The Curse and the Silver Rose: Fairytales Forever Book One by Evie Finn

Author:Evie Finn [Finn, Evie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sirenstone Press
Published: 2024-03-14T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Davron no longer belonged to himself.

Nor did he belong to the castle, his bloodline, or even the curse. He belonged to the chestnut-haired woman in his bed, sleeping sweetly on his shoulder. And it was devastating.

He lay awake, watching the shadows of the room dip and shift under the glow of the candles, trying to come to terms with what he needed to do.

Amelie did not love him. The curse would have broken if she did. It was the one condition under which Levissina’s death grip would dissolve—that someone would fall in love with beastly, scarred, reclusive Davron of their own free will.

Every day he became more disgusted with himself for bringing her here. He justified his actions with the fact that she chose to come to Castle Grange. But this was true only by technicality. Davron threatened her family. He was a monster.

And she came, because she was brave. But giving herself to him and falling in love were very different things. Love could not be forced nor bargained for.

She seemed fond of him—attracted to him, even. The self-control he had to exercise to stop himself from giving in to her advances was superhuman.

He refused her because he was afraid of hurting her physically, it was true. But the real problem was that he would never, ever be able to let her go if he made love to her.

The first night she’d spent in his bedroom was nearly his complete undoing. To undress her, to see her in all her beautiful vulnerability, and to taste her, was paradise beyond what he ever imagined he could experience.

If they made love, she seemed confident he could stop at any point. He was not so sure. His need for her was beyond desire, beyond lust, beyond reason. Davron loved Amelie. He wanted an indecent level of closeness with her.

And so, he’d refused to be intimate with her again. Tasting her had been enough to drive his obsession to unfathomable heights. He was past the point of no return. She was all that existed to him. He was ruined.

She was not, though. Amelie could still have a life outside these walls, with a man who could give her the freedom and adventure she deserved. For all his riches, Davron could not even allow her to leave the castle grounds. What kind of life would that be for her?

It would be a crime to lock such a beautiful person in a gilded cage. Selfishly, he wanted nothing more than to do it—to keep her all to himself forever, curse be damned—but his love for her would not allow it. Amelie needed to be free.

Today in the rose garden, when he’d expressed his desire to marry her, the fearful look on her face sent a shard of glass through his heart. As if he’d suggested locking her in a dungeon and throwing away the key. Which, to be fair, was not as far from reality as he would’ve liked.

The trouble was, the Dark One

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