Mated to Monsters: The Complete Demons of Protheka Dark Fantasy Romance Box Set by Celeste King

Author:Celeste King [King, Celeste]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Protheka Publishing
Published: 2023-08-11T04:00:00+00:00

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NATALIE

I surface from sleep slowly, sunlight seeping through the windows and illuminating the pale blue walls of my room. I blink against the sudden brightness, giving myself time to rouse.

I haven’t slept this well in ages, although I’m sure it has something to do with the fact that I’m sleeping in such a nice bed, and wasn’t woken to the sounds of crying or the demons cracking their whips and gnashing their teeth.

I smile softly to myself, wondering if I should just spend the day in bed, sleeping and reading, if there is a book I can read. My muscles are tight from sleep, and I extend my arms, fully intending to stretch them out when I freeze.

A pale, muscled arm is wrapped around my waist.

My heart leaps into my throat, and it’s an effort to bite back a surprised yelp as I glance behind me to find Kha’zeth’s face mere inches from my own, slack with sleep.

Why in the thirteen’s names is he in my bed?!

The memories of our conversation last night come flooding back, and terror chases up my spine. The last thing I remember, I fell asleep alone in this bed. Kha’zeth never came up to make good on his demand.

Did he come upstairs to fulfill his ‘duty?’ Did he drug me so I wouldn’t make it more difficult for him?

My mind races as fear grips me. I thought he wouldn’t hurt me, I thought he wasn’t like the others, who reveled in our suffering. Why would he do this to me? Was I foolish to let my guard down, even when I thought he had given up?

Before I can work out what to do next, Kha’zeth stirs behind me, mumbling and shifting his weight. I go rigid, unsure of what I can do. Do I run? Do I scream?

What if he isn’t done with me yet?

I watch as Kha’zeth slowly wakes, fear and fury mingling. Unable to keep a hold on my temper any longer, I throw his arm off of me and sit up, pressing my back into the headboard of the bed as I draw the covers up to my chest.

“What did you do?” I hiss at him. Kha’zeth looks up at me, not moving from where he lays on top of the quilt, blinking once, twice.

“What?” he grumbles, his voice thick with sleep.

“Why are you in my bed? What did you do to me?” My voice rises in pitch, but I can’t find it in me to care. He violated me, drugged me or cast a spell on me or something so I didn’t wake up, and he’s playing coy?

Kha’zeth shakes his head, having the nerve to look confused. I want to scream, I want to hit him or throw something at him, but more than anything else I just want him to get out of my bed.

“Get out,” I tell him, my tone venomous. “Get. Out!”

Kha’zeth finally sits up, slow understanding dawning on him as he looks around the room. “Natalie, wait-”

“I

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