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Being the chosen Starblessed is a blessing from the gods.”
but I would mourn for no one that I left behind.
Only the twin moons knew my secrets as they watched me shift through the shadows.
His hair was black as the night sky and cut short. And gods, he was beautiful. High fae,
My family had been blessed by the starlight markings on my face and back, but we had also been cursed.
“You will determine the future of our world.”
A few more moments to think about what life might have been like if I wasn’t born with a few spots on my face and down my back. Starblessed.
“I will never get on my knees for you.”
“Ah, princess.” He stepped into my space, closer than was proper. He reached forward, slipping a piece of my hair between his fingers before he slowly twisted it in his hold. “I would give just about anything to see you on your knees.”
“But gods, I can imagine it. The way you would look staring up at me, the way I would make you beg.”
“My brother’s betrothed on her knees before me, ready to pledge her allegiance with her perfect mouth.”
“You would beg the brother of the future king to give you exactly what you crave? The things he couldn’t dare give you.”
“I think we both know that I could do things to you that my brother would never dream of.”
He stepped closer to me, and his knee pressed between mine. “I may not be the Achlys that gets to claim you, but I was the first to look upon you. The first to dream of your star-marked face and imagine what it would look like beneath me.”
“It doesn’t matter that you are destined to be his. Every part of you is begging to be mine.”
“Tell me that you’re mine, princess. Even if it isn’t true, I need to hear you say it.”
“You will never be his, princess. I don’t give a damn if your hand holds his ring or if your head holds his crown. You still won’t belong to him.”
“You’re the most wicked little thing I’ve ever met.”
“Only someone wicked could make me want to fall to my knees before her and pledge my loyalty to her with my tongue. My family be damned.”
“You’ve simply demanded it of me with every breath you take. You may not have asked, princess, but gods, you have it regardless.”
he didn’t even notice his brother at my side. It was a mistake on his part. Because his brother was all I could see.
“I don’t give a damn if it was my father himself, princess. No one will hurt you and not see the end of my blade.”