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“This won’t take long,” I said as I unbuttoned his pants.

He nodded and lay back to let me continue what I had started. I didn’t even attempt to take my panties off. Instead, I moved them to the side before grabbing and inserting his length in me. I didn’t even give myself a chance to adjust to his size before I rode him. Hard. All I could see in my head was Sebastian. I tried so hard to focus on Calum, as I didn’t want to see Sebastian, but it was like I had no control over my thoughts.

And with the picture of Sebastian in my head, and the thought of how one touch from his shadows could make me feel, it didn’t take long for me to finish.

I fell over in exhaustion after my release, and Calum flipped us over so he was on top of me. I watched as he pumped intorelease. My eyes were on him, but my mind was still somewhere else.

“What has gotten into you, Violet?” Calum said while putting his clothes back on.

Sebastian. Sebastian had gotten into my head. If I didn’t know any better, I would think he had broken through the walls in my mind and was controlling my thoughts. That seemed better than the truth.

“Just trying to make up for lost time,” I said as I reached down to pick up my dress off of the floor.

“Well, I came to tell you that I will be gone for a few days.”

“Again? Weren’t the two of you just on a trip together?” I asked as I pulled my dress over my shoulders.

“Nathara wants to visit possible honeymoon spots,” he said while fumbling with the button on his pants.

I just looked at him. I didn’t know what to say to that.

“Please be careful while I’m gone. It feels like I’m leaving you in hell with no one to protect you,” he said as he walked to me and grabbed my hands in his.

“I’ll be fine. I don’t think anyone here has intentions to hurt me.”

Someone seemed to haveotherintentions, but it was probably best that Calum didn’t know that.

“I don’t think you understand the evil that is here. Every fae you’ve been around has killed more than you can imagine. They have no rules. They have no morals. I don’t think they would hurt you because they don’t want to risk the engagement, but I wouldn’t do anything to provoke them.”

“What do you want me to do? Stay in my room until you return?” I asked. Honestly staying in my room might be best for everyone.

“No, I wouldn’t ask you to do that.” He brought my hands to his lips and gently kissed them. “Just be careful.”

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Chapter 13

Violet

I spent the next day in my chambers. Most of the day, I stayed on the small balcony that was connected to my room. The cool breeze seemed to help clear my mind which had been running wild since the moment I arrived here. Yara had brought me breakfast that morning, and I asked her if she could get me the second volume of the healer book. I would’ve gone and gotten it myself, but I didn’t want to chance running into Sebastian again.

I skimmed through the pages, but again, nothing about faeries with any type of health problem.

The next morning, I was still lying in bed when my door flung open and Bronwen came walking in. “Alright. I let you hide in your room all day yesterday, but that’s enough.”

“Did you forget how to knock?” I said to Bronwen as I sat up on my bed.

“I know you’re used to being locked in a tower, but while you’re here, you’re experiencing life. You’re going out with me,” Bronwen said as she jumped on my bed and lay next to me.

“Out?”

“Yes, out. And I’m not taking no for an answer. So you can either be a willing participant and pick out your outfit, or I will force you, and I promise the outfit I pick will leave little to the imagination,” she said as she looked at her nails that seemed to be freshly painted a blood red to match her hair.

Even though I was so used to being stuck in a castle, that little taste of the outside world I got when we went to the city only made me want to see more. And I knew Bronwen wouldn’t take no for an answer.

“Will Adar come with us?” I asked as I got up from my bed. Even if his mere presence made me uncomfortable, I felt a little safer with a male with us.

She scrunched her nose at my question. “No, we are having a girls day. It will be fun, I promise.”

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