Wicked Lovely with Bonus Material by Melissa Marr

Author:Melissa Marr
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins US

“I can’t believe I did that.” Aislinn put her head between her knees and concentrated on not vomiting on her feet. “I told him I knew they were faeries.”

Seth sat on the floor beside her feet. He was patting her back, making small soothing circles. “It’s okay. Come on. Breathe. Just breathe.”

“It’s not okay, Seth.” Her voice was muffled by her decidedly uncomfortable posture. She lifted her head enough to scowl at him. “They used to kill people, gouge out their eyes for knowing what they were.”

The nausea rose again. She closed her eyes.

“Shh.” He moved closer, comforting her the way he’d always done when she fell apart. “Come on.”

“What if they blind me? What if…”

“Stop. We’ll figure it out.” He pulled her into his lap, cradling her like a child.

Just like Keenan did last night.

She tried to stand up, feeling guilty, like she’d betrayed Seth even though all she did was dance—she hoped.

What if I, Keenan, we… She started to sob again.

“Shush.” Seth rocked her, murmuring reassuring words.

And she let him—until she started to think about faeries again and dancing with Keenan and kissing him and not knowing what else might have happened.

She pulled away and stood.

Seth stayed on the floor. He propped his head up on one hand, his elbow on the seat of the chair where she’d been sitting.

She ducked her head, unable to look at him. “So what do we do about it?”

He came to stand beside her. “We improvise. He promised you a favor. If the books are right, vows are like laws.”

She nodded.

He stepped in front of her and leaned forward until the longer strands of his hair fell like a web over her face. “The rest we’ll deal with too.”

Then he kissed her—softly, tenderly, lovingly—and said, “We’ll get this figured out. Together. I’m here with you, Ash, even after you tell me what else happened.”

“What do you mean?” Aislinn felt the world swim again.

“You drank something that messed you up, danced until dawn, and woke up in your bed sick.” He cradled her face in his hands. “What else happened?”

“I don’t know.” She shivered.

“Okay, how did you get home?”

“I don’t know.” She remembered the taste of sunshine, the feel of sunbeams falling onto her as she stared up at Keenan’s face, as he leaned toward her. What happened?

“Did you go anywhere else?”

She whispered, “I don’t know.”

“Sleep with him?” He looked straight at her as he asked it, the question she’d been trying—and failing—to answer.

“I don’t know.” She looked away, feeling sicker with the words hanging there like something awful. “I’d know, right? That’s something I’d remember. Right?”

He pulled her into his arms, tucking her under his chin, as if he could keep her safe from all the bad things by keeping her close enough. “I don’t know. Are there any flashes of memories? Anything?”

“I remember dancing, drinking, sitting on some strange chair, and then the carnival was gone. He kissed me.” She shivered again. “I’m so sorry.”

“It’s not your fault.” He stroked his hand over her hair.

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