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Tem froze. Apollo had never yelled at her before. Basilisks favored negotiation-logic and reason always trumped outbursts. But Apollo was beyond reason. He was an inch away, his eyes boring into hers. At the look of surprise on her face, he softened his tone, but just barely. “I will not let you anywhere near Rowe.”…

Then they were gone. Tem focused immediately on the task at hand, opening her mind to the collective consciousness of the basilisks. It was full of communal pain-all throughout the mountain, her people were dying. Their deaths pressed against her like a thousand grains of sand, suffocating her, closing in. Focus, Temperance. Find Rowe. Apollo’s…

“Stop me from doing what? From creating a better world-one where power is taken instead of given? A world with one quiver, the superior quiver?” Tem shook her head. Mass death was not the solution. Wiping out one quiver was not going to solve any problems, only delay them. Tem couldn’t predict the future, could…

“Fuck, Tem.” Leo barely murmured it. But it turned Tem on so much that she pressed her palm over his mouth and said, “Don’t.” She’d never wanted someone like this before-never craved the flesh of a human in such an instinctual way. Tem wanted to be inside him. She wanted to possess him and mark…

“I want you for the rest of my life, Tem. I don’t care what it takes. I want you and I need you and I love you and you’re mine.” “You’re mine too.” “You’re fucking mine.” “I know.” At last, they surrendered to each other. Tem threw her head back in release, gasping as her…

“What happens, Tem?” Panic filled Leo’s voice. Tem closed her eyes. Somehow it was easier to explain it that way. “You were right-the crest didn’t just make it so that I could give you orders. It created a bond between us. And if we don’t consummate it, you will die.” Silence. She could only imagine…

She felt the draw of the crest, second only to the draw of her heart. It was heaven to touch him again, paradise to see how he reacted while she did it. Leo murmured her name over and over, almost as if to remind himself it was really her. “Tem. Tem. Tem.” “Leo. Leo. Leo.”…

Caspen ignored him, looking only at Tem. “You must consummate the crest. And quickly.” Tem stared at him with her mouth open. “What are you talking about? We can’t just-“ “You can. Go to our chambers and sleep together. Do it now.” “You know I can’t.” She looked desperately at Leo, who clearly had no…

After a moment, Leo whispered, “She never loved me. Not like you did.” Tem looked straight at him. “Do,” she whispered. He looked straight back at her. “What?” “She never loved you like I do.” It was an important distinction. And it was important that Leo knew it. Tem shouldn’t be saying this, shouldn’t be…

Be still, Leo had said the first time they’d slept together. I want to look at you. Tem remembered what it was like to be still on his cock, to sit there and watch him look at her. Now, face-to-face, she knew he must be remembering it too. Did he think of her at night,…