Page 17 of Faerie Fate
They were officially in cahoots, that was all I knew. And I was in a lot more trouble than I ever thought.
“Some are better than others,” Kendrick corrected with a snap.
He pulled the mate bond tight and pain sizzled through my head in a reprimand.
“Especially when they offer such a tantalizing arrangement for me. How could I resist?”
“True.” Dorian sniffed again although his attention remained on me.
Even through the shades, his manic glee was unmistakable. The same sort of infatuation I’d seen in him when he described his grandiose ideas to me in his tent bolstered him now.
“Are you sure you have this under control?’ Dorian spoke as though he still doubted Kendrick’s abilities to keep me fully in check. “I could offer you several spells, if you’d rather. I know a few delightful options that will keep her subdued. It doesn't have to be this form. A bird, perhaps. Something easy to cage.”
“Not necessary,” Kendrick replied, convinced of his superiority. “I like it when they fight back.”
Despite the ache in my stomach and the voice in my head screaming at me to stifle my fear, I gasped. Both men heard it. Only Dorian acknowledged it.
He tilted his head to the side, staring at me, and chuckled at whatever he saw. “Are you sure? This one is tricky. It may be smarter to clip her wings now.”
He said it like the mate bond might not hold but it was wishful thinking on my part.
Kendrick’s growl rumbled through both of us. My fae powers might be blanketed but my wolf was free.
Free enough to be smashed under Kendrick’s absolute control.
“I’m sure.”
My heart quickened. Those violet eyes flashed to my face and Dorian ran a hand over his jaw. Our gazes met. “Just a thought. I don’t want my efforts to be meaningless.”
“Get the hell out of here, fae.Shoo. Back to whatever it was you were doing when you called,” Kendrick said. “I don’t need you now.”
Magic lifted, filling the air with the scent of static before the first bolt of lightning. Dorian bobbed his head. “Then I’ll say goodbye for now. I’ll be seeing you soon.” That part was for me. “Both of you.”
He stepped out of my line of sight, the magic flaring with a surge of gold light soon swallowed by darkness.
He must have left through his own portal. Likely he had a Faerie key too, although his probably hadn’t been issued through the king. So whose key was it? And why was Dorian able to use it without dying?
My head spun with a monstrous hiss.
Kendrick’s pleasure was horribly apparent once we were alone. I didn't need to look at him to understand it. I felt his vicious glee inside of me and it churned my stomach until every breath was painful and filled with an unbearable heat.
“Dorian knows what he’s talking about,” Kendrick said after a long pause. “He’s been around long enough to tap into thedarkest magical arts. But it’s so much better when he’s not around. Now we can start things properly. Can’t we,Tavi?”
I hated the way he said my name. The way he reached out to smooth my hair behind the arm of the sunglasses. Proprietary, demanding, with the casually loaded glide of his index finger along my temple.
“I plan to do all sorts of wonderful things with you. You’ll like it. I meant what I said.” He leered at me, flashing teeth. “I’ll have you pregnant and swollen with my pups soon enough.”
Speech was impossible. My muscles strained and every part of my body begged me to get the hell out of there now.
Jaw clenched, I turned away from him. The disgust at that picture, the lust flickering down the bond, would have brought me to my knees if I could move.
“I think five pups, to start. We’ll see how we do raising them. I have to make up for several of my other less fortunate progeny. Our pups will be powerful. Mark my words. And we will have so much fun making them.”
Kendrick grunted, feeling my struggle, not caring.
Mike, where are you?
Kendrick and Dorian working together… The two of them were a disaster waiting to happen. Their combined powers spelled destruction for everything, everyone.
