The Demon Crown (Seven Deadly Demons Book 2) by Emma Hamm

Author:Emma Hamm [Hamm, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Damn the woman. She’d run from him. Again.

And he’d let her. Or rather, his guard had left her and Ivo had gotten the shakedown of his life as Greed screamed at him. Though he knew the other man was just as worried about Varya’s disappearance as he was, Greed couldn’t find it in himself to care that he might be hurting the spirit’s feelings.

Varya was gone, and he had no idea where to find her. At least, until Ivo had said she wanted to go to the Festival of Lights.

If the woman had wanted to go there, why hadn’t she just told him? He’d have brought her. Maybe. He could have been convinced.

Instead, he had to get off his nuckelavee long before he reached the Festival of Lights. The beast would have to travel home on its own, which was dangerous enough, although he knew very few people that would take his mount on in a fight. Still, it was a risk he now had to take because some foolish woman had run off.

Again!

Taking off the bridle, he slid his hand along the leathery hide, patting it firmly. “Go home, now. I can bring her back on my own.”

Even his mount seemed to look at him with disbelief before it wandered off on its own. Clearly, no one believed he could control the wild woman he’d brought home.

Maybe he didn’t believe it either. As he turned toward the crowd of people in the distance, he wondered what he’d gotten himself into. It had taken half the day to even find the location this year, and then a few more hours to ride here. She could be anywhere in that crowd.

Greed took his time getting there, and every flash of blonde hair sent his heart skittering in his chest. Every time it wasn’t her, he felt the anger boiling hotter in his veins. When he got his hands on her, he was going to wring her pretty neck. He’d drag her back by the hair, kicking and screaming, proving himself to be the warlord that everyone remembered him being.

If anyone tried to stop him, he’d remind them all why they feared him. They thought they could just knock him out with that smoke? He’d survived it twice, and he’d kill many more people along the way. They wouldn’t catch him unawares this time.

People flinched away from him, horrified to see their king here when he had never once attended a single festival. Two men's hands shook when they saw him, the tankards of ale spilling onto the sand. A woman hid her child. Likely rumors already had embellished how he’d eaten a child at the last village he’d been seen in. A couple of young women eyed him with interest, though. And their expressions grounded him.

Breathing in the scent of their greed and lust, he steadied himself. She was here. He couldn’t seem too angry before he met her or word would spread and then she would run.

So he tried to look like he wanted to be here.

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