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“As High Priest, I have many duties and errands for the royal family that take me outside of Gadlizel. I like passing over these fields in summer.”
“You enjoy the beauty of nature?” She sounded disbelieving.
Squeezing her shoulder, I pressed her back against my chest and murmured against the crown of her head, “I enjoy beauty in all things.”
She went quiet after that. An awkward silence stretched between us, and yet, I could smell her arousal. My demon fae instinct was to take her, and to fulfill what was my right given to me by the gods nearly overwhelmed me into action. But I wouldn’t until she understood.
“Aren’t you going to ask?” I finally offered into the quiet.
“Ask you what?” Her voice trembled.
I smiled at her pretense. “Why I would put your welfare above everything else. A high priest of Gadlizel doesn’t switch allegiance on a whim.”
“It was your father’s dying wish. You said that vows on the deathbed are considered sacred.”
“They are. But it wouldn’t make me abandon my vows to the royal family of Gadlizel.”
“Then why are you?”
Gently, I turned her to face me, finding a myriad of emotions flitting across her face—fear, wonder, hope.
“Because you are my mate.”
There was no surprise on her face, but her eyes narrowed as she finally spoke with defiance. “That can’t be true.”
“Why not?”
“Because you’re a shadow fae, and I’m a light fae half-breed. The gods would not tie us together.”
I coasted my hands to her throat, tipping her chin up with my thumbs when she tried to look away. “Are you disgusted by being with me?”
“No!” she exclaimed quickly. “It just doesn’t seem right. It doesn’t make sense.”
“It does to me.”
She stared, unblinking, her violet eyes bluer under the moonlight, just like the wildflowers. Utterly enchanting. I wanted to sweep her into my arms and show her the pleasure of a mated couple. I’d only heard about it through others, the complete joy of sharing your body with a god-given mate.
I yearned for it, but she needed to accept what we were first. Because after I took her to bed and sank my fangs into her flesh and my cock into her body, she would be mine forever.
“So the gods just tell us who we must be with,” she snapped angrily. “We have no choice.”
“Perhaps the gods already know who we will choose because they’re gods,” I offered calmly. “Rather than choosing for us, they simply help us along by showing us.”
“Show us how?”
“With the marks on our hearts.” I took her wrist and placed her palm over my heart. “I feel it here,” I said, hearing my voice drop darkly. “Every time you’re near me. Even when you’re not.” I searched her face intently. “I could’ve kept my vow to my father by sending a shadow guard to watch over you. I could’ve done my duty without ever laying eyes on you.” I shook my head. “But something pulled me down out of the mountains.”
“What did?”
“You.”
I pressed my hand over the left side of her chest, engulfing half her breast. “Don’t you feel me in here?”
“Yes,” she said without hesitation, her eyes wide and wild.
“Don’t you want me in here?”
“More than anything. I want you everywhere.” She closed her eyes for a second then opened them and licked her lips, her voice shaky when she added, “But I made a promise to myself. I would only give my body to one male. My husband.”
