Page 93 of Starkeeper of the Fractured Crown

I looked down and saw nothing. I wasn’t imagining it. I knew that. I could feel him standing feet away from me and whether that was my survival instincts or whatever magic he inserted into me, I knew it wasn’t exaggerating.

My eyes lifted back to the castle, and I willed myself to ignore it. Ignore it even when it drifted over my panties. Ignore it even when I felt it tease my entrance.

No, I wouldn’t let him win.

I took a step towards the town square and froze, fighting against the moan as that magic bit the inside of my thigh, just to the right of my already dripping pussy.

I closed my eyes, hand finding the wall, nails digging into the bricks as I pressed my lips together tightly.No. No. I had much bigger things to deal with than letting him take advantage of me ag—

The shadow slithered inside of me.

It slithered deep inside of me, caressing me, expanding.

“Hmm,” I whimpered, my hand clenching into a fist. Shit.

It moved and pulsed, slithering down and wrapping around my clit, getting colder and colder—

I gasped and fell back against the wall, pressing my thighs together as it began to work slowly inside of me. In and out, in and out, never releasing my clit even as I spasmed around it.

My eyes flashed open as I grinded against nothing. It felt weird, not having anything between my legs. Nothing to straddle, nothing to press up against. I needed something.Anything.

Trick stood across the alley from me, hidden in the shadows, watching me carefully.

The shadow, feeling as solid as the real thing, widened, stretching me until it hurt only to soothe it with ridges and warmth.

I groaned, biting my lip, trying to hold them in.

Another tendril broke away from the shadows around Trick and drifted over. It easily undid my veil and pushed back my hood, allowing him to see my expression, my struggle, the redness I could feel burning my cheeks.

The shadow within me started slamming into me a little harder, a little faster, changing shape in a waythat set my soul on fire.

My legs wobbled, giving a few inches. I gasped, gripping the wall. “Someone is going to see,” I panted.

That little voice inside of me laughed.“You’re not even trying to tell him to leave anymore. Where is the denial now, Kyra?”

It’s weak and I was honestly desperate. Although I would never admit it to someone like him.

Trick melted out of the shadows, his eyes trailing over me slowly before returning to my own. “Let them see. I’ll kill whoever looks at you with lust in their eyes.”

I swallowed, a small, horrible voice in the back of my mind daring someone to walk down this alley. To see. I knew it wouldn’t scare Trick off, but I would never voice the other option to myself. Never.

I groaned through my teeth, closing my eyes, trying to breathe against the building warmth pooling in my stomach.

“No,” I heard him say and his hand wrapped around my jaw, lifting my chin up. “Eyes on me, Angel.”

I forced them open, my hands automatically finding his shirt. The overwhelmingcravingfor something to hold onto filling me to the brim.

He gazed upon me with this look that set my soul on fire in the best and worst possible ways.

“I need—” I started.

He shook his head. “Focus, baby. On me, on what I’m doing to you. On the way my shadows arefuckingyou right now.”

I swallowed and shook my head, the burn so fucking painful, it made my back arch against the bricks. “I can’t, I have to—” I gasped as his shadow twisted insideof me.Fuck.

“Youhaveto listen to me.” He stepped forward until his body was mere inches from mine. He tilted his head down, opening his mouth, his lips hovering above mine, his air falling into me, his breath becomingmy breath. “Baby,” he half moaned.

“Fuck,” I groaned, my mind spinning, my heart racing. I wanted to kiss him. Ineededto kiss him.

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