Page 130 of Shadows Lost
I smiled at her knowingly. “I know my former master well. The colder his eyes, the deeper he cares, the deeper he feels. Feelings make him angry and his eyes have not left you this whole night.”
She glanced at the swordmaster who stiffened at her regard, then she turned back to me. “Some things cannot be amended. Especially with that old fossil.”
Scrunching my nose, I stated slowly. “I can’t believe I am going to say this but…Bane will be an asset in the Sanguine. He is a fire elemental and like you, has also navigated those lands. Plus no one wields lightning like Bane does, nothing flying above us has a shot in Sheol of surviving him.”
Penina chewed on her bottom lip, glancing at the moody elemental. “I have not considered that, but you are correct.”
Tyr whistled low at us, picking up one of the silver knives. “Damn Beauty, who’d you fuck to get yourself a set of these and can I get in on that?”
Emon’s head snapped up and the very air seemed to be sucked out of the room. He took a dark threatening step towards his friend, his eyes bleeding with murderous intent.
Xi beat the king to him and slapped Tyr hard upside the head.
“Idiot.” She hissed and walked away, shaking her hand out.
“Goddess damn it, Xi. That’s the second time today!” Tyr called but instead of turning angrily towards her, he was looking at Penina with worry in his eyes.
There was pain on her face, pain she masked well but was still there, threatening to surface. Penina was hurting fiercely and Bane was the cause of it.
“Just for that you’ll be dodgingmy bladetonight.” The tiger shifter grinned widely, now turned towards Xi and pointing the knife at her.
Xi rolled her uncovered eye and started to pour a tall glass of dragon’s breath, squinting hard at the three jugs. “There might not be enough of this shit for me.”
Sliding a knife out for myself, I spun it in my hand. “Despite what you may think, Tyr, I forged these myself…in the Argenti Caves. There was no fucking involved.”
Emon hissed across the room.
Tyr crossed his arms over his chest. “Gaib Castella doesn’t allow anyone near those caves.”
I arched a brow, rolling the blade over my knuckles. “Gaib Castella had no problem lettingmein the Argenti Caves. He justwouldn’tlet me outuntil I forged the perfect bladeexactlyeight times. He was insistent on that number.” Winking at Penina, I continued. “Not a single one could be off balance, not a single one could be blemished, not a single one’s edge too dull.”
The sound of the shifter king prowling towards me captured my attention and my voice trailed off. Licking my lips, I became lost in the way his sculpted body prowled towards me.
When he deftly plucked the blade from my hand and rolled it over his claws I sucked in a ragged breath. Tossing it upwards, he followed its movement before slicing down with his claws, sending it hurtling towards the far wall. It embedded in the stone and the thud echoed around the room.
Fiery eyes turned towards me. “Absolutely perfect.” He said, running an extended claw down my cheek and then back upwards to tuck away an errant strand of my hair. I shivered at his deadly touch and felt a flood of heated desire pool deep in my gut.
“Well, before we all burst into flames…” Penina snickered next to me. “Let’s play!”
Chapter 65
Icouldn’ttakemyeyesoff my soulmate. The way she looked at me from across the room moments ago was more than desire. It was an unmasked awe, adoration, gratitude, and so much more that I was scared to even hope.
Currently she was standing twenty paces from Penina with a silver throwing knife in one hand and a blindfold in the other.
“You could at least try to be respectful, boy.” Bane grumbled stepping next to me, indicating my stare.
I didn’t bother dragging my eyes away from the view. “Fuck off Bane…I don’t recall Eve appointing you as her guardian.” I smirked and spoke in a low growl only he could hear. “Ah, that’s right, she askedmeto watch over Remnant, not you.”
“Eve made a mistake. Dark deserves far better than the likes of you, boy.”
I tore my eyes away from Remnant this time and leveled the swordmaster with a lethal look. “I could say the same to you. Mymother definitely deserved better than you…and so does Penina. You’ve never deserved either of them and yet somehow the goddess still honors you with gifts that you continually spit on.”
Bane’s eyes narrowed.
“That's right, asshole.” My voice was low only for him. “I know what Penina is to you. We all do.” Growling, I turned my back on him. I despised the bastard to my very core.
“Careful, fairy boy. Your soulmate was correct when she said Bane will be needed for the Sanguine and if it wasn’t for him…you may have never found her.”Ethereal commented.
