A Snare of Vengeance by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightlight
Published: 2018-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

Fiona

I stayed behind in the dining room, by myself, poring over the maps and making sure we knew everything there was to know about the access points into Azure Heights. I drew several escape scenarios, too, in case our tunnel was compromised. I remembered enough about the city and its surroundings to work out potential exits from multiple levels.

My stomach churned, constricted with concerns about the mission. This was it. Our greatest challenge. The moment of truth, so to speak. Our chance to save ourselves and thousands of innocent creatures.

I put together about three pages’ worth of notes, specifically where terrain characteristics were concerned. With a fae on our detail, we could even look to the eastern side of the mountain, facing the ocean, for a potential exit route. It allowed us to go both up north and down south.

I took several deep breaths, trying to stay focused. My mind kept wandering back to Zane, and I struggled to worry about Azure Heights instead. I couldn’t help but scoff at myself. I’d rather stress over the mission than openly face the fact that I’m in love. I was nervous, actually, aware that the inevitable would happen—I’d be alone with Zane again, and we’d be unable to stay away from each other. It wasn’t this… dynamic between us that worried me, but rather the fear of losing it altogether. I feared that I’d end up falling even deeper for Zane, only to have us torn apart by the daemons and the Exiled Maras.

I didn’t even have the courage to say such words out loud.

And I was so absorbed in the maps before me that I didn’t even notice Zane standing in the doorway, watching me, until I looked up and nearly jumped out of my skin.

“Crap! You startled me,” I gasped.

Gah, he looks hot.

This was it. The moment I’d been sort of dreading. Standing in front of Zane, daemon prince, and working up the courage to tell him how I felt. Admitting my crush not only to him, but to myself, too. Embracing this weird yet sizzling conundrum we’d gotten ourselves into.

Zane gave me a faded half-smile, unable to take his red eyes off me.

“I didn’t mean to,” he muttered. “You seemed so focused on those maps, I didn’t want to interrupt you.”

I felt like prey, being stalked by the tall, gorgeous daemon with crimson-colored eyes, long black hair, and tanned skin stretching over ropes of muscle. We were clearly attracted to each other. I was concerned about the fact that what I was feeling for Zane had much more depth than I’d initially thought.

“It’s fine,” I replied, almost out of breath, and tried to resume my study of the maps.

I couldn’t. His eyes drilled holes through me, and it made it very difficult to concentrate. Nevertheless, I didn’t want to let him see he had that effect on me. But Zane was annoyingly observant. He stifled a smirk and casually moved around the table, pretending to read the maps as he got closer to me.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.