Tall Dark and Wicked by Alexi Blake & May Sage

Author:Alexi Blake & May Sage [Blake, Alexi & Sage, May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Mirth Publishing
Published: 2024-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

The Wicked Ways

Iam in no way surprised to find the three women seated on the large canopy bed covered in silky silver. If anything, I would have been shocked if they hadn’t come.

I sigh. “Are we really doing this?”

Ryzan’s low chuckle has made grown men cry, but I’ve heard it often enough not to outwardly shiver.

When the air vibrates to my left, I’m prepared for the attack. I block the shadow sword, extending my two blades into cross knives on instinct, but the impact is strong enough for me to lose ground, my foot gliding along the smooth mahogany.

“You got stronger,” I hiss between my teeth.

My little sister’s grin is predatory. “Or you, weaker.”

“Probably both,” I admit, twirling on my feet to evade Tamira’s first arrow.

The second, I catch in my hand. Samara takes the opportunity to strike again, aiming for my back as my elder sister’s bow grazes my front. I’m concerned by neither of them. Oh, they can and will hit me if I let them, and it’ll hurt like a bitch, but Tami and Sam are merely pissed at me. My mother’s another story. And the problem is that I can’t see or feel her anymore.

Ryzan’s one to push, and push, and push us harder. She’s severe with her employees, but from her daughters, she expects nothing but perfection. She’s put my life in danger countless times, believing any child of hers would get herself out of the situation. She had me jump from high buildings with nothing but rope and a hook when I was seven. She left me alone, asleep in a den of lions. She showed me my worst nightmares, expecting me to conquer them. And I did, but I always emerged with broken bones and torn flesh.

Tonight won’t be any different, especially after all this time. She’ll see that I suffer.

“Suffering is proof you’re alive, Daria.”

I can’t watch for her while my sister distracts me, so I switch from defensive to offensive. I hate doing it. I’ve never tried to hurt Sam before. She’s two years younger than me—she wasn’t even fifteen when I left—and I’ve always felt protective of her, the baby of the family. But I need one of them incapacitated, and for one of us, that means seriously injured.

She’s easier to get to than Tamira, whose bow allows her to stay at a distance. I don’t know how much time I have until Ryzan decides to strike.

I see my opening when she aims for my flank, and with a grin, let her blade claim a bit of my flesh. Catching her arm under my elbow, I twist around, breaking her wrist. As she grunts a curse, I shorten my shadowblade and bring it to her pretty, pretty face.

My baby sister’s many wonderful things—kind, thoughtful, clever, and fiercely protective of those she loves—but for all her many great qualities, she’s also vain. And who can blame her? I would be too if nature had gifted me a face like hers.

She gasps, dropping her sword.

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