The Ascended (The Aesymarean Duet, #1)

by Bree Grenwich

Tell me, starling, did you learn anything useful tonight, or did you simply provide entertainment for our neighbors?"

I like that nickname

His smile was slow. Pleased. "Good girl."

Gasp

"Do I have permission, starling?" He leaned closer, his scent filling my lungs. "Can I make you burn?"

Ahhhhhh

"That's it," he growled against my lips, his voice rougher than I'd ever heard it, "now be a good girl and let go."

Okay sir

"There you are," he said quietly.

The Divine Court extends its congratulations on your recent engagement."

Wtf

"Because I'm tired of pretending," My eyes fell on the way his black shirt stretched against the width of his back. "Pretending what?" "That I don't want you."

Killing Me

“Gods–” I whimpered. His laugh was dark, almost cruel. "I’m right here."

Oh damn

"You're not real," I said. "None of this is real."

Thd whiplash is real

"I'm a man who's been hard for you since the moment I laid eyes on you. I'm a man who's spent every night since then stroking myself to thoughts of you."

Xul!!!!

"Fuck it," he said, and then his mouth was on mine. I

I love a fuck it moment

I laughed despite myself. "This is why no one can stand you, you know."

"Then I'll carry it forever." He said it like a simple fact. Like the sun rising. "That's what loving someone means."