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I cross my arms and face him. “No.”
“Again?” he smirks, and his eyes light up at the challenge.
“You heard me. NO!”
“You might want to think carefully about challenging me, Little Thief. I always win in the end.” He stalks toward me, but I hold my ground. I will not be intimidated by him!
“Maybe in the past. But I mean it this time.”
“And if I promise to tie you to the bed if you don’t get into it willingly?”
He wouldn’t…would he? Shit, maybe he would. FUCK!
“Fuck you!”
“I wish you would.”
I ignore his last comment, crawl to the top of the bed, and gather all the pillows. I don’t care that he is watching me with a huge smile. I couldn’t care less if I look ridiculous. Ignoring him and his infuriating dimples, I build a wall down the middle of the bed with the pillows. I climb under the silky sheets and heavy comforter with my back to him.
And just when I get comfortable, the asshole grabs the pillows I just worked so hard to stack and throws them on the floor. He climbs under the blankets with me. His large hand grabs my hip and forcibly pulls me into his body. My ass fits perfectly against his crotch, and my head rests right underneath his chin. Unfortunately, my nightmare doesn’t end as he wraps his heavy arm around me and holds me in place against him.
“Rest easy. We are just sleeping,” he sighs, happily.
I call him every name I know and curse him every way I know how until my eyes get heavy and my mind finally quiets. My breaths even out, and I realize that being held like this is not terrible. It feels…nice. Even my heart seems to be okay with this situation. It doesn’t pound viciously in my chest or ache from being so close to someone else.
But it has to all be a lie. He is a Keryth, my enemy. I should not feel comfortable. And yet my eyes close, and I drift into a dreamless sleep.
That good-for-nothing son-of-a-bitch made me question myself. And if he does it again, I will kill him. Or at least cut something off of him!
Tia looks at me once again through the corner of her eye as I sigh again for the hundredth time. She brought me new clothes this morning after Felix left. Thank goodness it was trousers and a button-up shirt. I choose to leave off the infuriating corset. The shirt is a bit frilly, but at least it is all black, so I don’t complain too much. And now she is entertaining me in my old room. All. Fucking. Day!
Apparently, the prince was worried I would destroy his room if I were left alone. He was right. And I should stab him for denying me my fun.
“Was it really that bad?” she finally asks after hours of silence.
“What?” I grumble.
“The prince’s attention. From what I have heard, he is an excellent bed partner.”
“What the fuck? I didn’t have sex with him! He forced me to…cuddle.” I nearly gag on the words. Just another thing to add to my list of things to cut him for.
“Oh, well. I just assumed since you were in his bed this morning.” Everything in me screams to punch the sly smile off of her face. But unfortunately, that would probably just hurt my hand more than do any damage.
“Yes, well, that is because he didn’t give me a choice.”
“Oh, is that what we are calling it?” she chuckles.
“Listen here, bitch.” Her laughter fills the room, and I have to fight back a smile of my own. Careful there, Nyx. You almost showed you have a sense of humor. I clear my throat and get back on the topic. “I didn’t fuck him. I slept in the same bed with him. That. Is. It! Nothing else happened. Supposedly, that is where I will be stuck sleeping from now on,” I groan, covering my face with my hands.
“Did you like it?”
“No!”
“What are we talking about?” Kaelin asks, busting into my room without a care in the world. Her purple dress flows around her in gentle waves. The slits show off just up to mid-thigh, revealing golden sandals that wrap around her calves and tie off in a bow above her knee. Even her thin arms glint with gold cuffs on her biceps.
I cough back a laugh when her long, bouncy curls cover her face as she nearly falls forward. She somehow managed to shut her dress in the door.
“Are you alright?” Tia laughs.
