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Kolis remained quiet.
She pulled her plump lower lip between her teeth as she knelt at our legs. “It’s the same reason I agreed to keep an eye on Nyktos,” she said, the words practically vibrating out of her.
“Agreed?” Kolis repeated softly. “I do not recall giving you a choice.”
She lifted a slender shoulder as she bent forward. My eyes dropped to her chest, able to see the pink of her areolae, and if I was looking, Kolis had to be. I didn’t care what he’d claim. “You are right. There was no choice when I would do anything for you.”
“Out of duty and loyalty.”
“Out of the need for your approval,” she purred, and I might’ve puked a little in my mouth. “Your attention.” Red-tipped fingers toyed with the scalloped lace along the swells of her breasts. “And your love.”
Damn it, I was right.
This was getting even more awkward, really fast.
“I’m not sure you know what love is, Veses.”
Good gods, the irony of him saying that...
“I do.” Thick lashes fluttered. “Love is why I would do anything for you, Kolis.” She paused. “Anything. If you asked me to cry tears of gold for you, I would find a way to do so.”
“I know.” Heat radiated from Kolis. “If I asked you to take a blade to your throat, you would do so without hesitation.” He sounded way too pleased by the prospect. “If I told you to suck my cock, you’d wrap your mouth around it before I could take another breath.”
Gross.
Apparently, Veses didn’t find that as disgusting as I did. Moaning, her eyes became hooded. “Happily.”
As I stared at her, watching her all but grope her breasts, I couldn’t help but acknowledge how incredibly messed up all of this was. Veses cared for Ash, but if she spoke the truth, she knew what love led one to do. She very well might love the false King, who was also in love with another who wanted nothing to do with him. Or perhaps that was why she believed she was in love with him. Veses was known to covet and fixate on what she could not have.
Either way, it was like being stuck in a toxic circle of rejection and unrequited love.
Eather shone from the thin slits of her eyes. “Ask this of me, Your Majesty, and I would do so right here before the Court.”
“Well, that would be somewhat difficult at the moment, wouldn’t it?” I said before I could stop myself, half-afraid that it would happen despite Kolis’s professed love for Sotoria—and by extension, me. I would seriously vomit all over both of them.
Kolis chuckled.
“Unfortunately.” Her eyes narrowed on me then. “Why are you even here?” She turned her attention back to Kolis. “I was under the impression that she was crowned as Nyktos’s Consort.”
“You would be wrong yet again if you believe that.”
My jaw clenched.
Veses’ lashes lowered as she glanced at me. A moment passed. “So, you didn’t give your permission?”
“I did not.”
The Primal goddess also knew that was a lie. “Then can I assume her presence is punishment?”
“Quite the opposite,” he said, and I could hear the eager smile in his tone. “She is here because this is where I want her.”
“For what?” One brow rose. “To keep your lap warm? I’m sure I could find you something not so…crushing.”
My eyes rolled once more, this time so far back I wouldn’t have been surprised if they got stuck.
“There’s that dagger-sharp tongue again.”
She lifted a shoulder in response, looking me over.
