The Unseelie prince braced his body over mine, grabbing my face roughly in one hand, my lips puckering out above my teeth. This close, I could practically see the collagen fibers in his iris, causing the ice-blue streaks of color as they looked straight through me. Like the rope of a noose pulling tight and strong, our connection was unwavering. Even if it was unwanted, we were coal to the other’s flame. “For forever you are mine. I alone own you. Do you understand that yet?”
