Underworld Bride Trials 1: Playboy King: A Demon Shifter Enemies-to-Lovers Paranormal Romance by Meg Xuemei X

Author:Meg Xuemei X [Xuemei X, Meg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Tessa

King Loki stalked toward our table with a dashing grin before more threats were exchanged between Veronica and me, and before the wolf beta could promise an alliance with the vampire. I wasn’t delusional, and I didn’t think the wolves would take my side, but I hoped they would be smarter than letting themselves be used by Veronica.

Just as the Demon King reached our table, Veronica turned to him with a big, sultry smile, and puffed up her chest. It was overdone, since her creamy breasts were already spilling from her gown, screaming for attention.

“May I have this dance, Princess Veronica?” Loki asked in a purr.

“I’ve been waiting for you, Your Majesty,” she returned in her sexy, seductive voice. She rose from her seat slowly and shot me a triumphant stare.

The king’s midnight gaze flickered to mine. I bit into an apple and chewed the juicy bite with relish as I stared back at both of them with an utterly blank expression.

No reaction is always the best offense.

As if on cue, music drifted through the hall.

A sour look settled upon the faces of the other contestants.

I hated to admit it, but I also tasted bile in the back of my throat. I felt like I had been played.

This whole time, Loki’s heated eyes had been on me, but when it was time to own it, he’d backed off. He’d picked another contestant, a woman he’d fucked, a woman who was determined to eliminate me in the second trial or before that.

I told myself not to care, and that I didn’t like my body’s reaction to the king. But when it came to Loki, it was like my brain no longer occupied the pilot’s seat. I shouldn’t feel this way, especially after my ex-mate had brutalized me mentally and emotionally. Yet my body still yearned shamelessly for the King of the Underworld, the notorious playboy.

I’d thought I’d never feel attracted to another man again, but then I saw the Demon King. I’d seen him fuck, which hadn’t turned me off like it should’ve, but instead, it had awakened long forgotten lust inside me. It was fucked up, but it happened.

I wasn’t all ice and stone after all.

Flames encircled me, and if I wasn’t careful, they would melt my ice and burn me to ash before I finished the trials.

My gaze followed the dancing pair in the middle of the floor. Veronica obviously got what she wanted—her chest against the sexy king, whirling and laughing and flirting.

He smiled down at her, yet he still glanced my way.

I dropped my eyes and fixed them on my plate again, determined to consume as much food as I could. Despite my lack of appetite, I needed sustenance, and who knew where my next meal would come from? The current bite of food in my mouth tasted like carbon on my tongue as I fought to drive away the image of Loki dancing with the vampire princess. The fact that he was an excellent dancer and they looked like a striking, powerful couple together didn’t help either.

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