“I should have killed you on that battlefield,” the King of Atalaxia snarls, his eyes focused on me, “instead of listening to this foolish boy when he said he could control you.”The King moves slowly across the room, black lightening flickering in his hands as he approaches. I take a gasping step b
“Jacks,” I say quietly, stroking a thumb over his bloody beard, loving him a great deal. “I need a minute with Gabriel alone.”His eyes flash, accompanied by a rough snarl. Gabriel flinches back, but I just smile.“No,” Jackson growls, pulling me closer.I laugh a little and shake my head. “It wasn’
Gabriel laughs, low and pretty, and takes my wrist in his warm hand, tracing his fingers lovingly over my skin. A shiver passes through me and lovely sparks bloom in the air all around us, making us smile.“Big demand to make of a King,” Gabriel murmurs, looking down at the soft flesh of my inner ar
“Highness!” the voice commands. “Please, highness! Are you all right!?”“It’s been three minutes,” Jackson growls.Gabriel groans and pushes himself up straight, looking into my eyes one last time, devastated. Silently he nods, giving me permission to go.I smile back at him even as I reach for Jack
“Mids,” Jesse sighs, putting his hands on his hips and shaking his head at Midnight, exhausted and frustrated. He peeks over the top of the separating screen that Juniper gave them, well aware that the tent full of ambassadors and Atalaxian royals is listening to their heated conversation and casual
“Do you…just want to go back to be with the whore?” she whispers.Jesse grits his teeth against a sigh because…well. Because he does want to see Daphne again. Very, very badly. “Mids, I promise that I want to go back to keep us safe.”“Are you going to go to her?” she snaps, turning to him with a fr
The Land of Darkness hums in peaceful silence beneath its trio of moons. A dark weasel sets his little rump on the ground and sighs contentedly, raising his nose to the sky, sniffing in the cool night air. Or day air. It doesn’t really know – it’s all the same here. It begins to wonder if there’s an
Jesse stares at his little mate for a moment and then huffs out a laugh, shaking his head and taking her hand. “All right, Mids. Do your work.”Everyone else again shuffles around and holds hands or otherwise makes contact with their neighbor so they can all travel together, quietly waiting, expecta