A Fate of Wrath & Flame (Fate & Flame, #1)

by K.A. Tucker

“Are you not Princess Romeria, future queen of the kingdom of Ybaris, betrothed to be my wife?” he says with deadly calm.

What?!?!?!?!

“I’m a king. For every enemy I face, there are ten I cannot name, but they are always there, waiting for an opening.”

As much as I’d prefer to shrink into the shadows, I haven’t survived this long by playing the lamb when a wolf is needed.

“Are you testing me?” “I’m always testing you, Romeria.” Quietly, he adds, “And you are always testing me.”

Zander’s exhale skates across my lips. “It would be a lot easier if you didn’t react the way you do to me.” “I can’t help it.” “Neither can I anymore, it would seem.”

“You’ve done everything wrong. You are hotheaded, you speak out of turn and do the opposite of what we agreed to, you antagonize me as if you have no fear of consequence. You continue to lie and deceive me. Your heart bleeds too much for the plight of mortals, and you seem willing to challenge anyone who doesn’t bleed the same.” He sighs, his hazel eyes settling on me, a brilliant kaleidoscope of gold in the setting sun. “You do everything wrong, and yet everything right.”