Voyeurs would travel hundreds of miles just to stand audience in the Dark Queen’s court, and witness the way she and her daughters bestrode the beasts of Alkandra.”
Mateo and Lilith moved on me, their touch as light as a feather’s as they undid the lacing of my dress. Just one more day, one more hour, one more minute! The sword carried into the next man, struck him in the crotch, and finished its final rotation by splattering his head with the crossguard. I wasn’t ready. Besides, Ternias is expecting a true representative from Alkandra, and so you must not disappoint.”
“You want me to fuck him?!”
“I want you to string him along until he’s drooling at the mere mention of you.” Leveria tittered, “I wouldn’t ask you to give your virginity to Lucas Ternias, yuck!”
I looked back at her with a crooked smile. Her bite was said to be the most painful in the world, and one of the deadliest. “We’re very much alike.” Ternias smiled back, “Although, I’m less prone to murder than she; it’s a tactic that must be used sparingly to have the greatest effect.
