Ash Swan by Amber Kell

Author:Amber Kell [Kell, Amber]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Taylora stared down at the large splotch of blood still marring the center of the room.

Although it’d been there for several days, she hadn’t been able to bring herself to clean it up, or even let one of the servants take care of it. It’d taken on a dull, almost brownish appearance and every time she glanced at it, she couldn’t help but wonder if Dack was okay and if so, where was he? Not that she expected him to come back even if he was well, but she worried.

Her gut clenched in guilt as she thought back to the look of utter betrayal on Dack’s face.

That expression toward her, the one person he’d worshipped above all others, had been so new,

so foreign, it had hurt. Normally, Dack only gazed at her with devotion and love. Now his

expression held nothing but contempt for her.

She stared down at blood and just as suddenly, the familiar sensation of burning hatred

filled her, making her breath hitch. Landon! He was to blame for all of this.

It’d been he who’d decided that the three eldest princes should go to Earth, he who had

planted the doubts in Dack’s head. Most of all, it’d been Landon who’d brought down the wrath

of Nico on their family. If they’d only cooperated, the sorcerer may have let them live. Now,

Nico was mad, and he’d placed hefty bounties on their heads. So, thanks to Landon, all the

brothers would be running for their lives. Even Dack whose only fault had been trusting his

eldest brother’s judgment too much.

Nico came into the room and stood there, saying nothing as he watched Taylora. She, for

her part, remained motionless, even as she felt his gaze boring into her.

“He’s the only one who ever loved me,” she finally said, still fixated on the blood.

Nico came over, tucked his fingers under her chin and forced her head up. Soon, she

found herself trapped by his dark eyes, the burn of anger growing into a full-grown fire. Only this time, it was directed more fully on Landon. So much so that she forgot it was Nico who’d

ordered her to bring Dack to the dungeon. The fact that Nico had struck the blow that had so

grievously wounded Dack also vanished from her mind.

“Dack always loved Landon more than you. I’m the only one who ever cared.”

Nico’s voice seemed to slide under her skin and overtake her mind until all she could

think of was Nico—all she could hear were his words.

Her eyes closed to half-mast, a smile spreading over her lips. Now that Nico mentioned

it, he had always been the one who’d been there for her. When other kids had teased her, it’d

been he who’d wiped away her tears, just as he’d always been the one who’d listened when she

talked about her doomed love affairs. Even now, he’d stayed by her side when her brothers had

all left her behind as they went off to make their own lives or gallivanted around Aria without caring about the kingdom.

“What would I do without you?” She frowned as she noticed her words slurred just a bit.

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