Page 19 of Bonded Chaos

“You don’t have a choice, Cadence. This happens to be my chamber and therefore, my bed. I intend to sleep in it.”

To prove his point, Ryker tucked his hands behind his head and closed his eyes.

My gaze traveled down his body, only to remember he was naked when my eyes landed on his very large and very erect cock.

“You can kiss it goodnight if you’d like,” he said, without opening his eyes.

My cheeks heated, and I was thankful his eyes remained closed.

“You’re. Naked.”

“Again, very observant of you, Cadence.”

“Why are you naked?”

“I sleep naked. You should try it sometime. It might relieve some of that self-righteousness you’re carrying around.”

Self-righteousness! From the asshole who’d never heard ‘no’ in his life.

My fingertips tingled with the familiar sensation of my magic, and it would be so, so easy to end his miserable existence here and now.

It won’t seem worth it when you’re just as dead, I reminded myself.

Taking a deep breath, I scooped up some pillows and yanked the cover off the bed, making Ryker tumble off the side.

Small victories.

“What are you doing now, Cadence?” he asked, having the audacity to sound exasperated.

“I refuse to share a bed with you, so I’m sleeping on the floor.”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

“I’m not being ridiculous,” I snapped. “I’m keeping myself from smothering you in your sleep.”

Ryker chuckled, unperturbed by my threat to his life.

“Not that you wouldn’t deserve it,” I muttered.

No matter how much I fluffed the pillows or adjusted the cover, the ground remained hard and uncomfortable.

“If the floor isn’t to your liking, you can always return to the bed,” Ryker taunted. “You’d have to ask nicely, of course,” he added.

I inhaled a calming breath before I closed my eyes and resolved to come up with an escape plan in the morning.

One way or another, I was leaving the Unseelie Kingdom, and its prince, behind.

Chapter Eight

Cadence

I was warm.

Too warm.

In fact, I was sweltering.

There was a chill in the air when I’d fallen asleep, but now it felt as though I was cocooned in the warm embrace of the sun.

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