Shifters' Lost Queen: A Rejected Mates Reverse Harem (Stolen by Shadow Beasts Book 3) by Lacey Carter Andersen

Author:Lacey Carter Andersen [Andersen, Lacey Carter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Phoenix Press LLC
Published: 2022-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

Ann

I’ve come to accept the only way I’m leaving this room is through that door, the only door out in my pretty cell. The window is pretty much certain death, so I sit on the edge of the bed, willing Phantom to return, no matter how much seeing him will tear out my heart. Because at this point just about anything is better than continuing to sit here like some damsel in distress.

Come on door, open… open.

When I hear scraping outside my door, and it suddenly opens, I jump a little, heart hammering. For a brief moment I think my mind opened the damn thing, and then Phantom steps out of the darkness and into my room with all the grace of a king. He’s wearing dark clothes, so much like his father’s that it makes my stomach twist just to see. The only difference between him and his father is that rather than wearing a cloak, Phantom wears black fur on his shoulders and over part of his chest, reminding me of human Vikings from so long ago rather than these mystical shadow beasts. And I hate, absolutely hate, that he still looks so damned handsome, even while humming with his father’s evil control.

It makes me sad, so much so I don’t know if I can hide the way I feel even though I know I need to. Because one thing is for sure, I don’t want him to see how I feel or how he affects me. I don’t trust him. And it feels like any information, even my feelings, is information I don’t want him to have.

His deep green eyes run over me from head to toe in a way that feels strangely possessive. “I see you found the dresses.”

“I did, although I’d prefer my old clothes,” I tell him, drawing myself up taller.

The thing is, after living in the woods for this long, my bar for what makes a decent outfit is pretty low. Anything clean seems to be good enough. Still, this dress is kind of ridiculous. It’s long and simple, bright green and nearly the same color as Phantom’s eyes, yet strangely form fitting until it flairs at my hips. So, basically, a pretty dress I can’t easily fight in… or run in. And these shadow beasts seem to do enough of both that dresses seem like a waste of fabric.

“You’re breathtaking,” he tells me, but his words leave me feeling… empty.

It used to be that when he complimented me, there was a glimmer in his eyes that warmed my heart and made me feel alive. Now, his eyes are dead of all emotion and this all feels like an act. Like there’s nothing left of the Phantom I love. Even though I pray that isn’t the case.

“Instead of dinner in your room, would you like to accompany me to the dining hall?” he asks, his gaze trained on my face like he’s carefully reading my reaction. And I’m kind of glad he’s focused on me, because then he won’t notice the bed that’s missing all its linen.

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