Forever Fae (Forever Fae #1)(61)
I come around to the sound of Avery’s voice, even though it’s not actually Avery. He walks up behind me and puts his hands on my hips. He breathes against my ear and whispers to me.
“Very nice, my queen, your body has me completely turned on.” He presses his groin up against my ass and pulls me in tighter as he continues speaking.
“I didn’t know you had that amount of rage built up inside that voluptuous body. How about we leave and fulfill your destiny as my queen?” I look at his face. His eyes are glassy and he licks his lips while devouring my body with his gaze. If I knew I could get away, I would run away from here as fast as I could and never look back. I have killed for the first time in my life tonight. It saddens me, but Warren deserved it and if it wasn’t me doing it, I know Ryder would have been the one to do it. I saved Ryder from having to kill his best friend that not only turned traitor, but killed innocent people in my court. It still hurts to know that Ryder’s going to be devastated when he finds out.
“I need some fresh air,” I say as I turn to walk out of the prison. The dark sorcerer follows me and I can feel his lingering gaze caressing the backside of my body as I walk. I have to get him away from the village and I think I know the way to do it. Why does this have to be so difficult? I just killed someone and now I have to pretend to be turned on. This is some seriously messed up shit. I decide that what I’m about to do next needs to happen before walking out of the prison because I don’t want Ryder or Merrick seeing it.
Before we get to the door of the prison, I turn to the dark sorcerer with a hooded gaze and I part my lips slightly to run my tongue over them. I run my fingers down his chest and move closer so our bodies are touching.
I rub against him slowly as I whisper, “I believe it’s time to have some fun, don’t you think?” I lift my eyes to stare hard into his, daring him to comply with my wish.
He bites his lip and releases a deep groan from his throat. He rubs his body against mine to let me know he is up for the challenge.
“What do you have in mind?” He groans.
“Follow me,” I say. I tried to sound as sexy as possible.
We head out of the prison and he possessively wraps his arm around my waist. It’s a complete show of dominance and claiming his territory, but I am definitely not his territory and never will be.
He bends down to whisper in my ear, “I’m going to make you scream tonight.” He then takes my earlobe in his mouth and sucks on it.
I give him a little giggle and push him away. The urge to kill him is so strong. When I get home, I’m going to have to shower for a year to get his stench off of me. He wraps his arms around my waist and rests his hand on my ass. Please don’t let Ryder do anything yet because I know this is probably pissing him off seeing me like this. I lead the dark sorcerer away from the village and into the woods. I practically make him think that I am going to give myself to him, so I need to come up with a plan very quick before we go too far. We’re about a half mile out when he stops walking and takes a look around.
“I think this will be good,” he says while inspecting the ground.
“Are you sure? Because I’m sure there’s a better spot somewhere else,” I say expectantly.
He gives me a smirk.
“If I didn’t know any better, my Queen, I would say that you’re nervous.”
“No, I’m definitely not,” I say and my voice quivers as I say it. I silently curse myself because I can’t show weakness. He walks over to me with a curious look on his face and then looks at the talisman and narrows his eyes. His fingers trail down my collarbone and across the mound of my breast to the talisman. He moves it back and forth and then looks in my eyes.
“Let’s take this off and see what happens,” he says.
He lifts the talisman from around my neck and places it around his. The bloodstone of the talisman begins to glow and underneath Avery’s body I see the ghostly outline of the dark sorcerer absorbing the power he took from me. Now that the talisman is off, I can feel the loss of what it took. I lean back against one of the dark oily trees of the Black Forest and the sticky residue of the tree is leaving a slimy film on my back which feels disgusting. I shake my head to clear the fog. I don’t feel empty, but I feel the void inside my body where the pieces are missing. The ring helped him to not take all of my power, but it took a great deal. Without Elvena’s ring, I would probably be dead right now. I still have power and I can feel it coursing through my body, but I don’t know if it’ll be strong enough to fight him off. He’s glowing with power and I know that I shouldn’t try right now, so I wait for it to stop. I don’t know where Ryder and Merrick are at until I hear a whisper at my ear and feel a soft caress down my cheek.
“I’m here, Calista.”
It is Ryder. My heart skips a beat at his touch, and I’ve never felt more alive than I do at this moment with him near. I nod my head so he knows I can hear him. I look at the dark sorcerer and the glowing has stopped, but now he’s staring at me with an evil glint in his eye. It makes my skin crawl and a fear I have never felt begins to take root in my soul. The talisman has changed my pure, clean magic to something twisted and evil and it’s taken over his body. His arrogant strut as he makes his way to me lets me know that the time I’ve spent here has been nothing but easy and now the real fun is about to begin. Dread settles in the pit of my stomach and I fear that we aren’t going to make it out of here alive. I don’t know how we’re going to defeat him on our own.