A Kingdom of Blood and Magic (Hallowed Fates #1)

by Chiara Forestieri

A grin curled Malekai's lips. “Want me to just kill her for you, and then we can watch the world burn together?"

"I wouldn't need the Satia Fama if we were together."

A sad smile tilted one corner of my lips at our declaration that spoke of undying love and loyalty. "Katadamna kaza." Damn the cost.

Malekai’s voice dropped to a husky purr, "Nothing wrong with a little pain and pleasure, sweetheart." Sweetheart.

Malekai chuckled behind me, further fueling my laughter. "What's so funny, tessari mú?"

My treasure.

“… I swear to Akash that I will literally throw myself onto my own fucking sword just to chase you into the afterworld and strangle you. I refuse to be in this wretched realm without you.”

“That’s ok… So long as you know, I will always be right here for you. And nothing will ever get in the way of that because I won’t hesitate to murder who or whatever dared to do so.”

“And what if I try to bite you?” A devilish grin swept across his face, and I swear to Akash, the action alone made my clit tingle. “I wish you would.”

“Careful, tessari mú. I want nothing more than to pin you down and fuck you so thoroughly you cry tears of joy.”

“If you weren’t out of your mind on venom right now, I'd fucking devour you. I would lick and suck every drop of that honey dripping from that beautiful little pussy until you came, crying out my name. I would split you in fucking half with my cock until you gushed with climax. And only after you came at least twice more would I allow myself release. I would fill you with my cum—your throat, your pussy, even that voluptuous ass of yours. Because it all belongs to me.”

“And if you did sell your soul, then mine is right there with it, and there’s nowhere in all the realms I’d rather it be.”

Malekai gave me a challenging look. “Whether it’s in the hell realms or the divine realms, I don’t actually give a fuck so long as it’s with you. ”

“If you want me to burn the world down for you, Mareina, all you have to do is ask.”

“Whatever you want it to. You wanna leave all this behind and hide somewhere in the Yatól or Bein Sith Mór Mountains? Let’s go. You want me to kill Zurie, so you don’t have to worry about her chasing us? I’m not entirely sure I’d survive, but I’d certainly fucking try for you. If you asked me to cut off my right nut just because you were feeling peckish, I fucking would... I mean… I’d try to convince you to maybe snack on something else first, but if it meant that I got to be with you, I’d do it at the drop of a fucking coin.”

“Did I ever tell you when you smile and laugh like that it makes me want to steal you away? Keep you all to myself so I can do wicked things to you.”

“Did I ever tell you how perfect you are?”

“As long as I breathe, this will be the last time we part ways.”

“Darling, I’d sooner think you a murderer than a maiden…”

“Firstly, I absolutely have something to gain from it. Your peace. Your trust. Your affection. And most of all, your heart—in case that part wasn’t already abundantly clear. Secondly, if you are here to rob me, you can save yourself the trouble… You need but only ask, and I would happily give you everything I have and more.”

“My beautiful little nightmare…”

“I can smell your desire, Mareina… Are you desperate to feel the pounding thrusts of my cock?”

“Is that so? I bet if I touched your pussy it would be soaking fucking wet.”

A wicked smirk tilted his lips. “Painting you with my fucking cum.”

“Open your eyes, Mareina. I want the image of me cumming all over you, marking my fucking territory, burned into your mind.”

“Liar. If I have to haunt you every fucking day, like you’ve done to me, so help me, Akash, my name will be the only name on your tongue when you writhe with pleasure.”

You are two halves of the same soul. Hating her would be like hating yourself. Your power and your redemption can only be found in her.

Truly, monsters are made, not born. And I wanted every crooked, broken piece of her. It was no coincidence that they aligned perfectly with each and every shattered piece of me.

“When I caught you, I’d pin you to the fucking ground and claim that needy little cunt of yours. I’d mark you in a way that would leave you branded so that everyone would know you belong to me. I’d fill you with my seed so that everyone in your vicinity would smell me on you and know to stay away lest I rip their fucking throats out.”

“Only one male has the right to claim me. And it isn’t fucking you.”

“Lie like that again… You’d look fucking gorgeous with a gag.”

“You may hate me, but it doesn’t change the fact that you need me. That you ache for me. Just as I do for you. Soon enough, I’ll get you to bloom for me, little rose.”

“Shut the fuck up and give me this fucking pussy,”

And with this one line all my feminism went right out the window. 😂🥵

“Are you thoroughly disgusted, little nightmare?’

“So long as you know who this pussy belongs to.”

“I’ve got you. I can carry us both—I only need you to let me.”

“I will always come for you, Mareina. I will always be there to save you. Whether you wished it or not, I would crawl on hands and knees through the fires and chasms of every hell to save you.”

“You can try to run as far as your heart can take you, but no one will ever be able to fill that longing you have for me in your soul. Not even your pretty fae warrior.”

“I have spent a lifetime haunted by you. Aching for you no matter how I tried to run from you. No matter how many pretty faces or cunts I tried to lose myself in, I could never free myself from you. And now that I’ve finally tasted you, I wouldn’t want it any other way. So hate me as much as you want, lohane thili, but I will never let you go.”

“I knew from the moment I saw you in the distance of that crowd. With or without the gifts the bond endows us with, I would have taken you. I want you for you, Mareina. That has never changed. And… I am sorry that my actions have led you to believe otherwise.”

Kingdom aside, how could I have been so blind as to not recognize how fucking perfect she was for me?

Sweet fucks, how her smile brought me to my knees.

I have always wanted us to have something more, desperately, but I am fucking terrified that the love and friendship we have would be destroyed by it. You are all that I have… And everything I want. I can’t imagine a world without you. I need you here with me like I need fucking air in my lungs.”

“Mareina… There is nothing you can do to drive me away. There is no event that could take place that would ever make me want to leave you. You could literally shift into some demon that crawled around on all fours, hissing, spitting, snarling, and incapable of forming intelligible sentences, and I’d just be like… ‘Well… I suppose a leash and a muzzle might be useful for when I have to take her out for walks.’”

“I fucking love you, tessari mú. In this realm and the next.”

One day, I’ll get you to love yourself like I love you.

“And on a far less romantic note, I’d also make you gag on my cock, smack your thick ass until your cheeks were red and perhaps a little bruised, and fill every orifice of yours with my cum… Among a variety of other things… With your permission, of course.”

Within a week, I’d managed to hunt down one of the men who had violated her. After another couple weeks, I’d found the next… And a year later, I’d procured a small collection of mismatching teeth from each male that had touched her wrongly.

After that, I’d burned the fucking place to the ground. Mareina's father had survived from what I’d heard, but I couldn’t be fucked if he did or didn’t, considering he’d led his daughter into that gaudy, Akash-forsaken shithole.

“I love you, Malekai Theikos. You’re the greatest gift I’ve ever been given.”