Courted by Beasts (The Heart of a Monster Book 2) by Eva Chase

Author:Eva Chase [Chase, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ink Spark Press
Published: 2022-05-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Quinn

My ninth morning at the Sunshine Sin Hotel, I choked down my breakfast with nerves on edge, braced for Rollick’s arrival. He’d given me the rest of yesterday to recover from my escape attempt, but he’d taken precautions. When I’d tried to step onto the terrace just to get some fresh air in the afternoon, I’d found that both of the sliding doors were locked in some way I couldn’t open.

I guessed I couldn’t totally blame him for that when my last venture outside had nearly ended not only in my getting free of him but in my death as well.

I couldn’t really rest easy in the suite, though. He’d said he had no interest in killing me, and he’d sounded like he meant it. But the expectations he did have for me weren’t much better. I didn’t want to be the key figure in some supernatural war. And no matter how he phrased it, he clearly did see me as a tool… or he’d have cared more about my feelings on the subject.

Whatever he’d said, I was a prisoner here. I was trapped both by what my unwelcome powers meant to the shadowkind and by Rollick’s determination to use me to stand against them.

At least I had a better idea of the full situation and his intentions now. My escape attempt had gotten me that much, somehow or other.

When the demon finally did stroll into the suite—without knocking, like usual—I found his lack of concern for my privacy weirdly comforting. If he’d waited outside politely, I wasn’t sure I’d have trusted that to be real concern anyway rather than a gambit to try to convince me that he was reformed from his previous habits. He still saw me and these rooms as totally his.

I didn’t like it, but I knew where I stood.

He was carrying the same larger black box as yesterday, the one that presumably held a somewhat stronger shadowkind creature. I eyed it and then him as I got up from the chair where I’d been attempting to concentrate enough to work on a sketch. Rollick stopped on the other side of the sofa for me and arched an eyebrow as if inviting a comment.

Yeah, he was still the same arrogant jerk as he’d been before, even if he’d opened up a little more. Also still way too stunning to look at, but I could keep ignoring that. All I had to do was remember how he’d remarked on my supposedly private interlude with my men, and any heat that’d formed over my skin crawled away in disgust.

“Are you going to risk your upholstery or will I be allowed terrace access again?” I asked, keeping my voice dry even though my heart was thumping at an uneasy rhythm.

The corner of Rollick’s mouth quirked up in a crooked smile. Maybe he was relieved that I had enough spirit left to hassle him about his security precautions.

“I thought, just for the one night, it was better to give you time to totally gather your thoughts,” he said.

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