The Heir: A Snow White Retelling (The Twisted Kingdoms Book 3) by Frost Kay

Author:Frost Kay [Kay, Frost]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Renegade Publishing, LLC
Published: 2021-02-26T22:00:00+00:00

Twenty

Tempest

Now that it had been said, she couldn’t unsee the resemblance between Destin and Pyre. How had she not known—or at least suspected—that the kitsune was in some way related to the king?

You’re a fool.

Pyre held her gaze as she stared at him. She’d never seen golden eyes on anyone else but the two of them. Just as her lilac hair screamed that she was resolutely a Madrid, the molten amber eyes should have given away the fox’s heritage. How had she not seen it before?

Because people don’t look beneath the surface.

She was a bloody Hound, for Dotae’s sake. Tempest had been trained to look beneath the surface. Pyre blinked his amber eyes, warm and yet wary. But that was a difference—Destin’s gaze was cold and calculating, whereas the kitsune was capable of affection and mercy. Or was he? Pyre was also just as ruthless as his royal sire when he took on his other personas.

Was the warmth just another mask?

I want you. It’s not just a game.

Had he even meant those words or were they just another ploy, another way to get back at his father? Another shiver racked her body, and Pyre pulled her closer to his chest. Questions raced through her mind, but she could not decide which to ask first. A dull roar began in the back of her head, as well as a ticking clock. How long had she been gone? Surely, someone would notice her absence soon, if they had not done so already.

She swallowed and moved her attention over his shoulder, not able to hold his gaze any longer. Interrogating the Jester would have to wait. Time to return to the palace. Although…there was one question that had to be asked before she could, in good conscience, return to the palace.

“Do you plan to rule?” Tempest rasped, forcing herself to match Pyre’s intense gaze. “You told me before that you have no plan to. Was that a lie?”

He shook his head slowly. “Not a lie. I have no intention of ruling.”

Tempest examined his expression, which seemed to be open and honest, but could she trust it? Silence settled between them. It was clear Pyre was waiting for her to make the next move—to show that she accepted his origins, or wished to know more, or to outright reject him. She didn’t have the energy, nor the wits, to do any of those things. It felt as if she had sand in her eyes, ice in her veins, and thorns in her throat. Tempest laid her head down and continued combing her fingers through Brine’s dark fur.

Pyre’s breath gusted against the back of her neck as he sighed, causing more goosebumps to raise on her arms. Not from the temperature this time. She gritted her teeth as he eased his body away from hers and then tucked the cloak around her frame. Tempest heard him stand but didn’t dare to look. While she hadn’t protested the heat he’d provided, it wasn’t until her limbs had warmed that she’d realized that his bare skin pressed against her own.

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