What did you do? (Infatuated fae Book 2) by Jeneane O'Riley

Author:Jeneane O'Riley
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2024-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

18

PRESENT DAY

Caly

Mendax was inside the castle.

Alive.

And he loved me. Still.

My heart knocked against my chest in tandem with the pounding of my bare feet down the stairs. I needed to put as much distance between Mendax and Eli as possible. For all our safety.

What was I supposed to do now?

I should find Queen Saracen. Certainly she was powerful enough to get rid of Mendax without getting Eli involved and killed.

Fuck! What if she hurt Mendax? Did I want to get rid of him?

The sound of unhurried footsteps stalked me—I needed to decide what to do, and fast.

The castle was eerily quiet. The sun that cast from the ceiling was now as dim as a reading light. There were no signs of life in any of the rooms I ran past.

Even the staff were asleep.

I stole a glance over my shoulder to see Mendax confidently striding after me. His mouth was set in a hard, determined line, his ice-blue eyes stabbing into mine.

Anger surged through me as my stomach fluttered. I hated how much it got to me when I heard him tell Walter he loved me and that he’d come to take me back. No one had ever wanted to take me with them.

Why could nothing ever work out right for me?

I shouldn’t have even been the one to have to kill Mendax. I shouldn’t have ever even been trained as Saracen’s assassin. I should have never let them trick me into giving up my heart.

I was tired of being controlled with lies and manipulation. Maybe all of them should learn what it felt like to die inside.

I stopped running.

Maybe they should all just die.

My smoke flared to life, pouring off my arms the instant I glanced back to lock eyes with Mendax again. A cruel smile pulled at the dimple on his handsome face.

I continued to walk, taking a right down the hallway and barreling through the large doors of the throne room. I looked around at all of the barbaric art surrounding me. The people of the wall murals began to mumble quietly.

My hand went to pull the door shut just as I felt him shadow behind me. My eyes shut at the feel of his body so close. I pretended to be preoccupied with closing the door, as if it was possible for me not to feel how close he was.

My grip tightened around the karambit. Slowly, I moved the sharp point of the blade in the direction of his stomach. A small, controlled breath silently left my mouth. Widening my stance slightly, I leaned my body closer to the door and acted as if I were listening for him on the other side.

As the queen’s assassin, it had been my job to end him, and I had failed. He couldn’t be here. If she found out he wasn’t dead, it meant I would die. And if I died, Eli died—the only person I cared about saving.

“You will leave tonight and return to Unseelie with Walter,” he stated.

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