Lust by Charlotte Featherstone

Author:Charlotte Featherstone
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Spice
Published: 2011-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

TEN

ABOVE THE TREETOPS, THANE AND KIAN hovered. He was mist, his preferred form when not in his own skin. Kian was shadow.

He saw his twin hanging between the leafy canopy of two ancient oaks. He was not completely gray, but a mixture of black and green. A clear sign that his sin was ruling him.

Thane knew what had prompted the beast. It was the same as what had awakened his. The Lennox girls, talking to two Seelie Fey.

The site of Chastity’s hand on Crom’s arm infuriated him. Made him want to lash out and pull her to him. But his sin could not rule. Lust must be shoved aside and fed later. He must learn, for the sake of the other princes and their dying court, what deviousness the Seelie were up to.

Beside him, he felt Kian stir, saw the shadow move and grow ominous. He hoped that his twin could control Envy. It would not do to engage the Seelie. Especially Crom, Niall’s twin. Their king was powerful, and Thane believed that his brother was, as well.

No, their war could not be brought out now. Not in front of the mortals, or the Lennox girls.

“I think a storm approaches,” the one named Prue remarked as she looked up into the trees where he and Kian lurked. “That shadow is rather dark. There must be a thundercloud forming behind the trees.”

When the Seelie glanced up, Thane was relieved that they paid little attention. They had no idea that their dark counterparts where there, listening to them. Fortunate for them, the Seelie magic did not enable them to shift their shape. That was a dark power, and one he and the other princes reveled in. In their altered shapes, the Seelie were as ignorant to their presence as the mortals. But Crom was part Unseelie, Thane reminded himself, and none of them truly knew what Crom was capable of.

“Oh, indeed,” Chastity murmured as she glanced up at them. “That cloud is rather menacing. I’ve never seen green before in a cloud.”

Thane was about to remind Kian of their mission, to warn him to control the jealousy he felt, when his twin suddenly left the safety of the trees, only to spread in a wide arc across the open expanse of grass to a pond. And to the form of a woman whose fingers were grazing the still waters.

Thane supposed he could not fault his brother for wanting to meet his virtue. Thane wanted to meet with his, too, and ravish her on the forest floor.

“I suppose,” the other fey, who Thane did not know, murmured, “we must be on our way. We’ve occupied your time for far too long. I see a few knowing glances being cast our way.”

“Of course.”

“Tomorrow then?” Crom asked. “We shall pick you up at five for the fashionable hour in Hyde Park.”

Prudence seemed all enthusiasm. Chastity, however, was anything but.

“Good day to you,” Crom murmured in a silky voice that was designed to enthrall. “I shall be counting the minutes until tomorrow.

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