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It was the sort of low timbre that teased and seduced, eliciting all sorts of dark fantasies. I would know; it often fueled my fantasies of murder and dismemberment.
One time I’d asked about chasing my dreams, “But what if I fall? What if I stumble?” “Start asking better questions, my dove. What if you soar? What if you race the stars themselves?”
Failure just means you’re trying and there’s no shame in that. Don’t let anyone tell you who you are. Believe in yourself. It’s your life and you’ve got to live how you see fit. To hells with everything else.
It was in the way he held himself—sure and confident, like the world would bend to his will, seeking his attention, even knowing it would be fleeting.
For some horrendous reason, I liked imagining it was my enemy moaning softly against my mouth, finally submitting to my domination the way I craved.
My favorite pleasure was inflicting a delicious sort of punishment during consensual bedroom games. I had an unquenchable desire to dominate, to have my lover submit to every depraved whim while begging for more. Chains, riding crops, spanking a lover when the mood struck—some might confuse it for an affinity to House Wrath, which would be scandalous for a prince who ruled a different sin. But my desire wasn’t anger based, it was indulgence in its truest, darkest form.
Dragon fire acted like poison, slowly sinking in, continuing to burn an ice-cold swath until its victim had frozen from the inside out. Cures were possible only if they were administered early on.
“I have hungered for you in ways you cannot comprehend. I’ve craved you. More than my sin. You haunt me, Adriana.” I nearly shook from the confession. “My dreams are the only time I get to worship you. Do you have any idea how many careful lies of omission I’ve told over the years? The role I’ve played this last decade. All to hide the truth of how deeply, wholly lost I am to you?”
“The truth is, sweet nemesis”—I lowered my mouth to her ear—“I have not fucked a soul since the All-Sinners Ball. But I have made love to you a thousand times in my dreams. And I have never once yearned for anyone else to visit my bed.”
If I had to choose between her and the realm, it would be her. Always.
Today I was not her prince, only the male who loved her fiercely. “I’ve adored you from nearly the first moment I saw you. I loved you when I didn’t like you. I loved you when you bested me. And when I bested you. I love your smart mouth, your clever mind, your darkest fantasies. Your brightest joy. I love that you never let me win, that any victory I have is fleeting but earned. And I will live out the rest of eternity loving you.”
