Forged by Magic (Falling for Fables) by Jenna Wolfhart

Author:Jenna Wolfhart [Wolfhart, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-10T23:00:00+00:00

19

RIVELIN

I tossed and turned all night. I couldn’t stop thinking about what Daella had told me about her past—and her future. The bastard had bound her to him, and she saw no way out. It explained a lot. There had to be a way to get her out of this mess, but barring somehow removing the damn shard from her hip, I didn’t know what it was.

She couldn’t return to that life. That was all I knew for certain.

Skoll padded in from the back door I’d left cracked for him all night and nuzzled my hand. I sighed and sat up on the sofa, running my fingers through my hair. I’d hardly slept, and while elves didn’t need as much rest as most, I still felt like my head was stuffed with wool.

“Dammit,” I muttered to myself. Sometime in the past few days, I’d let myself soften toward the half-orc, and I didn’t much like that. It always came back to bite me in the ass.

“Good morning,” Daella said uncertainly.

I looked up to find her hovering in the doorway, still in her nightclothes. Quickly, I looked away. The thin material didn’t leave much to the imagination, and her curves were a delicious temptation I could never indulge in. Still, the shape of her thighs—and everything else about her—hadn’t escaped my notice.

I cleared my throat. “Morning. You hungry?”

“Starving. Should I make us something?”

I arched a brow.

“I do know how to cook, you know.”

The offer was sweet, and pretty unexpected coming from her. “No, no. You get dressed. We’ll break our fast at the Dreaming Dragon Inn. We can find out the details of the Fildur Trial there. They’ll have announced it yesterday while we were in the mountains.”

“The inn. Need I remind you, I got kicked out the first night I was here.”

I found myself looking over at her, despite my every intention not to, and fates be damned, that nightdress showed off every inch of her mile-long thighs.

Her cheeks reddened. “Right, you have coin so it’ll be fine. I suppose I should go get dressed now. Are you going to take a bath first or will you do it later? What about Skoll? Is he hungry? He should come with us, or do they not allow fenrir inside the doors?”

Her words came out in a breathless rush, and an unexpected satisfaction settled into me. She’d noticed me noticing her, and it had gotten her flustered. Her eyes darted down and then back up again. And that was when I remembered I was only half-dressed myself. She was noticing me right back. I smirked.

“I’ll go get dressed.” And then she was gone.

Skoll sat on his haunches and stared at me. There was judgement in his yellow eyes. Or was it encouragement? Fuck, I needed to focus. It wasn’t the first time I’d seen her body, though I’d been careful to avert my gaze when she’d been hurt. And when I had looked at her that night, I’d been so focused on that damn shard…

No matter.

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