The Stray Prince (Royals Book 2) by Ella Fields

Author:Ella Fields [Fields, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novel
Publisher: Ella Fields
Published: 2021-02-04T00:00:00+00:00

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Ryle had been waiting in my rooms, sprawled across my bed as though he had every right to be there.

He was the king, so perhaps he had.

I didn’t regret it, especially when I remembered the longing, the flinching, his shadow. There was little chance Ryle would ever agree to give his brother’s wings back, and although Zad’s reluctance to kill his brother might have been understandable, it was also foolish.

For as long as he had a piece of him, he could control him, and if he’d destroyed them, of which he’d hinted at... I loathed to think of what might happen, of the effects of murdering such a vital part of my faerie prince.

“I fear I’m not quite ready to have you leave, winter queen,” he’d drawled, twisting the gems around his long fingers.

I’d stopped at the foot of the bed, and said, “I have my own kingdom to rule.”

“Continent, it would seem.” His eyes lifted from his fingers to mine. “You have your king to take care of such tedious matters. Why not stay a while longer? Why, you’ve only just begun to discover the wonder of Beldine.”

I’d discovered more than I’d ever dreamed, and as mesmerizing, alluring, and beautiful as it was, I was content with leaving. “Tempting though it is, I must return home.” I’d then turned for the window. A dangerous thing, putting my back to that malevolent force while secluded in such a confined space, but also necessary.

Proven so when he’d said with dragging boredom, “Perhaps I can tempt you some more.”

A year and a day.

I circled my wrist, then plucked off the bandage, tossing it to the floor with not a small amount of disgust. For the king. For myself. For what I must do. For what I’d done.

An extended stay was all too easy to agree to when I hadn’t been ready to face what we’d become when it would be just the two of us once again.

Now, I had a year to either make peace with all Zadicus was or move on, and I’d managed to give him a piece of himself that’d been missing for far too long. Now, all I had was the memory of his agonizing roars, his powerful thrashing body engulfed by warriors and pain, and those gold eyes, burning with betrayal, to keep me company.

As well as his brother.

We’d been fools to think this would end after the act.

I’d been naïve in thinking he’d leave me be. “Come,” he said now, standing in the doorway to my rooms in a purple velvet cloak that matched his pants and a ruffled black shirt. Somehow, he managed to look utterly ridiculous while looking entirely too good.

An illusion. A trick of the eyes to comfort when you should run.

Walking over, I ignored his offered arm and headed out into the hall.

Streams of starlight slanted over the floor, the paintings scattered amongst the walls, from the holes cut into the ceiling.

“Not going to ask where we’re going?”

I tucked my hands inside the gray woven sleeves of my gown.

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