Untainted (The Crystal Island, #1)

by Lilian T. James

She didn’t hesitate. Darting forward she snatched his dagger from his hip and slammed the pommel up, straight into his temple with as much strength as she could muster. He dropped like a sack of potatoes. A gorgeous sack of gloriously toned potatoes.

He couldn’t keep the cruel grin from his face as he pulled his hood over his head. She’d started this game, but he didn’t think she’d like how he played it.

“Putting myself first for once doesn’t make me a coward,” she said through clenched teeth. “I’m allowed to care about my future.”

“The desire to bury myself inside of you is destroying me, Veralie. To feel your wet heat clench around me as I pound into you until you can’t remember any name but mine. I want to ruin you, worship you, claim you and make you burn only for me.”

“You don’t belong to the gods, you belong to me. The only name I want to hear you call out is mine.”