Wilds of Wonder: A Steamy Fantasy Romance (Stolen Crowns Book 4) by Tee Harlowe

Author:Tee Harlowe [Harlowe, Tee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: M&F Books
Published: 2024-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Two

MAVERICK

My mind should have been reeling over the events that had just occurred. It should have been reeling over the fact that a wolf changed into a man right in front of us, and then said wolf told us he was cursed like it meant nothing at all. My mind should have been focused on the fact that Aron and this El couldn’t be trusted, that we shouldn’t have been following them away from the ruins and toward a “safer” area like Aron claimed. My thoughts should’ve been centered on every single one of those things, and more, but instead all I could think about was Emory. When I’d cupped her cheek with my hand in that crypt, she’d reacted, curled into my touch. Like maybe she wanted me as much as I wanted her.

I couldn’t deny it. Not anymore. I’d tried to keep my distance, I’d tried to tell myself that whatever I felt for her was impossible. Then I’d seen those bruises on her neck, and I knew that I would burn this world if it meant keeping her safe. I’d burn this world for her. And I’d enjoy doing it.

She wasn’t a murderer after all, and guilt speared me that I’d ever thought she was. She was right. I might not have known her name or her face, but through the years, through her notes and our encounters, I’d known her.

That was the problem, in the end. I was the problem. I’d done the same thing to my sister. I hadn’t had faith in her, and it had ultimately been my fault she ended up here. Just like it had been my fault Emory ended up here. Yes, she chose to come after me, but that was because she needed that bolt to bargain for her freedom. If I’d stood up for the white rabbit, gone to the frost queen directly and pleaded her case, the whole thing could’ve been taken care of, and Emory wouldn’t be here in danger.

But I’d put my career first. Helped her escape in secret instead of going directly to the queen and risking losing my position. I scrubbed a hand down my face.

Aron, Driscoll, and El walked ahead of me. Aron had told us it would be better to get to safety before we talked any further.

El had stayed silent the entire time as we trekked from the stone ruins and onto a black-dusted path that led through sweeping hills. Driscoll had wandered too close to one of the hillsides, and Aron had grabbed him and told him in a very matter-of-fact voice that the hills tended to eat anyone who stepped foot on them.

After that, we kept to the middle of the path.

Now we stood in a forest that looked more like what I was used to: brown trunks, green leaves, branches that didn’t have claws or talons. They’d led us to a spot that was flat, protected by the trees and the towering canopies and had enough space for all of us to pick a spot to sleep.

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