The Queen's Line (Inheritance of Hunger Book 1) by Kathryn Moon

Author:Kathryn Moon [Moon, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Bryony

I screamed, and Cosmo broke into immediate rowdy laughter. The goose spread its wings and honked, leaning forward, snapping at me and bouncing closer, perching on the wobbling oars like a gargoyle. A second bird appeared by Cosmo's head, and his laughter died abruptly as we both sat up and the geese began their attack, claiming our picnic basket and cornering us against the side.

We were up, clutching each other, trying to shoo the geese away, when the balance tipped and the water rushed in and I went spilling out. Sky and the tall green branches of trees spinning over my head as Cosmo fell out with me, something like a scream and a laugh rising out of my throat. The water was a cool caress against my back, until it started to swallow me and Cosmo at my side, his arm still wrapped around my waist.

"Ugh, pleh! Hang on!" Cosmo said, coughing water out. I could just barely feel the resistance of a mossy stone under my toes, with water up to my ears, but Cosmo was tall enough to slip and walk and pull me forward to the bank.

"Geese are monsters," he gasped.

I coughed and spat, but the lake water was reasonably clear. "We were warned," I croaked, reaching under the water and wrestling with too much fabric around my legs.

Cosmo snorted, lifting me up with both arms, my dress sopping and heavy, pouring water back to the surface as he grunted and hauled us to shore. My giggles broke free next, and he grinned at me, black hair hanging around his ears in sodden curls.

"I hope you weren't very hungry," I said, grinning and looking back over Cosmo's shoulder to see the geese rescuing what was left of our picnic as it bobbed up from beneath the boat.

"I'll be fine. What of your hunger?" he asked, the double meaning hovering in the question. Cosmo sank to his knees at the very edge of the water and set me down in a soft nest of grass and sand. He hovered next to me, undoing the buttons of his soaked vest and peeling it off his shoulders. The white fabric of his shirt was now transparent, and I admired the familiar path of dark hair over his chest and down his stomach.

I swallowed and struggled to my own knees, pulling wet fabric away from my legs. "I am…in need of assistance in getting out of this dress," I said.

I liked Cosmo's smile; there was something secretive about it, as if the expression was entirely for my own eyes whether we were alone or not. He reached out, hooking his index finger in the collar of my dress, his touch sliding down between my breasts and yanking me forward. My balance failed, and I fell into Cosmo's chest, my face turned up to his as his mouth slanted over mine, tongue licking in immediately. I moaned into the kiss, my hands grabbing onto Cosmo's shoulders. There was a slightly bitter

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