Marked (The Coldest Fae Book 3) by Katerina Martinez

Author:Katerina Martinez [Martinez, Katerina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Supernal Publishing
Published: 2021-03-07T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Toross escorted me back to my tent, but I asked him to take me instead to Mira and Melina. He was a little reluctant at first, considering I still hadn’t answered his question about how I’d even come to be in Arcadia. Strangely, he didn’t put up too much resistance when I pressed the issue, and soon enough, he brought me to find the others.

Both of the women sitting in the tent perked up when I pulled the flap aside and stepped through. Mira’s eyes widened, and I noticed her gaze lock with Toross’ for an instant. After lingering for a moment too long, Toross finally moved away from the opening to the tent and gave us a little privacy.

With a flash of green light, Gullie emerged from the back of my hand and had a little stretch before kicking up into the air and hovering nearby. “That was something of a trip, wasn’t it?” she asked.

“That’s a bit of an understatement,” I said.

“What happened?” Mira asked, frowning. You’ve been gone for hours.”

“Some stuff happened, but first—what was that?”

“That?”

“That look you just gave my uncle.”

She touched her hand to her chest. “Look? What look?”

Gullie grinned. “Busted,” she sang.

“Busted?!” Mira shrieked. “No such thing has happened.”

“Really?” I asked, “Because a couple of hours ago I saw you flirting up a storm with him.”

“You asked me to distract him, did you not?”

“I did, but—”

“—well, it’s not my fault that I ooze sexuality and confidence.” She turned her nose up. “Besides, I am many, many decades older than you are and can do what I want.”

I cocked a thumb over my shoulder. “Except him, understood?”

Mel’s eyebrow arched. “I don’t see how you get a say…”

I placed a hand on my hip. “What does that mean?”

A strange, tense silence filled the room. “Really?” she asked, “The glow all over your face speaks volumes about what you got up to earlier.”

My cheeks flared hot and red. “Glow? What glow?”

Gullie pointed at my face. “That glow. Your sex glow.”

“Gull!” I yelped.

“What?” she shrugged, “I was just trying to clear things up.”

“Well, thanks, I really appreciate that.”

Mira pressed her palm to her face. “Tell me you didn’t.”

I stared at her, trying to regain a little of my composure. “I… don’t see how that’s any of your business,” I said, “And yes, I realize the irony of saying that. But supposing it was your business, why is it a bad thing?”

“Because the Royal Selection isn’t over.”

I looked around the room. “Mira, we’re in a tent, far away from the castle. I would say it’s over.”

She shook her head. “You wrote your name on the frost stone, so the selection must be completed. Remember?”

“Oh… no, I guess I didn’t. But how can the selection continue? We’re not going back.”

“I don’t know, but when it’s over, if you don’t win…”

Fate will rewrite itself, and I won’t be his soulmate anymore. She didn’t say it, but she didn’t have to. I hadn’t even considered the possibility that the selection needed to be completed.

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