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He never asked for my hand, merely inforame In his ether
All throughout the planning of this cereht have quit the game, but I continue to play And I know I cannot defeat hiuard with me He will, now that he’s ht I will become his doo, all confidence He reaches for er for our skin to touch "As lovely as you are in this dress, I crave to see you without it"
My bridal goas a gift froreen silk Upon seeing the finery, I’d felt a disturbing alee Then I’d remembered I’m the Empress, a killer of the first order
"Of course, my love If you’ll assist me, you’ll soon have what you crave" What you deserve I turn, presenting ht the tension building insearing kisses across my skin
He’s been impatient for this day to coht as hout ht that he is my enemy That his inevitable desire for the Eths--and weaknesses
Because a lesser Empress would desire him back
The wo when he wants to be, and he’s beautifully formed Never have I seen his equal I admit my breaths shallohen I joined hi in his impeccable attire
But this union is doomed because the Empress inprey
He has no idea, confident I a vows, he whispered intoat
The possessive gleaer His appetites are so marked, I’ve barely been able to hold him off thus far He is too intense, too carnal, too desirous
The boy called Death is so full oflife
He lays me upon our bed, then disrobes himself Yes, he is beautifully formed--everywhere My body helplessly responds But I have control over rasps my hand to kiss my palm "Empress, I will make you happy, for all our days"
Our lih immortality beckons?
His hand is covered with icons, there for the taking I disguise reed as I count theer A symbol of ownership? I can view it no other way since men of his culture do not require one, just as livestock do not brand theiris as detestable as a collar, and that I cannot abide! When I taste bile, my path beco body
As he leans down to kiss my neck, I ask, "Will you fetchsmile "In this, I’erness, though it roils from him His manly needs, his lusts "As you wish"
He turns his back to the E How foolish The heat of battle rises, taking me over Without a whisper of hesitation, I slip soundlessly from the bed
Before he can react, I shovein his ear, "Till Death do us part"
I ith tears strea down my face
Husband He was my husband And I had betrayed hiotten the upper hand and ended me
"Forced aze No wonder he hated ht to! How could I have been so evil?
It was one thing to battle an enee sacred voith soht
No wonder I’d had no chance of seducing him I don’t handle vipers He’d learned not to trust, he’d learned so young
All his hardness, his ruthlessness, had been honed by nored the tenderness in his expressions, the warmth in his eyes as he’d beheld her He had intended to make her happy
To make me happy
Yet even when blind to all he offered, that woman had fallen for him She’d just refused to ads for hi for my chest I felt like his wife I needed to explain to hi me alone in his bed
Return to me, Aric
Silence TooCyclops Together we cliht knock I had no idea what ti her eyes "What’s up, girl?" She wore a football jersey and leggings A baby squirrel peeked its sleepy eyes from herher door wide, I entered In all this tiht’ve pictured it--posters of ani shelves Her falcon rested on a wooden perch next to her bed like an alararoo sheets, and a thick s
I knew there were no o, Matthew had toldaway fro these treasures Still, I couldn’t let her think I’d softened toward her too e itated sole wave of her hand quieted mewls and caws "So you wanna talk about it?" She cli frohout into the storht
Somewhere out there both Aric and Jack roamed the world Jack had broken my heart, and I’d broken Aric’s "Did you know Death and I were involved in a previous game? Married?"
"Um, some cards speculated"
"I just dreamed about it About how he used to be"