A Kingdom of Venom and Vows (Stars and Shadows, #3)

by Holly Renee

She was here. She was mine, and she was here, and my breath caught in my throat at how badly I missed her. It had been suffocating me, starving me of life, and with her here before me I could finally breathe.

“There are many things I’d like to call you.” I caressed her hip with my thumb, and she moved harder against me. “Like?” Her word was breathless. “My wife.” Her gaze slammed into mine, and those wide eyes were the most beautiful sight I had ever seen. “My queen.”

This was my mate, my future wife, and the sight of her before me was the most powerful I had ever felt in my lifetime.

“I just love your friends.” I sighed and pressed my head against his chest. “They make me feel like I’m home.” Evren’s body went tight beneath me before he laid me down gently against the bed. “They are your friends too, and this is your home.” He kissed my forehead, and I smiled. “I am your home.”

“I have searched for you through a thousand lifetimes, princess, and I will search for you through a thousand more.” He pressed another kiss to my neck, and I let the feel of him settle deep inside me. “It is with you that I feel most powerful. It is you who strengthens every part of me.” His tongue traced over the back of my neck, and I shivered under his touch. “It is you, princess, who will change our world.”

He could have lived a life of greatness, of love, but instead he chose power. That lust, that craving for everything that didn’t belong to him, it was his final demise.

“The stars chose you, Adara Achlys. It was always you.”