Craved: A Vampire Romance (Marked by Night Book 1) by Sara Thorn

Author:Sara Thorn [Thorn, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“There is talk,” Cassius whispered to me as I sat down in the chair next to his throne. “That Athan has agreed to let Dregon claim you for securing all the new human recruits.”

“But you would never allow that,” I gasped. “Would you?”

“No, of course not.” The way Cassius answered made it sound like I should have already known he wouldn’t have given me up, and despite still being trapped here, I was feeling less and less like merely his prisoner. “But, if the rumors that my servants have heard are true, then Athan may be effective at eliminating my ability to stand in the way of the arrangement he has made with Dregon.”

“What arrangement?”

“Athan has granted Dregon his request, in exchange for an assassination attempt on my life.” Cassius's voice sounded cool and void of trepidation.

I, on the other hand, felt as though anxiety had just swallowed me whole. “Athan wants to kill you?” I asked, realizing that I should have kept my voice down.

“Of course he does,” Cassius chuckled, but I failed to see how this was amusing. “He wants to silence the threat against him and gain unfettered rule over all the supernatural beings on Mystreuce. As long as I remain alive, Athan’s rule will never truly be unchallenged.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to watch you dance,” Cassius smiled as he waved his hand toward a rather attractive fae who immediately brought him a large glass of blood-red wine.

“You can’t be serious,” I said. “You’ve just found out there’s a plot to assassinate you, and the very man who is preparing to do it is here in your hall, and you’re simply going to sit here on this highly visible throne to drink wine while you watch me dance?” Even he couldn’t be that foolish to risk his own life.

“Oh, I’m very serious,” he grinned. “I’ve been waiting all day to see you dance in those new shoes.”

“But—”

“Mara,” Cassius said as he lifted my hand from the arm of the chair and coaxed me to my feet in front of him. “The snakes have to writhe out of the grass before they strike. I am watching, and I am waiting, but in the meantime, I would like you to dance for me.”

It wasn’t as if I could refuse him anyway, regardless of how strange my relationship with Cassius was becoming, he was still capable of forcing my hand, and I really didn’t want to give him any reason to let Dregon at me. So I stepped onto the floor in my beautiful new ballet shoes and started to move. The music was lyrical and enchanting, and although I was nervous about being near Dregon, I knew that Cassius was watching my every step and his. I didn’t close my eyes this time. I watched the crowd around me and tried to stay as far away from Dregon as physically possible. I occasionally glanced around to see if I could spot Quinn, who hadn’t returned yet as far as I could tell.

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