Bound by Dance and Desire: A Dark Fae Morally Gray Fantasy Romance by Alisyn Fae & Emma Alisyn

Author:Alisyn Fae & Emma Alisyn [Fae, Alisyn & Alisyn, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hard Candies Publishing, LLC
Published: 2024-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

I changed into a burgundy calf-length tunic, slit up the sides, and narrow dark gray pants. It was a comfortable outfit made of the wrinkle resistant linen like fabric of this realm, and reminded me almost of the ao dai that could be found at home.

Andrei called a coach. I stopped in front of it, nearly unaware of his hand resting at the small of my back, my heels digging in.

“Hasannah?” A question in the deep tenor of his voice.

I shook myself and stepped up into the coach, pulling aside the curtains and scooting as close to the window as possible.

“Is it coaches you don’t like,” he drawled, lounging on the bench opposite me, “or small spaces?”

“Neither bother me. I don’t like cages.”

“Hmm.” His voice warmed with amusement. “Not a docile bird to eat from her master’s hand then?”

I turned to look at him. “No. I’m the bird that will peck out her jailer’s eyes.”

He arched an emerald-black brow, lips quirking, but his eyes sharpened. “I’ll remember the warning, cygnet.”

The coach took us to the nearest market he found acceptable, the Fae Harry Potter gaslamp version of Whole Foods. My heart sank the moment we pulled into the parking lot.

“Andrei, this place is too. . .” I trailed off, stumped if pleading poverty would go against the rules of hospitality. Well, maybe he didn't expect me to feed him a full meal? Wine and cheese and a little fruit?

. . .cheap wine and string cheese. I wasn't certain what the poor girl's version of fruit was in the Fae realm other than no fruit at all. Though meat here was more expensive than produce. Maybe he was a vegetarian. . .with fangs.

He stopped walking and turned to me, his regard steady. “We had a bargain, Hasannah.”

Oh, no he didn't. “We didn't make a bargain.”

“We did. You’ll focus on your dance, and I’ll focus on provision. Everyone has a role suited to their abilities.”

I crossed my arms, frowning at him. Never in a million years had I thought to meet a Fae male who sounded like my dad.

“That makes absolutely no sense. What do you get out of me so-called focusing on my dance?”

The smile he offered was tinged with something slightly wicked, and wholly masculine.

“You'll find out, darling. But regardless, that is also one of the matters we’ll discuss. After dinner.”

He wasn’t going to like how that conversation would go. Of course, he’d start out understanding and eager to prove he was different, as if my body cared. Then. . .things would devolve from there. Maybe I could hurry the Phases along this time. Phase One was always; He Shows Sympathy and Understanding.

Except I didn’t want to see that false earnestness on this man’s face. Not yet.

“Aren't I the one who's supposed to be providing the hospitality?” I asked. “That means we have to do this on my budget.”

Andrei's expression darkened. “I will allow a poor, half starving human girl to buy my food when my body is fit for nothing except feeding my mother's swans.

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