“Exactly,” I said, meeting him with another smile.
“A plaything that has begun to distract them from their duties. One that has received the ire of the court and honestly makes me lookweak.”
Shit.I tried to clamp down on the fear that raced through me, but it was no use.
His nostrils flared and his eyebrows raised.
“Are you afraid I’ll hurt you?” he asked.
“No,” I lied.Fuck yes, I’m terrified that you’ll decide to eat me as some sort of lesson to your kids.
He took a step forward, then another, then another, until he was right in front of me.
I had to tilt my head to look up at him.
“It smells good on you,” he murmured, his eyes burrowing into mine. “I almost want to chain you up and lock you away so I can smell it during the whole of your short lifetime.”
I should have kept my mouth shut, but the snarky girl inside me was already pushing at the seams of my control.
“Edging yourself?Kinky.”
There was a small silence before he tilted his head to the side.
The door behind us opened with a loud bang.
“Father,” Eros said from behind me. I could hear Oros’s footsteps too, but she didn’t say anything.
Their father looked at them with a smile.
“Just thought I’d have the pleasure of meeting your plaything since she’s such apopular topicas of late.”
Before Eros and Oros could say anything, I stepped away from him. “It was a nice chat. I look forward to our next one.”
The king’s eyes narrowed at my slight.As if a human could tell him what to do.
But I did, and he fucking hated it.
I was hauled out of the room by Eros’s strong grip before I could say anything else that could get us in trouble.
“What is your goal with me?” I asked, looking up at her. “Your father is unhappy, but I have a feeling it’s not just about you parading around a human plaything. There’s something you’re not telling me.”
“Nothing to concern yourself with,” Eros said, and bitterness instantly coated my tongue.
I dug my heels into the ground, stopping us.
“That, Eros, was a lie.”
Oros came up to my left.
“He killed our mother,” she whispered in my ear. “He’s been blaming a random assassin for years, but we want to know the truth. We think we do, but we need to be sure without a sliver of doubt before we do something we might regret.”
I looked at Eros, thinking she’d be pissed off at her twin for admitting that to me. But the look on her face was peaceful.
“Killing a king is not an insignificant event. I’ll change everything. If we are not careful, the realms will be plunged into chaos,” she added.
The air was taken from my lungs as I took in their expressions. They were twisted in pain, something I’d never seen before.
They loved their mother.
