Page 50 of The Dark Fae Princess
“Mmph,” I mumble and take in a deep breath as the blanket of magick is drawn back, slowly, slowly.
It’s only then, when my mind becomes clearer that I hear a shrieking of unheard-of decibels, coming from above us. I look up, as does Anders, and then he stumbles back as a huge raven swoops down, talons ready to gouge Anders’s eyes out of his head as he lands directly on his face.
I gasp as the spell drops completely, grabbing my hand to stanch the flow of blood. He was about to mix our blood to seal my words as an unbreakable blood oath. Trembling with sheer terror at what nearly happened, I shove Anders away from me, lightning sparking on my fingertips as he wrestles with the raven that is nearly tearing his face off his head and pecking at his eyes.
“Fuck! I’ll be back for you, bitch!” he roars and manages to get free long enough tosomehowPuffport out, leaving me in shock at what just happened.
I know that he will be back to seal this with blood and then I’m bound to my words. Fuck is about right.
The raven lands on the hay bale and regards me before a shimmer goes over him and I stumble backwards as standing before me instead of a beautiful black bird, is a very cute, very naked Raize.
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Raize
“Surprise,” I say gently as she just gapes at me in shock.
I see her eyes drop down my body, all the way to my cock before she spins around and faces the wall.
“Uh, Raize,” she stammers. “You’re, uhm, you’re a Shifter?”
“Yep,” I reply. “Courtesy of my father.”
“Are you decent yet?” she asks.
“Yes,” I answer with a wicked smile.
She turns around with a look of relief that turns heated for a split second before she slams her eyes shut. “No, you aren’t!” she accuses me with a pointed finger. “Get dressed, dammit.”
“Why? Worried you might jump me if I stay like this?” I tease.
“Pah,” she scoffs, but I see her open her eyes again quickly before shutting them again. “You wish.”
I do, oh, I do.
I decide to let her off the hook and rummage around behind the hay bale for some clothes which I quickly throw on. “You can open your eyes now,” I tell her.
Mistrustful now, she cracks one eye open, but then sees that I’m fully clothed, so opens them both to regard me suspiciously. “So, every time I’ve come here and not seen you, you’ve been…” she indicates the ravens nesting up above her head, “…one of them?”
“Yep,” I say lightly, hoping that she doesn’t run a mile, cursing me for being deceitful.
“Oh,” she says and blushes a deep red but stays rooted to the spot. “You’ve, uhm, been listening…”
“Not intentionally,” I’m hasty to reassure her. “I didn’t want to scare you off the first time and then it, err, I liked you talking to me.” Now it’s my turn to blush a furious red, as I look down at my feet.
“I’ve said things…” she exclaims, clenching her fists. “Stuff that wasn’t supposed to be heard by the likes of you!”
Her words cut me deep. “The likes of me?” I repeat with a bitterness, even I can hear.
“I—I didn’t mean…” she stammers. “I meant by a person, not a bird.”
“Your secrets are safe with me, Princess. They always have been and always will be.”
She glares at me, her purple eyes furious until she remembers that I just saved her perfect ass from committing to a blood oath.
“Thank you for getting rid of Anders,” she mumbles.
“No worries,” I drawl. I wonder if now is a good time to tell her that it was only her, using me, drawing on my inner strength that increased my size and made it possible to get in Anders’s face in the first place. I have no idea what that means, but surely it has to mean something? That we’re connected in some way?
