Mama Si's Paradise (Fall of the Seven Isles Book 1) by D.N. Hoxa

Author:D.N. Hoxa [Hoxa, D.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-29T00:00:00+00:00

“You’re okay.”

It was the third time he was saying it, and I had yet to believe him. Valentine didn’t look like he believed it himself, to be honest—the way he looked at me said he was searching for a wound on my face and body and just waiting for my legs to give up.

“I’m fine,” I said, only for the first time.

“Why were you outside, Sunshine?”

The edges of his face had smoothed out and his eyes weren’t bloodshot or as dark—so different from how he’d looked in front of his brothers.

“You know why,” I muttered, squeezing my eyes shut for a moment.

“You can’t leave the castle. Even if my brothers didn’t hear you—which isn’t going to happen—you can’t leave,” he said with a deep sigh. “Was that snake coming for you?” Shivers all over me in a second. I only nodded. “Did Emil kill it?”

I shook my head. “No, it was your dragon. He was following me around like a damn shadow.” And thank God he was. I pretended to be bitter, but I was so thankful for that tiny dragon. If it wasn’t for him, I’d have been in a snake’s belly right now.

“Good,” Valentine said, but it wasn’t good at all. None of this was good—it was a goddamn disaster.

“I just want to go home,” I said through gritted teeth, fighting back the tears pricking my eyes. Must have been all the trauma of almost being eaten by a snake—and two vampires.

Suddenly, Valentine had his arms around me and pulled me to his chest. I had no chance of stopping it, no chance of even telling him to keep his hands to himself right now. All I could do was hold on to his shirt while he held on to me, pressed his lips to the top of my head and just let me be for a moment. He just rubbed circles on my back and kept me there.

“When is the full day officially over?” I asked when I finally gathered courage to move away and stand straight again.

“Technically speaking, this is your second. But since you spent the first sleeping, Romin allowed us to consider it your first. It ends less than two hours,” he explained. “The vampire whose dragon chooses the offering gets the first twenty-four hours exclusively with the new bride. After that…”

I flinched. “I’m fair game to all of them.”

“Yes,” he said.

Damn. “Well, then I guess I’ll be in there for the rest of my existence.” And I pushed open the door behind me.

“Sunshine, you need to learn how to control your heartbeat,” Valentine said. “You need to understand that there is no way out of this place. It’s all just a big trap designed to devour the weak, and right now, that’s what you are.”

“Weak.” My biggest horror. What I’d always been my whole life—just a weak person falling in whatever line life decided to put me in.

“And that’s not something to be ashamed of. You’re living among the world’s most sophisticated predators. Strength can be taught and gathered.

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