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“I have none” Her eyes darkened again, and she was back to her usual self, a queen “Because you always knohat to do Get to work and then rest We’ll speak later”
FOURTEEN
Huntley
I made it back to the cabin hours later, the storm still unabated I had to shove et it to shut, and I didn’t have a clue how Ivory had ed to close it on her own There was a fire in the hearth, and my sword had been returned to the corner
She eed from the bathroom, wet and in just a towel She stopped in front offor answers
“We lost a lot of people But it could have been more, so we should consider ourselves lucky”
“They came for me…didn’t they?”
The attack was a distraction Klaus had sent his rab Ivory while the others sacrificed themselves
“Why would they do that?”
I shook my head “You shouldn’t have run—”
“Well, I did No point in arguing about it”
“And what the fuck were you thinking, going out there and fighting for the Runes?”
Her eyes narrowed, her hands keeping her towel against her body “I wasn’t fighting for the for you…”
I released an angry sigh, not because of what she’d said, but how much it turned me on
“I’y”
I never would “When my mother realizes you were out there, you will be”
“I riskedratitude”
“But she’ll realize you were in my cabin She’ll realize that I never forced you”
She rolled her eyes “She needs to get over it”
“And when she realizes the Teeth came for you…I’m not sure what she’ll do”
“Hoould she know?”
I stared, my heartbeat loud in my ears
Accusationto tell her”
“I have to”
The disappointment ritten into every feature of her face
“I won’t betray my people—for you”
“Then you better defend your baby against your people”
“You aren’t my baby—”
“Liar” She dropped her towel, showing her naked body, drops of water streaking down over small tits and her flat stomach She called my bluff—and waited for me to cave
My dick was hard the second I stepped into this cabin, knowing she was inside waiting for ether My breaths grew heavy, and it took all aze down her body, to appreciate her sexy hips, her slender stoh