The Darkest Warrior by Gena Showalter

Author:Gena Showalter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2018-04-12T14:51:56+00:00

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As William launched into a diatribe about keeping Gillian safely hidden, Puck noticed the fury pulsing from his wife and seized an opportunity to prove himself a better man. At least for her.

“I will fight by your side,” he said. She didn’t need skill for the coming battle, because he would protect her with his life. He would make sure nothing and no one got past him. The soldiers who focused on her would die first.

“Seriously?” Finally, she peered up at Puck.

He saw fire in those whiskey eyes—and gratitude. A strange clenching inside his chest sent Indifference into another tirade.

I get it, demon. You prefer the cold. Boohoo. Now shut your fool mouth.

“You trust me to win?” she asked.

As Puck held her gaze, he comprehended just how badly she wanted to be valued for her combat skills. To prove herself strong, brave and free—the characteristics she’d once longed to possess.

Puck trusted her to deliver. She’d been trained by Cameron and Winter. She’d started, ended and restarted wars. She’d survived five hundred years without his aid—she could survive another battle, another day.

“Can the staring contest end now?” William stepped between them, a now familiar transformation overcoming him. Eyes flickering red. Lightning flashes under his skin. Smoke and shadows rising from his shoulders.

His abilities continued to stump Puck.

What was he? What did he have that Puck did not? How would he overthrow Sin when Puck could not? How had he earned Gillian’s adoration?

How can I?

Unimportant! Keep your head in the game.

“Pucker!” William snapped. “Are you even listening to me? If Gilly dies because of this attack, you die, and I leave your people to their demented king.”

“No one is dying,” Gillian said.

A woman flew by, accidentally bumping into her. Apologies were made as she stumbled forward. Puck reached for his wife, but William beat him to the punch, flashing to catch her and blocking Puck.

Fire blazed inside him. Get between me and her? “I warned you, Willy.” Puck had decided to remain hands off with Gillian, yes, but that in no way meant the other male could swoop in.

“Calm down, both of you, or I’ll use what remains of my magic to make you fall in love—with each other.” Her runes glowed the most sublime shade of gold. “Now then. William, sweetie, you don’t know this world or these clans. I do. You hide. I’ll take care of business.”

Puck’s runes answered in kind, buzzing and sizzling.

“Gilly—” William began, trying again.

“I’m sorry, Liam, but I don’t have time to humor you.”

“Humor me?” the male sputtered as she rushed off.

Puck watched as she issued commands, her clanswomen obeying without protest. A true testament of her ability to lead.

“You, to the parapet,” she called. “You, to the outer wall. You, get our first line in front of the gate.”

The girl Puck left behind had lacked confidence. The woman he’d returned to had confidence in spades.

And I want her more for it.

“You did this to her,” William snarled.

Ignoring him, Puck considered the defenses he’d seen upon his arrival at camp.

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