“Wait.”
Wild steely blue eyes stared at me. There was a panicked frenzy in them that I took morbid satisfaction in but other than that… nothing but pain.
I didn’t get to speak.
“Is this her? Is this really the girl everyone is talking about?” A harsh voice chirped from behind the King. “Oh, Eros, how could you ever compare her to me?”
“Silence!” The King furiously snapped with so much more venom than she could ever do.
My eyes still gazed at the breathtaking beauty of the King’s mate. Even in the dark, she was stunning. With golden hair that fell in waves, bright eyes that demanded attention and a body that was both slim and voluptuous, she was right.
How could I ever compare to her? The one that kept her from her destined mate?
The truth in her words was sharp and cutting, like
