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One kiss inside the cannibal tree had made him so possessive? What if he knew I must collect a kiss from each supposed three true loves?
“I’m afraid I can’t oblige you, Prince Blaze,” Elvey said. “The queen hasn’t graced me the kiss I’ve risked so much to come for.”
“What did you risk?” Blaze demanded.
“Well, first,” Elvey said, “the demons won’t be happy with me if they find out my purpose for coming to meet the lovely queen of the jungle. Who knows what those brutes will do when they get really upset. They’re a horde and I’m only one man.”
“I thought you were their ringleader,” Blaze spat out.
“Appearances can be deceiving,” Elvey said.
“So, you’re not their Lord Elvey?” Blaze sneered.
It seemed the hunters had all done research and knew who they were competing with to get my heads. And I doubted that the first one who possessed my heads would be the last one standing.
“I am above them, but I’m not their leader,” Elvey drawled. “The demons aren’t my concern. However, my life can be forfeited if someone else knows what I came here to do.”
I didn’t hear a lie in his words. He was half-Fae after all, and Fae couldn’t lie.
But I could. I was also a half-dragon. Dragons lied a lot.
I narrowed my eyes at Elvey.
He would risk so much just to get a kiss? He didn’t seem cursed. So, a kiss for him was for pleasure. Unlike me. My future was at stake if I didn’t kiss my true loves.
But I was beginning to think this was all a cruel joke. I doubted true love even existed.
“Who is that someone else who can forfeit your life?” I demanded, not expecting my sudden protectiveness.
Blaze gave me a sharp look before glared at Elvey. “Bad news for you,” he said. “I don’t care how much risk you took. You won’t get the kiss.”
Oh, really?
“I’d love to see how you can achieve that?” Elvey said. “No one can stop me from kissing the kind, beautiful queen except the queen herself.”
I glared at Blaze. Elvey was right. It was my pleasure to decide who I kissed.
The dragon prince didn’t meet my stare. He was still puffing with jealous rage, his armored chest heaving up and down. Maybe I should get rid of him, since he would only cause me further inconvenience, but the idea of removing him from my sight stabbed pain in my chest.
That was unexpected as well.
Blaze raised his sword vertically, a gesture to invite a duel to death.
Elvey sighed. “That I can indulge.”
A sword appeared in his hand. I hadn’t even seen him draw it.
This would be a mess, and I didn’t have a lot of time left in my Fae form.
“Stop!” I shouted.
They ignored me, and I didn’t have strong offensive magic to teach them both a lesson. If I were in my Fury forms, I could huff and puff and spit black fire to separate them.
Blades crossed each other, white flashing against black, the sharp sound hitting on my nerves. And I was surprised to realize that I was worried about them both. I didn’t want either of them hurt. This protective instinct over both men wasn’t exactly what I expected.
My monsters snarled outside, obviously smelling the bloodlust in my chamber and wanting to join. But they would not enter without my permission.
“Will you two stop, please?” I ordered, but I couldn’t get between them. They were locked with each other fiercely. If I distracted either one, the other one could get killed.
