Shadow Heart (Cursed Legacies, #2)

by Morgan B. Lee

"All right. Keep your secrets. Just promise to keep me, too."

I may even have to…mingle. Ew.

I'm tempted to pray to the gods that he'll find her, but I learned my lesson about praying to them a long time ago. So, instead, I hope the universe is looking out for her. If anyone deserves cosmic good luck, it's Kenzie.

"Look, it's not the first time someone manipulated me into bed and fucked me to get what they wanted. It's shitty, but I'll get over it, so let it go." Silas stares at me for a solid seven seconds, unblinking. Then he snarls, baring his teeth, and⁠— He has fangs. Huh. Those are new. "What?" he roars. I tip my head. "Do all blood fae have retracting fangs? That's⁠—" "What do you mean, someone manipulated you into bed? Who the fuck did that to you?"

Seeing Silas on his knees immediately does something to me. Something that heats my entire body.

Silas immediately presses me back until the backs of my knees hit the fainting couch—and then I'm seated, and he's kneeling between my legs. His eyes arrest mine as he places a lingering kiss against the skin on the side of my exposed knee, sending more goosebumps rippling.