A Kingdom of Venom and Vows (Stars and Shadows #3)(74)

Sorin grabbed his ale and downed the glass in one go, and I winced.

When I looked at Adara, all I felt was happiness. It raced through me and washed away every nightmare that wanted to haunt me.

But the nightmares were still there.

If I could change things, if I could stop Jorah from dying, if I could take away the ghosts in Thalia's eyes, and the sorrow in Sorin's, I would.

I would take away every moment that burdened them and take the pain as my own, but I couldn't.

"Come on." I nodded toward Adara and Thalia where they danced, but Sorin shook his head. "I'm going to dance with my mate, and Thalia is going to be standing there all alone."

I stood and didn't wait for him to follow me.

Adara's gaze met mine as I approached, and she grinned as her hips swayed to the music.

"May I?"

"I don't know." Adara shook her head softly. "My husband's around here somewhere, and he's got a bit of a temper."

"Is that so?" I reached out and caught her hand in mine before pulling her toward me. Thalia smiled softly as she rolled her eyes at us, but I caught sight of Sorin stepping up and sliding his arm around her back. "Should we find ourselves some privacy within the shadows? I've heard legends of your husband."

"Legends? Really?" She arched her brow at me. "He already has an extraordinarily large ego. Please don't let him hear you say that."

My fingers dug into her back, pulling her more firmly against me as I buried my face in her neck. I ran my teeth over the sensitive skin there, and she whimpered even as she laughed at my warning.

"But you seem to like him."

"I do." She nodded against me, and I tasted her neck with my tongue as I moved us around the floor. "Unfortunately for you, he's just what my mate ought to be. Arrogant, handsome, filthy."

"You love that I'm filthy." I pressed my hips into hers and the small gasp that left her mouth made me want to pull her from this pub and show her exactly how filthy I could be.

"That I do." She nodded. "I love everything about you."

"And I you." I moved my hand to the back of her head and gripped her hair in my hand as I forced her to look up at me.

But her eyes slid to our friends instead. I followed her gaze and watched as Sorin held Thalia firmly against him. Her fingers were wrapped around his neck as she stared up at him. I felt like I was intruding on something I shouldn't have been. Something that both of them desperately wanted even though they were too fearful to act on it.

"Do you think they'll be okay?" Adara asked as she looked back to me. "I need Thalia to be okay."

"She will be." I nodded. "We'll make certain of it."

"I sometimes feel guilty for feeling so happy." She ran her fingers through the back of my hair, and I groaned at the feel of her touch. "For having you."

"You have nothing to feel guilty for." I shook my head. "But I understand the feeling. I don't deserve you."

"Did I also tell you that my husband is far too good for this world?" She cocked her head to the side, and I couldn't imagine how I could ever find a greater happiness than this moment with her.

"And I will find you in any world?" I chuckled softly.

"Gods, I hope you do."

Thalia's laughter caught us both off guard, and we looked over to our friends as Sorin spun her around the floor.

He smiled down at her as he held on to her for dear life, and I watched as another man lost himself into a woman, blessed by the stars.





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