The Rycke (Monstrous, #3)

by Lily Mayne

“He reached for you,” he murmured low, so only I could hear.

“I read one of the others while I waited for you.” While he’d waited for me. Like he’d actually felt the lack of my presence.

“I heard your voice and it… cut through everything else—through all the noise in my head. It sounded… important.”

He leaned down to kiss me, grinning against my mouth. “You are,” he repeated. “You’re kind, and you’re beautiful.”

I didn’t care what he could become. I didn’t see that monstrous face when I looked at Aury. This was my sweet, gentle, kind monster. He was still my Aury.

“Let’s go inside and get you some clothes.” I reached down and patted his bare ass. “I don’t want anyone else getting to stare at this.”