Warrior Prince by Raveling Emma

Author:Raveling, Emma [Raveling, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mandorla Publishing
Published: 2012-12-21T07:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

"Enough with the bullshit."

Eyes narrowed and she shoved her hand against my chest. "It's just so easy for you, isn't it?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean. The amazing Warrior Prince."

In that moment, there was nothing in the world I hated more than that name.

"Everyone worships you," she continued. "Thinks you're God's gift. And you stand there and have the nerve to tell me these things, when you don't know anything about me."

The frustration I'd barely kept at bay yesterday awoke. Every sacrifice, every denied need shivering, stretching under my skin.

"You make these comments, pretending that you actually care. But I know the truth."

That glimpse of darkened wild energy I'd seen in her at Club Axis returned. Pushing. Provoking.

"You're keeping your end of the promise you made to my mother and grandmother. You're doing your duty toward the sondaleur. Your damned honor won't let you do otherwise."

The words slammed into me. Agitation fired through my veins, a dangerous build-up demanding release.

She thought this was about honor? When I stood here, shaking from the amount of control it took to leash in my desires, vibrating from the stunning realization that this had stopped being professional long ago?

"I'm your job. Just some fucking job you're responsible for as gardinel."

The air thickened. Energy swirled in answer to her, rising in a burning cloud.

"So come off your high horse and quit acting like you give a crap."

She pushed my chest harder. "You don't need to —"

Her wrist felt fragile in my hand, the exquisite sensation of silken skin against my calloused fingers almost enough to snap the last thread of restraint.

"You don't know what you're talking about."

Relentless eyes shone with fury and challenge. "Why? Because you're keeping something else from me?"

Like the night we first met, the intent in those dark green pools was clear before the movement happened.

Her foot struck my thigh, sending a slight vibration up and down my leg.

Not bad. But it must've hurt.

Left fist flew forward. I stopped it before she could injure herself further.

"Let…go!"

I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her against me.

"Kendra."

She was going to hurt herself. Body tautened, trying to ignore the overwhelming stimulation of being this close to her.

"Stop this —"

She lifted her left foot. Damn it.

I hooked her ankle and held her close so my arms took the impact of our fall. Tilting my hips, I used my weight to keep her down on the wet sand. Hands pinned her wrists above her head where they couldn't do any damage.

Fierce anger and something darker combined to battle itself out on her beautiful face. It was that edge again. The need to question, to test the boundaries between us.

It was the very essence that convinced me she was the sondaleur. She'd come to Haverleau with the force of a tidal wave, breaking through unyielding granite crags.

Breathing quickened, senses screaming with awareness. Rough, wet sand rubbed against exposed skin. Waves pushed against us in a rhythm as unceasing as time.

Sleek curves fit snug beneath me, feminine softness pressing against every hardened inch.

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