Seduced by Darkness by Bec McMaster
Author:Bec McMaster [McMaster, Bec]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bec McMaster
Itâs not difficult to slip away from the Asturian camp.
The guards are all watching without.
And Iâm the invisible daughter.
Throwing a cloak over my shoulders, I draw the hood over my hair and then slip into the forest, avoiding the bonfires and revelry as much as I can.
The little bower where I lay with the Prince of Evernight stands empty. Thereâs no one nearby, the party having moved closer to the lake. I donât know if thatâs an ominous sign or not.
Crickets chirp as I pace back and forth.
The moon picks out every single night-blooming Sorrow flower. They slowly unfurl, opening their faces to its soft light, little firefly lights dancing around their petals. Demi-fey by the look of it, stealing nectar until theyâre Sorrow-drunk.
âYou came.â
I spin around, one hand dropping to the hilt of the knife sheathed at my hip and the other staring into the shadows beneath the trees. My heart pounds with a mix of dread and something I canât name. âOf course, I came.â
How could I not?
He can ruin me with a single sentence.
The same way he ruined me with a kiss.
âI didnât think you were going to,â he says. âYou would barely look at me today.â
âI was trying not to give myself away. You didnât seem to have any such compunctions. Come into the light.â
Thiago seems to melt out of the shadows. Black leather encases his chest and shoulders in woven strips that delineate each hard muscle. His cloak flows down his back. The entire outfit is stark and imposing, the impact of it only heightened by the fact he towers over me. Thereâs no sign of a crown. No rings. Not a single hint that heâs royal.
He doesnât need them.
He makes Etan look like some sort of dandelion seed of a lad, pampered and spoiled and soft.
Power lingers in the direct look he gives me. The predator is leashed for the moment, but thereâs a hint of hunger in his eyes. I saw that look last night, as if he wanted to consume me. Itâs there again right now, and I canât help feeling the slick of heat that traces wet fingers between my thighs.
I can feel him again, teeth sinking into my shoulder as he thrusts inside me, a roughened growl echoing in his throatâ
And no, Iâm not thinking of that.
I canât afford to.
Because that was last night, when he was merely a handsome stranger.
And now heâs the enemy with a knife at my throat.
âWe need to talk.â His expression locks down hard and tight.
Itâs like the words set me free. I hold up the note between two fingers. âSo you said.â
âLast nightââ
âLast night was a mistake.â I curl the note into my fist as he steps closer to me. âI had no idea who you were.â My breath catches, but I have to ask. âDid you know?â
âNo.â Feral heat lights up his eyes as he leans toward me. âNot until this morning when I saw that fucking mark on your back when you slipped from my arms.
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