Taunting Destiny (The Fae Chronicles, #2)

by Amelia Hutchins

I don’t share what is mine, and, right now, you are mine. Some women are free with their bodies. You are not to be one of them, understand me?” “Not everyone works like that. Some need and want to be loved by one man alone. When I love someone, I give them everything I have and don’t expect to get anything back in return for it. I’d never tear you down, Ryder; not if you were mine. Besides, you told me once before that love was worth fighting for.” He shook his head as his eyes narrowed. I wasn’t sure how we’d gotten into something this deep. He’d told me from the beginning that he wasn’t that kinda guy. “I never asked for, or offered, you love, Synthia,” he snapped defensively. I smiled sadly and stepped closer to him until I was close enough to kiss him. “That’s a shame, because this is what you could have had,” I whispered before claiming his lips and putting everything I had into the kiss until I heard his sigh and felt his hands tremble as they landed on my waist, pulling me closer. I didn’t want this. I wasn’t supposed to love the enemy. My hands came up to cup his face as I deepened the kiss, before pulling away to stare into his beautiful eyes. “That is what people spend eternity looking for. That’s why men go to war when they lose it.”