A Light in the Flame (Flesh and Fire, #2)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

“You sure as hell didn’t think I was behaving like one when you had me in your bed and your fangs in my throat!”

We all need someone to watch over us.” Heat crawled up my throat. “Do you?” “Desperately,” he whispered.

“Why did you visit my lake if you had this?”

Nyktos was quiet for so long that I looked at him. He was still staring at the pool. “Because it was your lake.”

“You are always safe with me, liessa.”

“She’s very important to me, Nektas.”

“I want to be your Consort, Nyktos.”

“I’ll be waiting for you, liessa.”

He felt like we were made for each other.

He was Ash, and I… I was in love with him.

“Thirty-six,” he murmured, stopping at the mouth of the City Hall. My brows pinched. “What?” “Thirty-six freckles,” he told me, staring ahead. “I counted them again. It’s become a habit. And I may have lied about not knowing how many were along your back. I do. Twelve.”