A Ship of Bones & Teeth

by Karina Halle

but the fact that I was beautiful, nude, and silent. Something he could both show off to the world and manipulate to suit his whims.

expect her to scream for help or try to swim away. Instead, the princess punches me right in the face.

I don’t know what it is about a woman that wants me dead, but I swear nothing gets me harder.

She shrugs. “I’ve been in your shoes, lass,” she says. “This lot of pigheads love to ignore a woman, even when they’re balls deep inside her. Or especially so.”

we have a code. You don’t. I caught you eating your husband’s heart like you were a stray dog.”

“You’re a greedy little monster, aren’t you, lass?” he murmurs. “Deprived of a good cock for too long.”

Don’t get attached to a caged bird if you only mean to set them free,

“Like you’re the moon and I’m the tides, and every thought, every need, every want, is drawn to you, Maren.” I laugh to myself. “You’re right, this is madness and I’m drowning and I don’t give a damn.”

“And now I’ve made the lady blush,” he says. “How I’ve missed that particular color of pink. Same as your nipples and your cunt when I’ve had my tongue on them.”

Now you’re going to eat your own cock before I chop your head off. The taste of your own shortcomings is the last thing you’ll know.”