Dare Not: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance (State of Grace Book 4) by Colette Rhodes

Author:Colette Rhodes [Rhodes, Colette]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

It felt shitty to be grateful for silence when Wild physically couldn’t speak, but I’d nearly died, so I figured I could be a shitty person for a few minutes at least.

Without Grace right in front of me to act happy for, it was easier to let the intrusive thoughts take over. The privacy was an illusion, of course. Grace could feel whatever I was feeling through the bond with even more clarity than before, if the sensations in my chest were anything to go by. Where there had been a thread between us, there was just… each other. Like a second heartbeat, right next to my own.

I’d love it if I wasn’t fucking panicking about what it meant for Grace.

Wild stroked my hair, his head tipped back against the wall, eyes closed. He was very obviously giving me time to work through my feelings about not dying in peace, and I appreciated him immensely for it. I was low key impressed he wasn’t full-on Keres hulking out, which was why I definitely wasn’t about to tell him that Thanatos had shown up to carry my soul to the banks of the River Styx. That might stress him out a little when he was doing so well. When the God of Death shows up, you know shit is getting real.

The problem was, I’d been ready for him.

I’d tried to go to Nyx in the dreamscape, to reason with her, and realized almost instantly that I’d expended too much energy, drawn on too much of a gift that had been rapidly trickling dry. I’d known. I’d checked in on Wild and Grace, feeling them both settled in sleep, and then I’d waited for Thanatos to come.

Was I happy to die? No, of course not. But I also knew that there would never be enough time, and at the same time, we’d all be reunited in the underworld for eternity. I’d accepted that fate, and I didn’t know how to cope with this new one.

Wild tugged at the roots of my hair softly, apparently growing impatient with my silent brooding. Fair enough, that was usually his thing.

“I’m good,” I lied, pulling off an impressively casual voice. Annoyingly, there was a song right on the tip of my tongue that totally captured my general mood, but I couldn’t quite grasp it.

Why couldn’t I grasp it?

This…

This had never happened to me before.

Don’t freak out. Grace will know, and then she’ll come rushing back in to check on me and then Riot will hate me even more than he already does because they’re having a moment right now.

She was already feeding me love and comfort through the bond, so I wasn’t doing as good of a job at hiding it as I’d hoped.

Wild sighed loudly, shifting so that both his hands were free before softly cuffing my wrist with one and running a finger over my palm. It took several attempts before I realized he wasn’t just doodling random shapes on my skin.

T-A-L-K.

“Bossy,” I muttered affectionately, grateful I still got to experience his subtle brand of dominance.

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