Nothing like Paris’s honeyed delight.
Hal wouldn’t die. I wanted him weak, on the cusp of it, to languish in darkness. This was just the beginning of hissuffering, until I decided he’d paid enough of a price for his crimes.
Releasing his body, he hit the floor with a sickening thud. I threw my head back, arms outstretched, the mortal’s blood as energizing as it was vulgar. It nourished me, thrusting me into a giddy high.
But only for a moment. Paris soon flooded every part of me. Stiffening my cock, dragging claws down my reason.
He knew…
He knew…
He knew…
“I’ll kill you,” I said.
“Majesty.”
No. I wouldn’t kill him. But I’d reestablish our relationship—the one of vampire and thrall.
As it should be.
As it should be.
As it should be.
A traitorous elf like him must be punished. The filthy killer of my kind, the liar offering up his lips and body with shadows tucked away just out of sight.
I can’t wait to make you mine again…
As I went to leave for the island, Hal rose off the ground like he was being pulled by invisible strings.
Surprise jolted inside me, my breath hitching. “How is this?—”
Molten gold swam in his eyes, golden light glowing beneath his skin.
“Hello, you,” the voice of Aidan greeted me.
CHAPTER TEN
PARIS
Acocoon of shadows engulfed me, freezing every part of me.
Help…
Aidan’s laughter echoed in my mind, a slimy presence oozing through my veins, probing, searching for something.
“What could it be?” Aidan said.
Get out of me!
My eternal screams were swallowed into a shadowy vacuum, rendered useless by this toxic bullshit.
“Let me tell you this,” Aidan spoke, the sound of his voice like nails being hammered into my skull.
There wasn’t any obvious way for me to get out of this. Only darkness, as if I was trapped in a deep cave, the walls crushing me in place. I couldn’t even blink.
“I gave the world Aidan’s fire,” he bleated on, “but I can’t tap into its full potential. I need to do more, to be more.” He sighed. “An unfair twist, don’t you think?”
