“You’rethelast shadow fae, on the run, charged with destruction of the City of Light and the slaughtering of the thousands of fae that resided there, along with their beloved queen.” I couldn’t refrain from sneering at that last part. She continued to stare down at her shadows but I could see her jaw clench hard and her fists tightening crossed over her chest. “You had the upper hand bringing me here and yet I’m not in irons even though you suspect my power rivals yours. Goddess, you could have even left me out in the woods for your little warring gnomes.” I nodded to the window. The stale stench of gnomes was prominent outside this cabin. She was smart to have them here…no fae in their right mind fucked with the gnomes. “I’d say that I am the closest to a guest anyone is ever going to get with you.”
She looked up then, her eyes narrowing.
I sighed and reached my hand out again to the shadows puddled at my feet. They rose up and curled around my arm, their cool darkness brushing against my hot skin with affection. “I am not a threat to you, little umbra.” I whispered gently.
“So you think you know me, shifter.” She released her arms and stepped back, the shadows following her and spreading. The cabin was suddenly pitched in black and the sunlight from the window completely disappeared. “Your power is no threat to mine. You are not in irons because I don’t need irons, and you were not left in the woods because your company is not good enough even for my gnomes. You’re only alive because I haven’t decided to kill you yet.”
Her eyes glowed in the darkness and all I could think about was what secrets they held, what I could unlock within them. Images of her spread out under me, her gasps of pleasure, the caress of her smooth pale skin against my own. “Beautiful.” My whispered words echoed through the darkened void.
She blinked, the deadly shadows creeping back towards her, revealing the sunlit cabin once more. “Who in the goddess are you really?”
I grinned and puffed out my chest. “I told you already. My name is Emon, shifter of The West Isles, and I have been searching for you, Remnant Ezra Solaire Dark, for the past one hundred years.” I nodded to the shadows all around us. “It’s time to step out of the shadows and live again.” When she took an angry step towards me, I held out my hand and watched the dried blood flake off with a grimace. “Now if you don’t mind, I’ll take that fucking shower now.”
Chapter 6
Ishouldhavebeenashamed.
But I wasn’t.
Panting and throwing my head back, I barely suppressed my groan of pleasure as I jerked off in the shadow fae’s shower. Heavy streams of cum were instantly washed away by the running hot water, finally giving me the release I needed in order to function.
The downside of being a shifter.
The more powerful you were, the more basic your animal instincts drove you. Finding your mate and the intense need to claim them is almost impossible to fully ignore, and unfortunately, I had to do just that.
Remnant wasn’t ready for two life changing events in one day. Her anger towards me was a testament to that. She was one step away from losingcontrol.
“You were the same once.”The beast growled.“She needs a purpose for her anger, a target to unleash it on. Fortunately for me, it has become you. I am thoroughly amused.”
I dropped my head to the shower wall, enjoying the warmth of the water raining down on me, and huffed out a long sigh. “I hate you, you know.”
"Your mind has been racing since we got here. Seeking out an answer to get her to leave this place. I just gave you your answer, daft fairy boy. You should be thanking me.”
I lifted my head from the water pouring over me and scrubbed it from my beard. “You’re suggesting I become her next purpose…her next target?”
“You seem to enjoy playing the sacrificial bait. Why change now?” He drawled, his voice slinking further and further away from my consciousness.
“Well shit.” I growled low and waved the shower off, shaking the water violently from my hair and rubbed myself down with a towel until my skin was red. Snarling, I threw it in the corner of the shower and stepped in front of the sink where an ornate gold mirror hung on the wall.
My brows lowered in my reflection. This mirror didn’t belong here, not in this cabin.
It was way too fine of a piece for such a simple rustic place. This cabin was designed to provide shelter and safety, it thrummed with power to provide all the basics a fae would need…especially for a lonely shadow fae on the run.
A basic shower that turned water on and off when needed, a toilet that magically disappeared when not in use, and a sink bowl below the mirror. But the mirror itself—it wasbroughthere and judging by the power behind the craftsmanship, I knew it had come from the palace of Faerie’s capital.
My frown deepened when I studied myself further in the incongruous mirror. My beard was much more grown out than usual and even the sides of my head needed a fresh shave. Scowling, I braided back my hair and tied it off. I was a goddess damn mess.
My muscles rippled while I examined every inch of my smooth tan skin. The stab wounds were gone but I could still feel the slide of the knife puncturing my flesh like I was made of butter. That fuckers death was far too short for all the trouble he had caused me. I certainly underestimated his level of insanity.
My reflection shimmered suddenly and I blinked hard, studying the smooth surface of the mirror. “Cat. Did you just see that?” I growled low.
“The mirror is enchanted.”He yawned.
“Enchanted to do what?”
Before he could answer the mirror flared and I felt my entire conscious self plunging into its cold glassy reflection. The mirror’s power penetrated my mind, making me shiver with disgust as snapshots of time whirled by me. Glimpses of fae I had never seen before swirled in and out of my vision before it stopped.
Remnant knelt with bright red slashes across her face and her emerald eyes shimmered with tears. They fell heavily, mingling with the blood that had dripped over her pale skin. Skin that had been seared off on one side. Her armor clinked when a violent shudder ran through her body before her head threw back into a piercing scream.
