In the Veins of the Drowning (The Siren Mage, #1)

by Kalie Cassidy

“I would have worshipped you,” he said, husky and slow. “Laid you out over my bed like a goddess on her altar and gotten on my knees before you. And when we were done, after a very long time…” He brought me tighter to his chest, and I all but melted into him. My nose brushed his chin. “… I’d thank you for tearing me to ribbons with those pretty talons of yours.”

“Let’s decide together,” he said, softly, “that our fathers have no power over who we are and what we become.”