House of Bane and Blood (Order and Chaos, #1)

by Alexis L. Menard

“We might have been rivals in our past, but we are together now. You are mine, and long as you are bound to me, I will do everything in my power to keep you safe.”

“I would do it all again,” he said in the absence of my denial. “I would run through fire and burn for you. I would lose arm and leg and limb. I’d do it all over, knowing what would happen to me, if it meant eventually having you as I do now. Milla, I don’t regret anything about you but this,” he spoke in a strained voice, as if holding back a river of temptation, “that now that I finally have you, I must give you up.”

He was oblivious to the way his praise made me feel, like I was something holy to be revered. The way his mouth adored my body like his own personal idol, devoted to worshiping every inch of my skin.

“That’s right. Eyes on me, princess.” I couldn’t look away, even if I wanted to. He was my ruler and world and wicked purpose all in one.

I couldn’t move, completely unraveled beneath him and yet more whole than I’d ever felt in my life.