole?"
    Xandros glared back and snapped, “I needed information so I marked her—"
    "What?” Leo roared and charged again, but this time, Xandros was ready and crouched in readiness. “I'm going to strip your hide."
    "Leo, stop it,” the princess said sharply. Her gaze narrowed on Xandros's face. “You marked her to track her? What kind of a monster are you?"
    He frowned and shrugged. “She's a Brotherhood assassin and adept at disappearing. I needed an advantage."
    The princess blinked. “An advantage.” Leo growled, and she reached up to stroke her mate's face, her sleeve falling away to reveal an elaborate dragon mark. “She'll be marked for life, always tied to you.” Princess Sera shook her head.
    Xandros snorted. “The mark means nothing.” Even as he said it, he didn't believe it. It meant that Rina belonged to him. The supreme satisfaction he felt at that thought was odd.
    "It means the Brotherhood will kill her when they see it,” Shaun said angrily. “You just put a bull's-eye on her back."
    "She'll be fine,” Xandros said. The last thing he wanted to do is explain that he had no intention of letting her disappear on him.
    "You had no right,” Leo shouted.
    "That's enough,” Xandros snapped. “My relationship with Rina is none of your fucking business. As long as I find your Nyral males, what do you care?"
    Shaun's eyes widened, and he searched Xandros's face. “You really don't know, do you?"
    "Know what?” An uneasy sensation began to slide into Xandros's belly.
    "Rina is Leo's sister-in-law.” Shaun's words created a sensation of falling for Xandros. “She was Shanie Tao's little sister."
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Chapter Five
    When Carina fled from that alley, she couldn't get away from her thoughts. Why had she let him mark her? It was a death sentence. The Brotherhood would know, and she would be killed...if she was lucky.
    Damn him. How had he gotten under