Chapter 50
Chapter 50
Eden
Ariel and 1 don’t mark each other after sex, I don’t ask him why I already know the reason. He doesn’t think he deserves me and it is obviously clear from how he looks at me like I’m the greatest treasure in the world.
“wish my sister wasn’t hunting you, he murmurs into my ear before it’s time to sleep, his cock hard again and pressing against my butt. “Because while I’ve saved you from Logan, I might have put you in even deeper danger by bringing you here?
“Can’t your sister be reasoned with?” ask in a sleepy voice, smiling when I feel Azriel’s hand stroke down my leg in total worship of my body
“Mara
is a high Tae,” his voice is low. “And they are all assholes with too much power.
“You’re a high lae too.”
“And I’m an asshole”
I snicker. “So you admit it?”
“I have to be honest his large wing falls over me like a blanket and then he shifts closer, making me the small spoon. “I belong to you, Eden Felicity and in a perfect world, Mara wouldn’t be th–queen of the Nightmare court. If there was a different ruler, then your life wouldn’t be in danger.”
I’m silent for a moment, then, “if she is so terrible, why is she the queen?”
“Because she is terrible, his voice is all silent laughter, but he quickly grows serious, “Mara controls every person belonging to the Nightmare court, including me
“How?
“She knows my true name, forced it out of me the second I said I didn’t want the throne and let her have it. My sister thought I would change my mind, you see. That, because I’m the strongest Rhysander sibling would one day long for total domination. I don’t, but Mara is a cold–blooded high–fe who still needed to make sure. Now she craves your flesh to make herself stronger than me, and I can’t fight her, Eden. Once she asks me to bring you to her, it will be done. That’s why you can’t trust me”
Everything spoken from his lips frightens me. Arriel has another name. A true name. It’s the key to controlling a fae, and Mara has it. This means that Azriel, while gentle to me now, could quickly turn into my enemy. And he would be more dangerous than Logan.
hate that I can’t protect you fully,” Azriel mutters in a rare moment of vulnerability. “It makes me feel like the worst mate in the universe.”
“n’t your fault, but…wait… Does this mean Mara could ask you to do anything?” I ask, the implications hitting me.
Ariel doesn’t answer immediately. His hand smooths down my back again, a possessive yet gentle gesture that wars with the danger hanging in the air. “She can compel me,” he finally admits, voice strained. “If she speaks my true name, my will is… compromised”
Compromised. Such a polite word for something that sounds terrifying. To have your very being commanded by another. Especially someone like Mara
I press closer to him, seeking warmth even though he has warned me not to trust hims
The mate bond doesn’t care.
It wants closeness, connection, safety, it doesn’t care about the queens or true names, or that my mate could turn into the most dangerous weapon I’ve been faced with. I have no doubt that Arriel could be terrifying
And he must have read my mind because he holds me tighter in the dark room, whispering “Don’t be afraid of me into my ear. It makes my heart hurt,
“I’m not sure how,” I admit. “My heart beals for you, but I know what you are, know your magic is dark, and if it’s turned against me…”
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Azriel makes a low sound in his throat, a mix of frustration and something that might be despair, “I know, but believe me when I say the last thing I want
is to hurt you
“But your sister
“Tru, My sister is the Queen of Nightmares, and she shouldn’t be underestimated. Finding things is what she does. His lips brush my temple, feting touch that sends shivers down my spine for entirely different reasons. “But I will delay her, I will keep you and Axel hidden in this cottage for as long as !
“For how long?” ask “She’s a queen. She has resources. e’ll find us eventually:
Azriel’s arms tighten around me. “A week. Maybe twit we’re lucky. The collage is hidden by powerful magic, but she’ll sense the disturbance in the
realm. She’ll know something’s wrong”
I turn in his arms to face him, searching his violet eyes that are glowing in the dark. “What happens then? When she finds us?”
His eyebrows furrow like it pains him to think about it. “Can we think about that tomorrow and just enjoy tonight?”
Since I’m tired from everything that has happened and partly from my mate looking like a wet dream, I let my eyes shut close. “Only because you’re
ke a wet dream.”
Azriel chuckles. “And looking like a
“Oh my god…is that going to become a thing now? You reading my mind?
He hugs me and chuckles again. “Do you want it to become a thing? You should know that your thoughts are only making me like you even more.”
My face burns, but even if I’m embarrassed, I’m also smiling. Whoever made us fated mates must be a genius because the girl having trouble speaking her mind being mated to a mind–reader? Perfect.
Now I just hope we will find a way to deal with Mara…
