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“They’re going to… destroy her, you know? It has already… been seen. This court will… fall… with her inside it.”
I knew the hard defiance she wore on her like a shield, but I hadn’t met her grief yet. It was an unwelcome stranger I wanted to banish as soon as possible; its presence in the room made my chest ache.
“Don’t you know? There isn’t much I wouldn’t sacrifice to make you happy, Osha. A little healing magic is the least of it.”
We were of one another, bound to one another, in a way that felt strange and thrilling.
“I am no child. My name is Saeris Fane, and I am your queen.”
She stood at the edge of the dais, beautiful and terrible as a storm, the air rippling and distorting around her.
And power was an addictive drug. It never surprised me, the terrible things a corrupt soul would do to garner more of it.
His burning gaze landed with the force of a blow that would have taken me to my knees if we weren’t among friends.
“I love you, and nothing else matters beyond that. Wherever you are, I’ll beg the gods and all the fates to let me be there, too,” I whispered.
He was more than an addiction. He was life itself. We were separate beating chambers of the same heart now.
“I’ve killed more people than I can count. I lost the parts of myself that knew how to feel anything other than pain and sorrow centuries ago. But for better or worse, you have brought me back to life.”
“You are the single most stunning thing I have ever seen, Saeris.”
“Come now, Osha. Where else would an acolyte kneel to worship but at the altar of his god?”
That cocky grin. The taunting glint in his eyes, oscillating between mischief and mayhem. He was so fucking sure of himself… and it was such a turn-on.
His eyes rolled back into his head, and Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate, slayer of the last dragon and Lord of Cahlish, obeyed me
Fisher’s blood was an eternal song. It cleaved my soul from my body. The taste of him was more exquisite than fresh, clean water. His blood was holy, and I drank like I needed to be saved.
