He didn’t answer, just continued to drive with a stern gaze on the road, still tightly gripping the wheel. I was surprised he didn’t rip it off, he was strong enough to do it. Visions of what he did to those men in the prison flashed before my eyes. He could have just hurt them and got me out, but no, he killed them. The Nodoors worked differently because he didn’t seem concerned about facing any repercussions for killing three people. Perhaps because they were prisoners?
What did this guy want from me? He hadn’t saved my life just to be a good guy. He was a Nodoor, and it didn’t make sense that he would be this kind for nothing. “You help all the girls in trouble here?”
He made a grimace, as if my question was painful. “Only the ones who get thrown into the cell of our most violent criminals.”
Well, damn, all I did was kick a guy. It didn’t seem like an equal punishment to throw me in the violent cell to get assaulted. Then again, I was thinking these guys ran a legal human prison. I hadn’t broken any laws. I was kidnapped. They were mixing innocent people in with their criminals. The trauma and horror that would cause was terrifying. I thought of Melina and all the others. I had to get them free. I just needed to get back to the Prinaths and show them how to get here. They’d been looking for the Nodoor land, and I could finally be of use. Now, if only I had a map. Maybe I could find one at this guy’s house.
“Where are you taking me?”
He didn’t answer, but he did shiver. It wasn’t cold. Then again, I had a higher tolerance for cold, being an ice mage.
“Fuck,” he whispered. He spread his massive thighs, and through his brown slacks, I could see the outline of something very large lying between his legs. The length of his cock, resting on his right thigh, made my eyes enlarge.
Yup, I wasn’t imagining what I felt earlier. I could already feel a dampening between my own thighs. Shit, why was I affected by this? He was my kidnapper, and he was covered in blood after beating three men to death and tossing me over his shoulder like a duffle bag. This was not my kink. Right?
He looked hard already. Was I turning him on? Was I in danger? Because whatever he had going on between his legs was not going in me. My life’s story was not going to end with someone splitting me in two with their dick. I deserved better.
He growled under his breath another curse word. “Stop that.”
I lifted my shoulders in confusion. What had I done? “Stop what? Breathing?”
He glared at me, baring his teeth. I was seriously confused. I’d done nothing. This man was unstable. I placed my hand on the handle of my door even though I couldn’t open it.
He rolled down every window in the car and then took in a deep breath before letting it out. There was visible frustration on his face, and the car sped up.
Fear and panic rose up in me. I wasn’t safe. I had to get home. “Where are you taking me?” I asked again.
He shook again, upper lip twitching. “To my house.”
“Then what? I was kidnapped for a reason, and I’m sure it wasn’t to live in your house.” Been there, done that. “Won’t the others get suspicious?”
He shook his head, eyes back on the road as we headed in darkness down a wide path lit only by his headlights. “You are a captured Prinath. Even with powers, the most they would do with you is labor or sexual services.”
I frowned. Okay, this guy was being too generous. He’d want something. I was not that good of a person to get all this kindness from these fae. Maybe it was a balance for my earlier hardships in life, but I was naturally still going to be suspicious. “I’m not going to be your sex slave. Just set me free.”
He tilted his head to the side, pondering my request. “You would get caught as soon as you left. You are far from home.”
“Yeah, how far is Prinath from here?”
He glanced over to me, a brow raised. “Is that really your home?”
My heart stilled. Why was he asking me that? I touched my face as if that would tell me if my glamour was still there or not. No one had called me human. I pulled strands of hair in front of my face. Still white. Maybe my scent was weakening?
I decided to play it cool in hopes I was wrong about him knowing that I was human. “I’m not from this part of the realm. I’m actually seelie fae.”
It was basically the same story we were telling people back in Prinath. I saw no need to switch it up.
He lowered his eyelids halfway. “You are lying.”
Fuck me. How did he know? No, maybe he was just testing me. I shouldn’t give in so quickly. “No, I’m not. I’m a seelie fae from the human realm.”
He swerved the car to the side of the road and stopped it. My heart leaped to my throat. He didn’t believe me, and he was going to tenderize me like he did those other guys. I was not strong enough without my magic, hell, maybe even with, to beat this guy.
I pushed against the door handle in hopes I could open it this time. His hand clasped tightly over mine, and his chest pressed into me. He felt like he was made of stone beneath the slight softness of his skin. My body buzzed with the nearness of him.
Get it together, Lila. You come to the fae realm and lose all your mind.
I then felt his wet tongue run the length of my neck. Every nerve in my body ignited at the contact, and I squeezed my thighs together in response. A mistake because the pressure charged my clit, and I nearly jumped out of my seat.
