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Gods, when she scolds me like that, I want to kiss her. Partly to shut her up, but mostly to feel those lips against mine and bask in that savage anger as I tear off her clothes and fuck her so hard she sees stars.
I can still hear her breathy pants and her moans every time I close my eyes. I can’t stop thinking about what she’ll really sound like when I do that to her, because I’ve decided no matter how much she hates me, I have to have her. One way or another, I won’t be able to live with myself if I don’t make her moan like that outside of my dreams.
Seeing that mark on his skin makes my stomach twist, but then I remember my lip print still on his palm. I got here first.
“I don’t know what that bastard did to you, but I’m going to help you get your crown, Heart Queen, and I’m going to make him pay. For all of it.”
There’s a disconcerting sense that I’ve found something I’ve lost. Like I’ve come home.
“I feel it every time you’re in the room. You make me so fucking hard I can’t think straight. I’ve jerked off in the shower every day, thinking about you. Thinking about how much you hate me.”
“Spend one night with me. I’ll break you into pieces. I’ll fuck your mouth and your pussy with my tongue and my cock and my fingers and make you come so many times you lose count. I’ll make you beg for it again and again.”
“I think I’ll have him killed.” Nadir takes a casual sip of his drink, and I choke on mine. “Why?” “I don’t like the way he was looking at you. He was watching your ass as you walked away.” I blow out a breath, puffing a lock of hair out of my eyes. “Is this what you’re going to be like now?” “This is how I always was. I’m just not hiding it anymore.”
“You’re going to ruin me, too, Inmate,” he says softly, making me realize I just said at least part of that out loud. “Lucky for you, we’ll go down in the blaze together.”
“Oh, I’m Inmate again? I was a good girl a minute ago.”
I’m like a dragon protecting its horde. She’s mine now, whether or not she knows it yet.
She glares at me, fierce defiance in her expression. This is when she’s her most radiant. When I’d gladly fall to my knees and destroy entire continents if she asked. Even if she didn’t.
When did I start to care about this woman who should mean nothing to me? The moment I laid eyes on her, that’s when.
“I told you the Fae are territorial, and I have no interest in anyone else. As long as there’s the slightest chance you’ll let me touch you again, I have eyes only for you.”
but I need to learn to protect myself, and I’m not yours.” Nadir sucks in a sharp breath and it’s obvious he wants to argue. His jaw flexes, and his eyes flash with sparks of crimson. “No, but you will be,” he says, and there is a solemn oath hidden in those words. The expression on his face tells me this is far from the last I’ve heard of this,
The Aurora sky lightens from silky black to a strangely comforting grey. To think how much I once loathed its endless dreariness. When did it start to feel more like a warm blanket? Probably around the same time I kissed Nadir.
Nadir walks forward and bends on his knee, his head bowing. “What are you doing?” He looks up with a smirk. “Kneeling for the queen.”
You’re going to do this because you are the strongest fucking woman I’ve ever met. Because you’re a queen without her crown and it’s time to take it back.
“I thought you said this was done,” he replies, his intense gaze searing into me. “Fuck what I said.” “Oh, thank gods.”
