His Darkest Desire

by Tiffany Roberts

And yet being here felt…right. All her life, she’d always had this vague sense of an invisible tether tugging her in this direction, leading her to these ancient lands. Now that she was no longer resisting that call, it was like… Like she was meant to be here. “One day at a time, Kinsley. One day at a time.”

“Everything may seem dark and scary,” she whispered, “and you may not always be able to see the sun, but it is there.”

“In exchange for your life, Kinsley Wynter Delaney, you will be bound to me. You will be my mate, and you will take my seed into your body until it bears fruit. Do you swear it?”

And she couldn’t… Her hand dropped to settle low on her belly. Over her…her womb. The one thing this monster wanted was the one thing she could not give him. Anguish lanced her.

She is my mate. Kinsley carried a piece of his soul within herself, and it had meant nothing. She’d disobeyed him. She’d rejected him. She’d looked upon him like he was a monster.

But most of all, he yearned to protect and care for his mate. His brows fell, and the corners of his mouth ticked down. “You suggest I demean myself further by…wooing a human?”

All the world will look upon you and never know the crushing weight of your broken heart.

“Why does he keep doing that?” “He is solemn,” said Shade quietly, “and often overly dramatic.”

“If I’m your moonlight, what are you to me?” she asked. “I am your darkness. Your cloak, your protection. The shadow that shields you from the ravages of the day, the shroud that lulls you to sleep so you may wander in the bliss of your dreams.”

“Oh God,” Kinsley cried, clutching her breasts. “There is no god here,” he growled. “Cry out for me.”

“You can give me everything I desire. You.” He soothed her lip with tender strokes of his thumb. “Love me, fear me, command me, obey me. I will be your master and your slave, your worshipper, your equal. I will be your everything, just as you will be mine.”

Madison scoffed. “Oh, would you two go fuck already?” “Madison!” Emily snapped with the sort of ominous threat only mothers seemed able to evoke.