Forged in Desire: Heathen Hearts Book One by Damiana Meade

Author:Damiana Meade [Meade, Damiana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

Dagur

Gloria looked stricken as I closed the space between us but I couldn’t pay attention to her right now. I had tunnel vision. The only thing I could focus on just then was getting Henry’s filthy fucking hands off of my woman.

Just as I was about to snatch his arm, he dropped her hand and stepped back from her, towards me. We stood toe to toe for a moment. The reenactment area was filled with a dense silence.

“Good to see you, Dagur,” Henry greeted as if we were merely passing each other on the road. “Don’t worry,” he went on as I grit my teeth. “Your woman is unscathed.” His joking tone only served to piss me off further. “Oh my honor as a gentleman,” Henry added with a smile that might have been charming if it were for anyone else.

I sneered. “What?”

“Honor,” Henry repeated. His smile slid into a smirk. “Though, I guess a troll like you wouldn’t know much about that, would you.”

I saw red. Before I could even think, I had Henry up against the wall of the neighboring booth with my forearm against his throat. “Listen here you little pissant. Don’t tell me about honor because, unlike you, I can actually defend mine.”

“Get off of me,” He hissed.

I saw movement from the corner of my eye. Gloria stared, wide-eyed and I knew I had gone too far. I let up but didn’t step back. It was one thing to admit that perhaps I had been rash but another to step down when I was still in the right.

“Get the fuck out of my fair,” Henry said, straightening his tunic.

I spat on the ground between us. “Your fair? That's what this has always been about, hasn’t it, Henry. Well, it isn’t your fair. It's the committee’s. No amount of grandstanding and pretend play with your little lap dogs can change that.”

He sneered at me and ran his fingers through his hair. “For now.” His words came out so soft I was sure I was the only one to hear them. “Laying hands on a fellow committee member is grounds for expulsion from the committee though.”

“Not without a committee vote,” I reminded him.

A hand wrapped around my arm hesitantly. I turned my head just enough to see Gloria out of the corner of my eye. Behind her, I could see Hunter and Liam standing sentinels with a small crowd behind them. It wouldn’t be long before Henry’s boys came looking for him and then we might have a brawl on our hands.

“Come on, Dag. Let's cool off,” Gloria said softly. If it were anyone else I might have said fuck off and continued my argument but, it wasn’t anyone else. It was Gloria.

I looked Henry over then nodded, stepping back a few feet before turning my back to him.

“That’s right, Dagur. Listen to your wench,” Henry hissed.

Before I could respond, Lettie spoke. “Oh shut it, boy, before he gives you the whoopin' your mother should have years ago.”

Liam followed us out then, once we were out of view of the area, stood close.

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