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I know he would have killed me anyway if I hadn’t run like hell after he had his guard down.
“But you didn’t want him, and he made you fuck him anyway.”
I don’t want anyone,I could have said, except that would have been a lie, for the first time ever. An hour ago, before there was a crown on his head, I quite liked this man. I smiled at him, and would have enjoyed the possibility of exploring his pretty mouth. Now, I’m glad it’s him I have to touch next. He’s a liar, and a monster, but for all that, his skin calls to mine.
“And you’ve never forced yourself on anyone who didn’t want you?” I snap, forgetting myself for a moment. But he has the power to demand whatever he’d like. To my knowledge, men use such power.
“Never.”
I consider his answer, wondering whether I should believe him. Probably. Most womenwouldwant him anyway, between his power, his crown, his wealth, and his ethereal beauty.
“You will tell me who he is,” he demands calmly, his sapphire eyes flashing brighter than ever. “And I will have him suffer far more than you did at his hand.”
I’m startled by the offer. Who cares about avenging a whore’s honor? But I shake my head, because if I was to explain what happened to me three years ago, he’d no doubt suspect where my allegiances truly lie. “I’d rather not explore that memory now.”
“What would you like to explore, darling Rhea?” he teases.
I decide to be playful. Men enjoy a chase more than what is openly offered to them. “Your library.”
I pretend to look at the titles of the volumes lining the closest wall.
The king lets me, content to trail me with his heated gaze. “This dress of yours is quite a thing.”
“Like it, do you?”
“I’d prefer it on the floor, but yes, I do. Though I’d have the tailor hanged if he worked here.”
“Oh?”
“Torturing the king is a punishable crime.”
I know I’m beautiful. My entire life, no one could shut up about it for a full day. But he makes mefeelit. “I’d never wear something of the sort in Allea, but here, it’s tame.”
“It is perfection,” he tells me. “Just like what I can glimpse underneath.”
When I looked over a mere moment ago, the shade king was close to the door, but all of a sudden, I feel hands on my arms, gentle but firm. Doryn bends his head and presses his lips to my left shoulder. My own part at the unexpected touch, so very soft. Pleasant. A flutter awakens my insides, shocking me more than anything has today.
I don’tfeelthings between my legs, certainly not when someone’s just kissing me like this. It’s not me. And yet, he trails his mouth on my neck and the awareness at the apex of my thigh takes flight, churning, burning. I don’t recognize my own flesh.
I think I gasp. That in itself isn’t novel. The fact that I didn’t fake it is mind-boggling. I blame it on the thousands of practice opportunities he’s hadthis year.
“Spread your legs and bend forward, darling Rhea.”
He certainly doesn’t waste time.
In my experience, men are far malleable after they’ve emptied their ball sacks. If I try to take control now, he’ll balk. I tell myself that’s the sole reason I comply.
Instead, the king slides the fabric of my dress along my legs, and over my hips.
I expect him to move to relieve me of my undergarments and shove his cock inside me without more of an attempt at arousing my desire. Heisking, after all. He’s the one to be pleased here. Instead, he lowers my drawers a little, exposing my cheeks, and slaps my ass.
I gasp, too shocked to think, or do anything, or even talk. When his hand falls on the other side, I move to straighten up. His palm presses against my back, holding me down.
“Oh, I don’t think so, delightful, sassy little thing. You’ve earned quite a few of these today, and you’ll take them without protest, or I’ll have no choice but to deliver a harsher punishment.”
“I deserve to be spanked like a misbehaving child?” I yell, glaring at him over my shoulder.
I find those sapphire eyes brighter than usual, heated with unmistakable desire.
