When Night Falls (Born in Blood Duet Book 1) by AJ Nicole

Author:AJ Nicole [Nicole, AJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

22

virtues & vendettas

Rivian

"You're late." I walk into the great hall feeling all out of sorts.

Fuck, I'm such a stupid man for letting myself give into the siren that inserted herself into my space.

After having my fingers on her that first time, I knew it to be detrimental to my plans if I ever did it again. But I can't fucking help it. I crave everything about Lucynda to the point where it has become second nature to want her.

And she took it so fucking well. I can tell I won't have to do much convincing come the blood bind, because not only did she let me drink from her willingly but her desire for me seems to run just as deep. My sweetest sin. Hell, this is going to fuck everything up.

"I had to take care of something," I say to Zharus as I walk toward where he stands at the head of the table.

"You took the wrong time to do so," he warns.

"What do you mean?" I roll up my sleeves, still feeling and smelling her on me. My heartrate attempts to pick up pace but I will it to calm the fuck down as I focus my attention to the current situation.

"There's been another-"

"My fucking brother! You will fucking pay for this!" A loud and domineering voice shatters in echoes across the great hall, interrupting Zharus and completely catching me off guard, but I don't let it cause me to falter.

"I advise you to control yourself, Viktrum." My tone is husky, low, and precisely the opposite of what he’s portraying as he approaches rather quickly. His face is red with anger and I can tell he wants to fight.

"I know the person responsible is within this compound, Rivian!" His accusation can be likely heard from outside of the castle, which alerts me to try and diffuse his confrontation.

"Where's your proof?" I ask more subtly. He finally stops and stands within three feet of me. Close enough for me to see the rage burn in his eyes.

"One of my men followed one of your guys back here this morning after we found my brother's body." I wince at his confession. Viktrum's brother, Dominek, is of royal blood. This is not fucking good. And if what he's saying is true, I need to buckle the fuck down and get to the bottom of this.

"He must have been mistaken. No one has left this compound for days," I lie, only because I can't be sure no one really hasn't left.

"Then that just proves how unkept your kingdom is under your unmarried control, because the footage says otherwise." He pulls his phone out from his pocket and starts typing in a code to unlock it.

"There has to be a perfectly good explanation as to why someone was at Valor. What reason do you believe to have for the person responsible? Why would they go through all this?" I try to defend as he pulls up the footage, but I honestly doubt I'd know how to explain it away if what he's about to show me is real.

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