Malack's curse on his brother Timous from Black Dorn on Friday Snippets #FridaySnippets

One of my favourite scene from my erotic medieval romance - Black Dorn. (I like Malack's rage.)



With the tip of his own sword pressed into his back, Timous stopped before the king. Malack growled, "Kneel!" Sweat poured from Malack's face. His breath came in labored gasps. Both men had fresh wounds dripping blood. Timous stood. His icy cold gaze never left his brother's face. Malack swung the sword at his legs. He crumpled to his knees. Grabbing Timous' hair, he pulled his face up. "Tell them what you did. Tell them why I have the right to kill you." Timous spat at Malack, but missed. Malack jerked his brother's face up. "Tell them!" "Damn you to hell!" Malack slammed the hilt of his sword across Timous' back. He fell face first, to the stone floor. With his foot pressed on his brother's neck, Malack raised Timous' sword to the room. "When I found Nalar's executor, I tried to force him to speak. I wanted to know who the traitor was. Who started the battle against Uplands? Who was trying to break our power? He died before he spoke the traitor's name. A farmer described the traitor's sword—dripping in blood. Look at the hilt." He held it high. On the sword were small red stones placed to look like a river of blood running from hilt to blade. "The abbot at Uplands told me if I was light then the traitor was darkness. I did not understand until I saw this sword—your sword." He pressed his foot harder on his brother's neck. "The abbot meant us—as brothers." He closed his eyes, gathered his thoughts, then spoke in a clear voice, "You ordered the raid on Uplands in order to breach a crack in Black Dorn's power. Cunning? Bah! Cowardly! You were not at the castle when I arrived. I traveled to Uplands to defend it. You ran and hid after ordering the death of my brother. You could not kill him yourself. Again, a coward. And you may not have Branwyn!" He raised the sword. "For Black Dorn! Rot in hell!" He drove it through his brother's back.

Blurb


Black Dorn - an erotic medieval romance by Daryl Devore.Heat Rating - 5 hot peppers
Purchased to be trained as a courtesan, Branwyn arrives in a strange new land and begins her daily lesson in the art of bedding a man.Back from battle, Prince Malack returns to the court of his father. The noble woman chosen to be his bride rejected him and bedded his hated rival. Malack turned his anger onto the focus of battle and increasing the power and wealth of Black Dorn. Until his gaze settles onto the face of the woman who will be his queen.

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What people are saying


5 stars - Awesome steamy story - new favorite author
Branwyn is a complex character, who begins the book timid and modest. However, in Black Dorn, timid and modesty are two sinful attitudes. Quickly, she is thrown into a world of passion and sex. But she only has eyes for one man, Malack the Gon-Dra. He is fierce and does not hide his body or his lust. However, Branwyn catches his eye and soon his heart.

This was a quick read and I found myself up late at night to finish it. The kind of drama and love story that leaves you breathless and then sighing in contentment at the end.

I will definitely read more books by Daryl Devore.

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