Page 85 of Midnight Star

I’m there, blocking what I can, but it’s not enough. All I can hear are his pained groans, hitting me so hard that it’s like they’re my own.

“Sapphire,” he manages to snap at me as another arrow grazes his thigh. “Go back.”

Another group of lead arrows arcs toward us, but I’m too focused on Riven—on how the Summer Court’s heat is affecting him, on how much slower his movements are becoming—to block them all in time.

One of them slices my side.

There’s no pain.

No blood.

Because I’m in my projected form.

I reach for the place where the wound should have been, but of course, my skin is untouched.

Eros laughs, his eyes glittering with malicious intent. “An interesting development,” he says as he nocks two arrows at once—one gold, and one lead. “How about I be a bit reckless myself and up the ante even more, so we can let the cards fall as they may?”

In one fluid motion, he spins and releases the arrows in a deadly arc—straight toward my helpless body.

“No!” I scream, and then I snap back, air rushing into my lungs as my consciousness locks into place.

Pain explodes through my chest.

White-hot and all-consuming, it rips through me like electricity unleashed, scorching every nerve ending and burning through my veins until I can’t tell where the agony ends and I begin.

Someone calls my name. Riven, maybe. But I can’t focus on his voice. I can’t hold onto anything except the arrow lodged in my heart, and the magic coursing through my body like liquid fire.

Then, there’s an overwhelming surge of... something.

Love? Hate?

I can’t tell.

All I know is that it’s an emotion so raw and overwhelming that it’s devouring me whole, searing my soul and rewriting my entire existence in the process.

From the Author

Hi! I hope you enjoyed readingMidnight Star, the third book in theFae Boundseries. It was one of my favorite books I’ve ever written!

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