Wyn (Monstrous, #3.5)

by Lily Mayne

I countered, crossing my arms over my chest and sprawling back in my seat, knees spread wide and boots planted on the ground. Danny called it my BDE pose. I had no idea what that meant, but it normally succeeded in making him come and give me some attention.

You have the stories here, don’t you? Of Hades and Persephone. Tam Lin. Oisín and Niamh. Humans being taken by otherworldly creatures, spirited away, sometimes falling in love with them.”

I wasn’t sure he would appreciate me just killing them all so the path was clear. Maybe I’d gently suggest it when we were closer.

A reason why the very essence of me had strained for him, desperately reaching out the moment I had seen his face for the first time. I had imprinted on him without conscious thought in that moment, my blood pounding for him. He was mine. He was always supposed to be mine. I had just needed to wait for a long time to find him. But the wait had been worth it.

“If it looks like you are in any danger whatsoever, I’m murdering them.”

A pointless waste of life, but humans had always been strangely cavalier about the lives of others, while remaining terrified of death themselves.

“You know if I tell anyone all the sweet shit you say to me, no one’s gonna be scared of you anymore.”

It made me forever grateful that he wanted to be with me, because the thought of him falling prey to anyone who would take advantage of his gentle nature made me want to murder things. All the things.

The realisation that I might get to have this for the rest of my life made my throat ache. I held him closer and pressed my nose and mouth to the top of his head, content to breathe him in for the hours that he slept.

“Yeah. Our good deed for the day is done.” Danny kept his arm around my waist as we started walking, glancing back at the nask. “Don’t get eaten, little guy.” “We’re supposed to do a good deed every day?” I muttered.

I would never admit it out loud, because he would gloat, but this was more than nice. This was… wonderful. There had never been—and never would be—another being in the universe who I could be this relaxed and content around. Not even Edin, who I trusted with my life. Danny made me feel peaceful.

“We just fucked in a religious place? You had your tongue up my ass on sacred ground?” I huffed and pulled him closer to drop a kiss in his hair. “My sweet, it was a joke.” I would just have to make sure he didn’t see the shrine when we left.