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What would have motivated him to do so—either with Uther’s blessing or behind his back?
One word flashed in my mind—one name.
Veyka.
Had he done it to protect Veyka? And if so… from what?
Her powerlessness. The ripple of instability its discovery would have sent through Annwyn.
That was the easy answer.
But it felt wrong. Or at the very least—incomplete.
None of it made sense.
Instincts honed on the battlefield through death and destruction urged me to look closer.
Those same instincts stilled my footsteps before the door to my apartments had even fully closed behind me.
I wasn’t alone.
My instincts screamed, sending my hand for the battle axe at my belt. The beast inside of me growled, demanding I shift.
But not because of a threat.
Because my mate was near.
Every muscle in my body went taut—my cock included.
Ancestors, I’d been hard for days now.
Ever since I saw that glowing blue ring of desire in Veyka’s eyes, everything else had been a struggle.
I wanted her. My beast wanted her.
I knew only one thing would ease the ache in my chest that extended down through my gut and gripped my balls, heavy and full.
Veyka.
My mate.Mine.
My beast growled, demanding I shift. The temptation was almost too much. To shift, to hunt her down wherever she’d cleverly hidden herself among the twisted vines and emerald leaves that covered the walls of my apartments.
I let my power slide free, reaching into the vines nearest me. It didn’t take away the primal urge to shift, to hunt. But it did ease the pressure, just enough.
Then I heard—felt—the soft chuckle through that otherworldly connection between Veyka and my beast.
A soft, sultry laugh, followed by five words.
Catch me if you can.
My control snapped.
* * *
She was a rustle in the vines, then a flash over the edge of my balcony. I made the leap in one bound. She was already slithering away. Down, down, down, on vines I’d made myself.
Her feet hit the compacted red dirt of the courtyard below. She thought she had the advantage, going straight down while I had to leap from balcony to balcony. But I’d caught her sweet scent on the wind. I wouldn’t stop until I had her taste on my tongue.
