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Fallen. I hadn’t had to use that term in ages. Every species—faeries, werewolves, shapeshifters, nymphs—were descended from angels. No one knew whether it was mutation or evolution that had separated us.
“I am the last of my kind,” I whispered. “Does that mean anything to you?”
Fortuna, never make a promise that you can’t keep. Nightmares may be lies, but we don’t have to be liars.
“You’re a Nightmare. Your kind has been feared for so long, you’ve been hunted nearly to extinction. Your hearts are coveted like the fountain of youth. It’s been a long time since I’ve encountered power like yours, but I recognized it instantly.”
“Do you get punched a lot? You seem like the kind of faerie who gets punched a lot.”
In Rome, Fortuna was the goddess of chance, luck, and fate.
With every lash, I lost more than skin and blood. I lost the potential to someday love my mate.
Sometimes it’s not about being stronger. It’s about being smarter.
I remembered this was the Unseelie Court, the place where screams and pain thrived.
He was so hard that it almost hurt to ride him through our clothing. I buried my fingers in his thick curls, and they were like silk.
“You are a child among monsters. A worm beneath a flock of birds.”
She’s bound. Wrapped in chains of her own making. Shall we take them off?
I’d follow you into whatever afterlife there is. The rest doesn’t really matter, does it?
There was no denying it―I wanted him. I would bear scars from his Court on my back for the rest of my life, but somehow this faerie still made me ache.
“Sex. Desire. Lust. These things are natural. Humans have taught themselves restraint―they believe to give in is to be wanting, somehow―but that’s such small thinking. Why set limits when we are creatures of impulse?”
“Let this be a lesson to all of you,” I said, meeting as many gazes as I could. Damon kept crying. “If you fuck with me and mine, I will return the favor tenfold.”
