Throne of Secrets (Prince of Sin, #2)

by Kerri Maniscalco

I dove over the edge of the roof after Adriana, plummeting as hard and fast as I could, willing my body to break any laws of nature daring to stand in my way. The old gods were smiling down on a sinner like me for once. My arms banded around her, catching her up against my body seconds before she crashed to the ground. Once I had her, my wings erupted from their magical tether, tearing from my back in a thunderous clap that rent the air, silencing the merriment of the patrons drinking outside. The sudden intensity of my wingbeats displaced snow from the ground in a punishing sheet that whipped up and out, covering the unlucky few standing nearby. Anyone looking on would know I’d been at the Seven Sins tonight—there was no mistaking my cobalt-and-silver dragon wings. The scandal sheets would be all abuzz in the morning, given that the suitors had moved into the castle tonight. That was an issue for another time. “Are you all right?” I asked, shouting over the wind that violently whipped us. Adriana swung her legs around my hips, locking her ankles behind my back, pressing herself against me as we shot upward, leaving the night district a mere speck of glowing lights twinkling far below before being swallowed by the storm. Most inconveniently, my cock was still hard as granite.