A Tongue so Sweet and Deadly (Compelling Fates Saga, #1)

by Sophia St. Germain

“Tell me. Tell me you burn for me like I burn for you. Tell me your heart stops when I walk into a room like mine does for you. Tell me you can’t stop thinking about me like I can’t go a waking second without thinking about you. Tell me you don’t want me to stay away.” Loche’s gaze consumed her, hope and desire and vulnerability flaming in the gray.

“I’m not the begging type, Lessia. But if you need me to, I’ll get on my knees. I’m already risking everything. I don’t mind throwing my pride into the ring as well.”

“You don’t know me as well as you think you do. Besides, I can think of some very good reasons to get on my knees before you. And I promise you won’t be laughing then.”

“You are in my lands right now. If I am informed that one of you so much as glances at her the wrong way, this will end very ugly.”

“Forget me. Forget every moment we had alone. Forget you ever felt anything for me. You will only remember me as the spy, the traitor that