Heart of an Emperor [Daughters of Lyra Series] by Felicity Heaton

Author:Felicity Heaton [Heaton, Felicity]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-08-12T14:48:52.283000+00:00

Chapter 5

The weird dizziness and warmth evaporated in a heartbeat

when Sophia realised that Regis had opened the door. Tall

burly armoured guards poured in and she screamed as she

raced to cover her legs and sit up. Regis roared and she

reached out to him. Kneeling on his bed, she could only watch

as he fought the guards, his eyes blazing red and his mouth

bloodied. Her blood. She flinched when he blocked one of the

guards' blades with his bare arm and it sliced into it. She had

done this to him. She had made him lose control.

She reached out again, desperate to speak but unable to

find her voice. He ran one guard through, gutting the man,

and roared as he attacked the next. What had she done? She

hadn't meant for it to turn into this, for it to go this far.

Her heart ached when the guards finally disarmed Regis

and piled onto him, pinning him down. She couldn't watch as

they carried him away, didn't want to hear his shouts of

protest. Even though he was speaking the old Varkan

language and she couldn't understand the words, she knew

that he was angry. She could feel his outrage and his hunger.

Sophia didn't understand why he felt those feelings

though. Was it because of her? Was he angry at the

disturbance? She had been, at least at first. She sat in silence

in the empty room and lifted her skirt. Her fingers traced the

neat set of red marks on her flesh. They didn't hurt. The

whole area felt numb. In fact, she felt numb. Her initial anger

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Heart of an Emperor [Daughters of Lyra Series]

by Felicity Heaton

at the guards' arrival and Regis stopping biting her had faded

to guilt and misery.

She had driven Regis into biting her and now the guards

had probably taken him to the palace cells. Her father would

probably have him killed.

It was all her fault. She touched the mark on her thigh

again. It had felt so good though. She had tried to keep quiet

but it had been impossible. The wave of pleasure and sense

of connection to Regis had been overwhelming, sending her

out of her mind.

The door opened and she covered her leg, smoothing her

dress down over it. She frowned when she saw it was her

mother and turned away to stare at the window. Night was

falling. How long had she been sitting here thinking about

what she had done?

Her mother sat beside her and placed her hand over hers.

It was comforting, warm, and made tears fill her eyes as she

felt she no longer had to be strong. Her mother would

understand. Her mother would never be angry with her, not

about anything, and certainly not about something concerning

love.

Sophia sighed. She had been such a fool and where had it

got her? She had convinced Regis to lose control and she still

hadn't been able to discern whether he felt love. His feelings

had been so strong and, while there had been a connection to

him, and she had felt tenderness and devotion within his

emotions, she hadn't felt anything that she could distinguish

as love. Now, Regis would pay the price for her mistake. He

would be punished, not her.

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