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‘We vow no harm will come to either of you as long as you cause no harm to us,’ she agrees.

The vines around the witches retreat, and they stand tall as they face us.

‘Welcome to Nua Valley,’ the crone says dryly, gesturing to the sunken town. She looks both Pix and me up and down and takes in the sight of her destroyed wedding dress and me still completely naked. ‘Follow us. We will find you some clothes and food.’

Pix looks back at me and holds out her hand.

I take it and smile at her.

‘What?’ she asks. ‘Why are you grinning at me like that?’

‘You love me?’

She sighs and rolls her eyes but smiles softly as she does. ‘Yes, Archie. I love you. Now let’s find you some trousers before the goblins start poking your dick again.’

Chapter twenty

The Shadow Master

Adelicate hand rests on my shoulder. Gentle fingers caress downwards and feel my chest.

‘My Lord,’ the whore says sweetly, her tits pushed up and swaying in front of me. ‘Are you quite well?’ Her other hand grabs my cock. ‘I can help ease your burdens,’ she grins.

‘You better,’ I reply, taking her hand in mine and placing a silver coin in it. ‘That’s what I’m paying you for.’ I nod to the stairs at the rear of this old tavern. The air is stifling hot as the fire in the fireplace burns. The human villagers add more wood as the wind howls outside.

Fuck. I can hardly breathe as it is.

I take her arm and lead her upstairs, keeping my head down and hood up. Seeing as the king and the guards have now become our enemy, it won’t be long before word has spread that we are no longer in the new king’s good graces. The royal soldiers will come for us very soon. The humans will turn on us.

But first things first.

The whore.

I lead her down the hall, past the rooms where heavy grunting and drunken giggles travel out. I take her to the room at the end and open the door. The fire has been lit up here, too, and casts the room in a warm orange glow. The double bed sitsbeneath the window, its sheets rumpled and stained with old blood.

I close the door, hoping to make it dark enough that she doesn’t notice too soon, and watch her look around.

‘And what does My Lord have in mind?’ she asks with her well-rehearsed seduction. She lowers her shawl, revealing her back. ‘The usual will get you what you have already paid. But if there is anything else, I will require more coin.’

‘Anything else like what?’ I ask, locking the door.

‘You have bought my pussy. If you want my mouth or arse as well, that will be extra.’

She glances back at me. Her eyes dark and full of promise.

‘How much more?’

‘How much do you have?’

I toss her five more coins. She grabs it quickly.

‘Well. You have bought every hole, My Lord. I have not been with a witch killer before. You are a legend.’ She looks at my crotch. ‘Which of my holes would you like to begin with?’

The floorboards creak in the shadows, and she startles. The façade of confidence cracks. After all, she is up here with me. A beast. One well known to leave carnage and pain in his wake.

‘Forgive me, My Lord,’ she offers a slight bow as Shaw steps out from the shadows. ‘I was unaware I was being bought for you both.’

His skin is pale and filthy from the fight back at the coven. But he’s smeared with bright red fresh blood across his mouth and neck. He holds his weight on his right and clutches his side.

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