She tilted her chin. “I know what you do. You’re an assassin. Once judgement has been given, you carry it out. You kill the criminals.”
“Aye, I do.” I stalked her like the predator I was, my mouth watering at the thought of tasting her. Did that citrus scent carry into her blood, too?
“So if you’re here, it means I’ve been judged.” She backed away slowly, but my predatory nature was still triggered, ready to pounce.
“You don’t know anything about our world, lass. Just the lies those bigoted, murderous assholes you call family filled your head with.” The ones who had kidnapped my queen and tortured her. The ones who had put out hits on every royal lineage among the immortals. Her. Fucking. Family.
“I know that you can’t hurt me.” Her breaths came quicker and her scent altered, tingling with fear that I both appreciated and loathed. I wanted her to suffer for making me chase her for six months. I just wasn’t sure how I felt about her fearing me. Odd. Usually I didn’t give a fuck what women thought as long as they got out of my bed after they’d come a few times.
“If I’d been sent to find you after a judgement, I wouldn’t be here to fetch you or hurt you, Valor.” I backed her into the wall, then caged her in with my arms.
“Well, you can’t kill me, either.” She tilted her chin and stared at me with as much defiance as I’d ever seen a human muster.
“And why is that?”
She laughed, but the sound wasn’t happy. Then she turned slightly and pulled her hair away from the nape of her neck. “Because I guess this stupid thing means I’m yours.”
My mating mark stood out stark against her pale skin.
Fuck me.
THE END
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