MIDAS
She is the most maddening, exasperating creature he has ever had the misfortune of crossing paths with.
And yet, half the time he is unsure if he simple wishes to push her up against a wall, with her legs wrapped around him and kiss her senseless or have her sent to the gallows and hung for her disrespect.
He strides through the halls of the palace, almost but not quite oblivious of the heads bowing in his path.
What in all the realms had she meant?
The image returns to him with startling clarity. The crisscross of faded pink lines stark against her pale skin and a seething anger snakes its way around him.
Only a monster would do something that cruel to someone so…so…defenseless.
A monster like him
Damn it, why did it even bother him so much that she thought him in some way r
