The Veiled Kingdom (The Veiled Kingdom, #1)

by Holly Renee

He took my chin in his hand, his calloused thumb gentle against my skin until my lips collided with his. The kiss wasn’t gentle or teasing, it was punishing and brutal, and he grazed his teeth over my lips before he forced himself inside and tasted my tongue with his. His fingers explored and pushed more firmly against me, and I jerked forward in his arms.

His fingers slipped lower, toying with me as he traced over every part of me, and he groaned when he was met with the moisture that waited there for him. “Gods, you are so wet for me.”

kissed him hard, trying to keep my whimpers of pleasure contained, but he lifted his thumb and pulled my lip from my teeth. He rubbed the tip of his thumb roughly over my lip before he moved his mouth back to mine and teased it open with his tongue just as a finger slid inside me. I froze for a second before his palm began to rub soft circles on my sensitive clit. I had never been touched like this before, never felt so utterly out of control.

“You’re taking me so good, little traitor.” He nipped at my ear, and I felt the move all the way to my core. “Gods, I can imagine how well you’ll take my cock. I could die thinking about this tight little pussy wrapped around me like it was made for me.”

“I would feast upon this pussy like I had been starved for years.”

cried out, but he wasn’t done. “I have been starved, Nyra. Until you.” The dam broke inside me, and I cried out his name as pleasure coursed through every inch of me.

And even if she looked at me with nothing but disgust on her face when she had walked away with Eiran, all I could do was smile. Because she wanted me as badly as I had wanted her.

There were yellow marks all along her delicate neck, and the unmistakable marks were already beginning to turn a deep purple along the edges. Someone had their hand around her throat. “What the fuck happened?” My voice boomed, but I couldn’t control my anger. “I’m fine.” Nyra’s eyes didn’t leave mine, but I could see the desperation she was trying to hide beneath the depths. “I just need to sit down for a second.” She was lying.

And I needed to get away from her before I did something stupid. The memories of touching her last night, of the things I had said to her, had been haunting me since the moment she walked away with Eiran, and seeing my father’s mark on her now, made me feel possessive over her when she wasn’t mine. But I wanted to make sure that everyone in this entire damn rebellion knew that she was.

“Wren can teach me.” I crossed my arms as I moved past him and toward the door. “Wren is shit with a bow,” he said dismissively. “Then I’ll find someone else.” I pulled the door open, and the sound of the warriors milling about the healing quarters flooded the room. “Over my dead body, Nyra.” He spoke so casually as I walked away from him. “You’re with me.”

No one ever called my mother by her name.

Lies. Lies piled on top of more lies.

Don’t lose your head in the body of a traitor.

Because she was mine.

“Focus on your breathing and let your instincts guide you.” “My instincts are guiding me to aim this arrow at your head right now.”

“I’ve been trying to forget.” Her voice quivered. More of her lies. “Which part?” I cocked my head as I studied her. “When you begged me or when your pussy dripped down my fingers with how badly you wanted me?”

Gods, I wanted her.

“Is that what you are?” She planted her feet in the sand and stepped away from me. “My enemy?” “If that’s what you want me to be.”

“Dacre.” “We should get back.” I reached down and grabbed one of the arrows from the sand. “It isn’t safe for us traitors to be traveling the bridge after dark.” “Traitors?” She questioned the word. “I’m a traitor of the crown.” I pointed to my chest before grabbing my cloak. “I have no idea who it is you’re betraying.”

“Drop that bow and get on your knees.” He ran his tongue over his bottom lip, and I almost fell to them at that one movement. “Then I want you to crawl to me and beg.”

“You look so fucking beautiful like this,”

“Fucking beg me, little traitor,” he commanded before his teeth grazed against my skin.

“Such a needy little thing.” He laughed,

“You look so perfect like this,” he whispered hoarsely. His fingers dug possessively into my hips, making my muscles clench involuntarily.

“Stand up. Don’t make me tell you again.”

“I want you to watch me as I taste what’s mine for the first time.”

“This is mine, little traitor. You are this fucking wet for me. No one else.” He leaned forward and nipped his teeth on my inner thigh. “You’re mine.” The growl that ripped through his chest was almost enough to push me over the edge.

“It was a long time ago, Dacre. It doesn’t matter.” “Doesn’t matter.” He laughed, and the sound startled me. “You think that anyone could get away with hurting you and that it wouldn’t matter?” He shook his head.

I wanted to be claimed by Dacre in every way possible.

He looked down at me, his eyes dark and hungry, filled with desire and so much possession. “You are mine, Nyra.” “Yes,” I breathed and moved my hips, trying to catch the high he was dangling in front of me. “I’m yours.”

“Don’t be daft, Dacre.” He ran his hand along his sword that sat on the table before us. “You think I wasn’t aware that you’ve had communications with your grandmother even though I forbid it? Do you really think I didn’t have eyes on you when you took that girl there who you’ve spent more time training in your bed than you have in combat?”

I wanted all of him, completely bare. There were a million secrets between us, but I didn’t want them here tonight. I just wanted him and me. Not a rebel and a princess.

“I’ll make you fucking forget anyone who ever came before me.” I snapped my eyes open to meet his and told him the truth. “There’s only ever been you.” His breath hitched, and every part of his body stiffened. “This pussy belongs to me. You belong to me.”

He headed toward his bathroom without looking at me, but he paused with his hand on the doorframe as I shoved my shirt over my head as quickly as I could. My hands were shaking as I tried to wrap my mind around what was happening. I had just given my virginity to him, all the while he was fucking me for revenge.