Page 54 of The Fallen Fae King

I glance up at the limestone silhouette of the three silent pyramids. The moonlight gleams off their edges and giant flanks, turning them silver. They rise from the stony plateau like the fangs of a sleeping god.

A darkness, as if there is an abyss just beneath the surface of the pyramids that will reach out to devour me if I stare too long into it, makes me hurriedly drop my gaze.

Why is Lanlin worshiped as the Void Vampire?

Finally, Lanlin stops.

There is a long moment when I don’t think he will answer.

His shoulders are stiff.

Then he turns around, and there is something in his earnest gaze that I wish I could understand. “This is where the ritual must be completed, my dears. I don’t wish to hurt you by reminding you of⁠—”

“Barnabas’ death?” Daire drops my hand and slinks closer to Lanlin. “How I was forced to stare into his eyes…powerless…as his own Alpha drained the blood from him? Is that what you intend to do to me?”

“Daire,” I gasp in shock.

“You know what I intend,” Lanlin calmly replies. “Also, don’t you remember how that night ended? I caught and claimed you. We made a deal.”

“A fae never forgets a deal.” Daire raises his chin like a challenge. “And he never breaks one.”

“Then we are in agreement, Raven.”

What the fuck is going on?

I rush forward, pushing myself between my two kings. “That blue lotus wine really does turn Alphas into posturing Alphaholes who think with their knots. You’re going into rut, and it’s making you…”

“Dominant and possessive?” Lanlin suggests.

“Hard and horny?” Daire adds.

I put my hands onto my hips. “Assholes.”

Daire chuckles. “Fair. Okay, we need a nest and a fuck.”

Lanlin’s jaw clenches. “Then follow this red silk. How about we make it a race? The first Alpha to reach the nest gets to knot the Omega first.”

“What if I reach the nest first?” I retort.

Lanlin’s eyes glitter dangerously. “Then you will be rewarded by being knotted by us both at the same time.”

My eyes widen.

Fuck.

I’m running without even thinking about it.

I sprint up the slope. I scramble closer to the shadows of the three pyramids.

My heart is racing. Adrenaline pumps through me.

I am grinning.

I can feel my inner wolf clawing to be freed to win this.

I can’t see my two Alphas.

Am I in front? Am I going to win?