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“Tehdra.” His voice was gravelly with lust.
She scraped her fangs over his length and gently pierced him at the base. A hoarse rumble erupted from him. His shaft throbbed, pulsed, and he jetted thick streams of his release in her throat. Tehdra hummed in approval.
Ajali pulled her close to his chest, wrapped her into his arms, and it felt natural to relax into his simmering heat.
Do you remember your attack?
I bid my brother farewell, I started to eat…and then they came for me. With my beast buried under the light of the sun, I was unable to scent the poison. Where was I being taken?
His arms tightened around her hips, and she leaned more into his chest.
Your kind betrayed you to the Mevians. A force of a thousand warriors waited in the empty lands to escort you to the dungeons.
Are they all dead?
His chuckle was an intimate stroke in her thoughts.
Not many would ask me that with such obvious relish. Some fled. I identified the grand general of the emperor’s army. I doubt he remained as I unleashed my Phoenyx. After I suppressed my flames only ash remained. I was unable to identify anyone.
She smiled.
I claimed you as my consort as is my right. I have already sent missives to Nuria while you slept, announcing my decision to my kingdom, the Darkage, and to my realm of alliance, Aria.
Tehdra tried to imagine her king’s reaction to such a missive. You wasted no time.
I would have you protected. Mevia now knows you belong to me. Whatever spies they have embedded in my castle will take the news to the emperor.
Pleasure filled her veins. She knew it was not a light decision he’d made. She was hated by his people…but he’d wanted to protect her. A sweet ache filled her chest. I am now bonded with my demon. The dungeon of Mevia would not have been able to hold me once the sun lowered. I can now summon my Dracan to corporeal form.
A hiss of violent approval vibrated from him.
Have you uncovered the spy in your midst?
“My blades investigate, but the betrayer is well-hidden. We suspected poison, and Ruxia questions the servants and all the warriors with access to my wing. We have uncovered nothing thus far. The rooms are cordoned off until we find something.”
She summoned the shadows and, in a blink, they were in his chamber.
She dressed in a simple caftan, and he clothed himself in trousers and a flowing shirt. Tehdra winked, an action she’d learned from the human priest in her kingdom. Ajali’s eyes darkened with lust…and love. Her breath hitched.
Life with you will prove to be…interesting, consort Tehdra.
Follow me, my mate.
Chapter Twenty Five
Ajali flashed with Tehdra to the chamber from where she had been taken. As she entered, she inhaled deeply, and malevolence slithered from her and stroked against his senses. She was different. Harsher. Cruelty edged the slant of her lips and her eyes. The wickedness that lurked was no longer teasing. She wore strength and violent sensuality like a second skin.
Intrigue burned in his gut.
Let’s go.
The mire of darkness cascaded over him, and then he was in the northern wing where his blades dined with his high chancellor, Uriah, his lady, Princess Xian, Lady Sascha and several province rulers.
What do you sense?
The stink of the one that handled the poison.
He’d forgotten a Darkan possessed unparalleled sight and scent.
