Hellish Fae by A.K. Koonce

Author:A.K. Koonce [Koonce, A.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-06T16:00:00+00:00

13

A Private Party

Aries

It’s been a long time since I’ve been on a date.

Not that taking a stroll through a dark forest on a leash that’s being held by a brooding fucker like Zaviar is my idea of a good time.

But it does feel nice, in a way. It’s intimate to think I’m not alone in this chaos I’ve created. For the moment, anyway.

Staggering, he kicks up dirt as he sways on his feet before righting himself in the shadows.

“Fuck. These tree roots are like massive tangling logs. How much longer before we get to the castle?”

Walking. It’s tedious to him, it seems. I don’t recall him bitching about it every time he walked somewhere for Damien, though.

“Just a bit further,” I tell my charming date sweetly.

“You said that a fuckin’ hour ago, Crow.”

Wow, he is not getting lucky tonight with an attitude like that, let me tell you.

With a roll of my eyes, I lift a massive leaf and step out onto smooth, trimmed grass. My heels sink in and twinkling lights shine down on us from the distance.

The smell of big red roses twists my stomach with too many memories, and I shove every one of them down as I guide Zaviar to the bushes of the garden up ahead.

Dozens of guests file in at the front of the double doors of the castle, but the side entrance is safer. My father’s guard never were too worried about the side entrance when the King’s rooms were all the way in the back.

I notice Zaviar’s gaze lingers on the fat petals of my mother’s deep red roses. He plucks one off and it’s larger than his massive palm. In the slicing moonlight with the sound of a piano singing into the silence, it’s hard not to think he looks like a fairytale come to life. His strong jaw is always so tense. As tense as his wide, bare shoulders. The shadows that dance along his chest are the most alluring darkness I’ve ever laid eyes on.

I truly want to get lost in that darkness.

And I can’t shake the deep look in his eyes as he stares down at the beautiful flower.

What’s he thinking?

“This part of the fae realm is called the Kingdom of Roses,” he whispers.

I step away from the door and come a bit closer to him, trying not to shiver from the cool night breeze skimming along my near-nudity.

“It wasn’t always. Centuries ago, our Kingdom was in ashy shambles because of a hellacious curse my father brought upon himself. It was a dark mess with more demons than fae.”

His pretty shining eyes look up at me. He’s flawless and handsome but he isn’t kind like Damien. It makes me wonder how he’s kept his angelic appearance for so long while Damien’s turns more demonic every day.

“And then my father met my mother. And with a single touch, roses grew everywhere she walked. She was a powerful fae.”

“Was?” he asks with a tilt of his head.

“Her magic depends on her happiness,” I whisper with a near soundless voice.

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