Inferno (Dark Kings) by Donna Grant

Author:Donna Grant [Grant, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250182951
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published: 2020-08-24T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

He’d let his temper get the better of him. Con stood on the edge of the cliffs and watched the deep blue sea churn before him. Something about Rhi had always made him lose control.

It didn’t matter if it was with his emotions or his body, she’d always had that authority over him. At one time, the fact that Rhi had been able to shake up his life in such a way had been like a high. He hadn’t been able to get enough of her or discovering all the ways she could unsettle him.

Because no one else had ever been able to do that. Only her.

“Only Rhiannon,” Con whispered into the wind.

Maybe he’d been a fool to think that he could win her back. He knew for certain that she still felt something for him. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have reacted the way she did in his arms—or screamed so loudly in pleasure.

All this time, he’d held out hope that Rhi might still care for him. Even if it was just a wee bit, it would be enough for him to work with. He could woo her until she fell in love with him again.

She’d told him that she didn’t feel anything for him. He hadn’t believed her, not when she’d said the words, and certainly not when he’d had her in his arms. But now … he was beginning to doubt himself. There was a chance that he was seeing and hearing the things he desperately wanted to see and hear instead of the truth.

Con reached for the gold dragon head cufflink on his left wrist and twisted it. The gift made him think of Erith, and for just a second, he almost called out to her. Thankfully, the moment passed.

He wasn’t used to taking his problems to anyone, much less a goddess who had bigger issues. There had only been two people in the entire realm he’d ever shared his troubles with—Ulrik and Rhi.

Ulrik might be back at Dreagan, but Con had dumped a lot on him. Ulrik wouldn’t turn him away, Con knew that. But he also knew that there were bigger issues for Ulrik and the rest of the Dragon Kings to focus on right now.

“What a view,” Merrill said as he walked up.

Con didn’t respond as he glanced at the King of Oranges.

Merrill didn’t take his eyes from the water. “I can almost believe I’m in Scotland. Then I hear one of them speak, and it ruins everything,” he said with a grin before he finally looked at Con.

“I understand why Ireland holds a certain appeal to some.”

“Aye,” Merrill replied. “If my mate were here, then I’d want to be here, too.”

Con looked down before he lifted his eyes to the horizon. “Do you wish for a mate?”

There was a beat of silence before Merrill answered candidly. “Sometimes. There are nights when I see those mated at Dreagan go off together, and when I’m in my chambers alone, I wonder if I’ll ever find that.

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