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I stomped forward and pressed my lips against his. A shock exploded through my body. White light burst behind my eyes. When they flew open, they met a pair of stunned blue ones. I stumbled back, my hand flying to my mouth as my legs gave out and I collapsed onto the chaise. “Shit.” He swore again, backing toward the bed. “I finally found you.” Before I could catch my breath or ask what that meant, the stranger vanished.
“Pity the girl from Graystones who loved a heartless prince. For the only way to save him was at her own expense.”
Whispers weren’t for truths. Whispers were for lies.
“And I swore not to lay a hand on you.” His fingers tapped the pillow beneath my head. His voice dropped to a whisper. “What you fail to realize, human, is that I do not need my hands to make you come undone. I could use my mouth.” He pressed a kiss to my pulse. “My teeth.” He nipped my jaw. “My tongue.” Flames swirled over the spot where he’d bitten me. “My cock.” His hips rocked once. There was no mistaking what nudged against my thigh. “My magic.” The bonds around my wrists and hips squeezed. “I’d let you choose, Aveen. Choose how I unravel you.”
“If you wanted to get me undressed, all you had to do was say ‘please.’ You didn’t have to ruin my feckin’ clothes.”
“What’s there to be nervous about? All you have to do is go like this”—he closed his eyes and pursed his lips, smacking them together and making a slurping sound—“and my brother will take care of the rest. We can practice if it’ll make you feel better.”
“Give me a different Aveen. This one’s broken.” I forced a smile. He snorted. “Fake Aveen? Pass. Next.” I kicked him in the shin. “Ohhh, violent Aveen. Welcome back, my dear. I’ve missed you.
“Rían is convinced you’re his soulmate.”
His eyes started to glow. “Don’t lie to me. I know you do. I am cold and dead inside, but when you touch me, something ignites, and I burn,” he confessed in a desperate whisper. “I burn for you just as you burn for me.”
“You are my only weakness. And if the world found out, it would take you away.”
“If I could, I would hold you close and never let you go,” he confessed, his forehead dropping to mine. “I would kiss you for the entire island to see. I would take you in the middle of the feckin’ courtyard. But this place is more dangerous than you could ever imagine. The only way to keep you safe is to leave you be,” he said, resignation ringing in each syllable. “But I’m not strong enough to let you go.”
“You are all those things and more,” he whispered. “I do not deserve you.” His lips tugged into a smile. “But I am wicked, ruthless, and selfish enough to keep you anyway.”
“Out of darkness shines a light, bringing day to darkest night. Find your soul’s one true mate, for she will save you from your fate.”
“The truth is, violent Aveen, my heart may beat in my chest, but it has always belonged to you.”
