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He moved to follow her, but Synda clutched hie had hi toward her, his teeth bared "You will not ever speak like that again Do you understand me?"

She blanched under the ferocity of his attention

King Tiberius pushed to his feet

And Kane realized he had to play nice He softened his voice, saying, "I don’t want ’s nod was stiff He snapped his fingers and guards surrounded the three warriors, iht have hter upset"

To Synda, Kane gritted, "Let’s take a walk through the gardens Noservant"

She gave a little pout "You don’t want to go back tothat probably sounded, considering everything else he’d done and said this day "Like I said, I want to get to know you better first"

Synda beariuards "See to their protection"

The only one in need of protection was Synda Fro offense

Just get through the next few hours, and you can hunt your Fae down

Once he found her, he wasn’t going to let her out of his sight He wasn’t going to leave her, either, he realized He couldn’t Not while Willianet for disaster, but to hinetic than Tink, and he couldn’t bear the thought of letting her go

CHAPTER NINETEEN

JOSEPHINA RACED DOWN the hall, tears burning the backs of her eyes Kane wanted to spend more time with Synda, a supposed oal for being here was saving Josephina fro to the princess for Josephina’s sake

Perhaps she shouldn’t have let a sudden burst of jealousy and hurt send her fleeing Kane’s side Thea punish like that, just to keep his word and prevent Josephina fro to wed Synda to keep her safe, too

Another blessing Another curse

He ht even desire such an outcome, at least on some level After all, the Moirai had told hiirl for him

A choked sound escaped her Kane was hers Hers! And she didn’t want to share hi to her Changed her Now, she craved the heat and ache and crazed need only he could bring forth She craved her progress and swinging her around She ca of dread

When he noticed the wetness on her cheeks, he scowled "What’s wrong with you? You just escaped punish reminder for him

One he failed to heed "Me, you deny Hi to wed the princess and make you his mistress You realize that, don’t you?"

I will be no one’s mistress Not even Kane’s "Who are you to cast stones?"

The prince studied her for a long while, probing her features for any sign of weakness "No matter what I say, you’ll still want him I can tell" He hauled her to theand flicked the curtains apart "Look out there See hiarden Josephina and her eous, muscled chest a mess, the wound in the center open and raw He bent down and picked up a rock, then threw it a good distance away Synda took off in a run, searching for the rock When she found it, she picked it up and skipped back to Kane

He threw it again

She chased it again

He wasplaying fetch with her?

Oh, yes, she thought He was definitely doing this for Josephina’s benefit A smile lifted the corners of her lips, only to fall a second later The revelation didn’t change the course he’d set

Leopold crowded behind her, pressing her against the glass--pressing hardness to softness She tried to squir her in, holding her captive Fear sparked to sickening life

"I’ll treat you better than he ever could," he whispered

"Let o, Leopold Now"

"I shouldn’t want you," he continued as if she hadn’t spoken "Everyone would be horrified if they knew But I look at you, and I can’t help myself The desire is there"

"Resist it"

"You don’t think I’ve tried?"

"Keep trying"