Wyn (Monstrous, #3.5)

by Lily Mayne

“So you just cut your life short because of me. You’re going to die ...

“My sweet.”

“I wanted this more than anything in the universe. To be with you always.”

“You haven’t taken anything from me. You’ve g...

“I promised you a city, didn’t I?” Danny stilled, then chuckled. “Actually, you very specifically did not promise. You very specifically pointed out the fact that you hadn’t promised.”

His tone made it very clear that he didn’t believe me. Because of course it wasn’t true. I didn’t think I had it in me to deny him anything.

Moric Lor doesn’t care about what happens out in the wild lands, where I nest. Where the tear is.” “Moric Lor? Is that the ruler’s name?” “His name is Lor. His title is Moric. Like king.”

Too many beings for my taste, though.” Danny laughed. “Any more than you and me is too many though, right?” “Yes.”

I didn’t add that it was technically a black-market product, because it had been removed from a sacred spot. That would just make Danny start fretting over the fact that we’d fucked there. I smiled a little at the memory of it.

Edin’s friendship and his overbearing, touchy-feely nature had been my first experience of affection in that way.

:(

“Sometimes I just think you must have emerged from the earth as a fully formed adult. I can’t imagine you as a tiny, cute little baby Wyn.”

Same

“Yeah. Humans kind of suck, huh?” I swayed closer to him as we walked. “Some of you are nice.” He grinned over at me. “Some of us?” “One of you,” I amended. “One human. You.”

“What about Edin’s friend Hunter? He was nice. And his friend seemed nice too—Charlie.” My lip curled in disdain. “He was an oaf. The other one I barely interacted with.”

The Wyn/Hunter beef continues

“If they are still together—which they totally will be—then Hunter will be like your brother-in-law. You’ll have to be nice.” The thought made me feel vaguely ill. “Never say that again, Danny.”

“Poor Edin. And he lost some of his horn, didn’t he? His horns were cool.” I scowled but said nothing. Mine were better.

I had just had to patiently wait until one of them slipped up and called Danny by his name and not just his soldier number.

This novella has so much crucial info

And then when I’d seen him, it was like some part of me that had always felt lodged or slightly out of place, even though I’d never noticed it, suddenly shifted. I felt whole.

Like humans, they had spun tales about us, making us the monsters from their nightmares. I liked it, because it meant everyone tended to leave me the fuck alone.

“If you want a room, you can’t take that thing in with you,” they said, nodding at Danny with a look of distaste. I gritted my teeth. “Watch your fucking mouth.” “Aren’t they wild? I don’t let any other pets—” “He’s not a pet,” I snarled. “Well, it’s not allowed in the room.”

“They’ll hear you,” he hissed. “They don’t understand English,” I told him, but that was a good point, so I said a similarly vile insult in the usho’s language, loud enough for it to travel back to the bar.

Loml

He hated asking me for things, as if he still wasn’t aware that I would give him literally anything he ever wanted.

“I never really believed in fate, or soul mates, but… I think you’re mine.” “I am yours,”

“I hope that’s a side effect. Super orgasms.” He let out a little gasp, and I knew without a doubt what he was about to say. “Don’t say—” “Monster orgasms.”

“He has an entire stable of gardeners who spend every waking moment tending to his gardens. There are creatures in his city starving, yet he spends all that money on employing staff to grow inedible plants. He’s a selfish, elitist fool.”

Lor slander starting

“Animal bone though, yeah?” I shook my head. “The bones of my mortal enemies,”

“You’re teasing me, right?” I paused. “Of course I am, sweet,” I told him in the most soothing tone that I could manage, hiding my right hand behind my back as my fingers started tapping out their pattern on my thumb.

LOVE THEM

I’d get to tease Wyn for literal centuries about having Hunter as an almost-brother-in-law.

ORLITH If Wyn got to have a human pet, I wanted one too.

OH?!