Everi was one of those people that I couldn’t believe I actually ever entertained the idea of.
“I’m not that stupid,” she said.“I’m not talking about those idiots.”She shook her head.“I’m talking about the three idiots who tried to steal the cross at your party and the Two-Faced Prophet.”
The Two-Faced Prophet.
Everi cringed, watching one of her fellow Envies get burned while trying to move the cross.
“The Two-Faced Prophet, huh?”I asked.
One of the Envies staggered back, clutching his chest.His brows were furrowed, and Dani stood.“You’re done in here,” she said to the rest of them.“If you can leave, leave now.If you can’t”—she smirked—“I’m hungry.”
She stalked toward the man who had fallen to the ground and was still clutching his chest.His eyes became a misty green.Dani knelt next to him and brushed her fingers against his jaw.I leaned forward.He looked right up at her, fingers falling from his chest, and stared up as if she were his savior.
“Queen of Lust,” he said breathlessly.
“Commander,” she corrected.“Taken by the two strongest men in all of the kingdoms.”She brushed a finger against his lips, lingering on his bottom one.
“Two men that don’t deserve you,” he said.
She curled a finger up the column of his throat.“Envious?”
He didn’t have to answer; we could all see it in his eyes.
“So many people want what’s not theirs,” she said, drawing one leg over his torso and straddling his waist.“Do you want me, Envy?”
He placed his hands on her hips, and Dani’s eyes became hazier.I could nearly see his soul leaving his body already—a green mist moving between his lips—and could see the strength in her eyes becoming stronger and stronger.
“Do you want me, Envy?”she repeated, harsher.“Do you want what’s not yours?”
He choked on his breath, the power from the cross still eating through his chest.“Yes.”
Dani brushed her lips against his.“Then you’re going to enjoy this,” she said.
It was so ruthless, seeing her take his life between her lips; so violent, seeing him not even struggle; and so fucking sexy.
“All right,” Everi stood up.“Enough.”
Dani looked up at her.“Envious of him?I can give you what you want too.”
Thirty
Dani stood up,and I grabbed her hips, pulling her down on my knee.
“Everi is not for lunch,” I said.“Calm down.”
Everi gazed at us two, eyes flashing a jealous green, and curled her hands into fists.She shook her head.“I’m done with trying to get you information and you not respecting me—your queen,” she said.
I rolled my eyes.
“I am providing you with valuable information, and you treat me like shit.”
“Everi, calm down too,” I said.“I will be rewarding you quite nicely, if you get me the information I need, not the information you can find.”
“And how will you reward me?”she asked.“By fucking the Lust queen?”
She pulled her coat across her body, stormed to the door, and pulled it open.The three Envies from that first night were standing there, waiting for us.
“The Two-Faced Prophet is coming,” an Envie said.
