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I was a princess. I would give no one the satisfaction of seeing me frightened.
women weren’t allowed to learn much magic, lest it turn us barren or set us aflame—but
would never, little moth. And you may trust that for as long as you’re trapped in here with me, I’ll never make you do anything that you don’t want to.” “Good,” I breathed, relaxing slightly. He watched me, and he laughed, shaking his head subtly. “Not really. Because I will make you want to do untoward things for me, moth. Eventually.”
In sleep, she was perfect. Soft. Quiet. Helpless. And my beast had a feeling she would taste good, no matter where he licked her.
How many men get to watch their death crawling toward them, in utter obedience, with spite in her eyes? Not many, I would wager.
Scared of being alone with me—but also scared of being alone without me.
I couldn’t count how many times I’d been told that having children someday would be “magic enough” for me.
It would be far easier to fear for my life around her if she were less lovely.
Most men were monsters, but they got to live in denial of this fact. I did not.
Yes, my beast refuted me. She belongs to me, he continued, curling his claw-tipped fingers into grasping fists. And someday, I will mark her and knot her and make her mine.
Yes, princeling, I thought but didn’t say aloud, as I took a step toward him. I am the beast that you have sold your sister to. She wants to be with me now—and I will never give her back.
He was magical, I was magical, and everything was going to be okay.
I wanted to taste so much more of her it hurt me.
Her softness made hard parts of me break, even as it made other parts twice as feral.
No. I wasn’t monstrous, yet—but I soon would be. “You gave her to me,” I growled, my deep voice going rough as I started to change, my bones bending and pushing out into my far more frightening form, half again as big as any human could be, covered in muscle and short dark fur. “She is mine.” I laid claim to her, even as my mouth crowded with teeth. “And anyone who tries to take her from me will be punished.”
