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Rowe nodded, his eyes still glazed over with orgasm, his chest covered in sweat. “Say it,” Caspen ordered. “Say her name.” Rowe blinked, his eyes focusing on Tem. “Temperance.” There was no mistaking the hot thread of hate in his voice. “Good. Now get out.” Rowe didn’t need telling twice. The moment he was gone,…

“Yes, you do. Tell me.” He sat up, and Tem sat up too. “I do not know for certain. After you crest them, they will be bound to you.” “And then?” “I do not know,” he said again. Tem stared numbly at his shoulder. It would be worth it. Whatever the cost, it would be…

Her mother stepped closer, taking Tem’s hands in hers. “It was wrong of me to conceal something so important from you. I pray you’ll forgive me.” Tem opened her mouth, then closed it again. Was she really going to blame her mother for keeping this secret when she was now keeping secrets of her own?…

Tem thought about how basilisks were so very different from humans and how she carried both traits within her. Adelaide’s beautiful face and blond hair flashed through her mind. “Are you…giving your body to another?” His mouth twitched. “There is no one else I want. My body and my heart belong to you.” That was…

A disbelieving murmur swept across the table. Surely, there had been talk of rebellion before, of reclaiming what the basilisks deemed to be rightfully theirs. But now that the king was the one sanctioning it, the proposition held legitimate weight. “And how shall we put them in their place?” Rowe asked. Bastian’s answer was simple….

“Tell me how the crest will benefit me.” The king considered her for a long moment, and the basilisks on both sides of the table shifted uneasily. Tem knew that everyone in this room wanted the royals gone. They wanted it more than they wanted power for themselves. And Tem was the catalyst. When Bastian…

The entire thing couldn’t have lasted more than thirty seconds. But the change in the room was undeniable, just like when Caspen had fingered her earlier. Only this time, he’d garnered far more power from their connection. Tem felt it in the air-a palpable energy that radiated off his body in shimmering waves, drawing everyone…

“Very well, Tem.” He stood too, shaking his head in amusement. “I shall take you home.” Tem followed him out into the hallway and down the stairs. To her intense relief, they didn’t run into Maximus on their way out. When the carriage arrived at Tem’s cottage, she turned to Leo. “Thank you,” she said….

“What sort of compromise?” “I’ll take this off”-she released his wrists and pointed at her dress-“and I’ll finish what I started”-she pointed at his cock, which was still hard-“but you can’t touch me.” Leo let out a bark of laughter. “Hardly a compromise. That’s simply more torture.” Tem shrugged. “Or I can go inside and…

But Tem only shook her head, struggling to grasp her new reality-a reality in which she couldn’t trust Caspen. “I don’t know anything anymore.” They stared at each other in the flickering firelight, the only sound the crackle of the flames. Something had broken between them-something vital. Tem didn’t know where they stood after this….