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I nod and kiss him again, but he pulls back.
“Cassia, you’re mine. Really. Mine.”
Damn it to hell. What is it with these fae men?
“Let’s just fuck and not worry about it,” I pant.
He shakes his head. “You have to stop. I can’t. I don’t have the strength. I’m going to–”
“Come?” I whisper.
He shakes his head. “Claim you.”
Damn it. I don’t want to think. I just want to act.“No. Fuck. Just fuck.”
When he releases me, pushing my hand away, we’re both panting and disheveled. I smooth my clothing out, and he readjusts his tented towel. Both of us are looking at the other, and I have no idea what the fuck to do now. He’s the only prince things should have been simple with, and now, things are even more complicated.
I don’t even know what this means.
“What is it with you fae wanting to claim me like some prize?” I ask, trying to keep from sounding breathless. And failing.
His dark eyes sweep to me. “Have you done this with the others?” And his words border on an accusation.
What do I say? Do I lie? Fuck it.“You arranged this so these men are sharing me. You can’t be surprised when that’s what they do.”
His hands ball into fists, and a shiver rolls down my spine at the pure fury in his gaze. But, he says nothing. Not a word. Just glares around the room like he wants to fuck the whole place up.
I take several steps back, trying to escape his scent, trying to escape his overwhelming presence. Getting too close to these men affects my sensibilities in a way I don’t understand. It must be their fae magic, because never before has a man made me lose all logic, all sense of myself, the way these men do.
What did I come in here for?Right, the test. The fact that soon everyone will know I’m only human, the princes will know I lied to them, my family will lose everything, and I’ll lose my head.That’swhat’s important. Not the sexy man in front of me.
“Tell me your plan. How are you going to protect me from this test?”
He runs his hand through his hair, looking away from me. “I can’t say.”
“Why?” I”m mad again now.
He doesn’t answer, just keeps his gaze fixed on a wall near me.
Does he know how much I hate his silence?“I really thought I could trust you. I thought you’d do right by me. But all you’ve done over the past twenty-four hours is let me down. I don’t trust you anymore, so I have no choice but to take care of this myself.”
His gaze finds me again. “Don’t do anything stupid, just–”
“You’ve already done something stupid. I’m just going to try to find some way out of this mess you’ve created.” I turn and head for the door, hoping against hope that he’ll stop me. That he’ll tell me his plan and restore my faith in him.
But he says nothing… which tells me everything I need to know.
NINETEEN
Zane
The elders sit on the dais, dressed in their respective court’s ceremonial attire. They don’t speak, but their eyes say they’re tired of waiting. We’ve been here for twenty minutes past the set meeting time, and everyone has arrived… except the queen-to-be.
I begin to pace, wondering if something happened to keep Cassia from showing up on time.Maybe it’s something with her father or grandmother.The impulse to teleport to their cottage to check on them courses through me, but the elders frown upon things like that during a formal ceremony, even if it hasn’t begun yet. Though, I haven’t figured out what the elders don’t frown upon outside of blind obedience to their will and their antiquated rules.
Cassia’s testing that right now with her absence.
I smile. She tests everyone with that passionate temper of hers. Watching her fume at Prince Sulien put me further under her spell. She’s electric. Some part of me didn’t care if she turned that temper onto me, just as long as she was looking at me.
