Page 30 of Cursed Heirs

When he was done, he grasped his cock through his pants and told me in a soft tone, “Lie down and spread your thighs for me.”

Immersed in a heady spell that he’d wrought, all I could do was drop down in the snow that was wet and warm to the touch.

I was about to open my legs, when he crouched down and pressed his hands to my thighs, stilling me.

“You’re drawn to the dark, Alena. And I am the personification of that. You belong with me. You feel it now and that will only increase in other ways beyond this pleasure.” In the next moment, he snapped his fingers and I was covered in a white fluffy robe. “But I am not a complete monster.”

He took my hand and pulled me back to my feet.

“I don’t understand, I thought you—”

“Shh, that was merely a test.”

“I… okay,” I murmured, my brain unable to process that, or anything much, it seemed.

He took my hands and leaned down a little as he told me, “I brought you here to see where you’re at in regards to me, but also to make you a deal I’m sure you’ll find favorable.”

“A deal?”

“Yes, darling princess. I will reverse what I inflicted upon Xavier Sabre if you come to me. Step outside your mother’s ward and I will be there to whisk you away with me.”

When I didn’t respond, just staring up at him in awe, he tilted my chin to meet his eyeline.

His eyes flamed with his red magic briefly and then he spoke in a hypnotic tone, “When you wake, you will remember my offer.”

He leaned down and kissed my forehead, whispering, “We’ll be together soon.”

And with that, he dematerialized a moment before everything slipped away.

“Alena?Alena?”

I blinked awake to see my mom standing over me.

She looked her usual impeccable self in a teal A-line dress, her wavy ivory hair cascading down her back. A complete contrast to me in black sweats.

I looked around to see that I’d fallen asleep in one of the patio loungers outside.

As I was taking in my surroundings, a flicker of movement caught my attention through the trees.

Red eyes bored into mine.

And then they were gone, like they’d never been.

I blinked the strangeness away and turned my attention to my mom and all the urgency coming off her.

“Sorry, I guess I was more tired than I realized.”

“I’m not surprised.”

I frowned. “I’ve been sleeping normally.”

“Yet you still feel exhausted, yes?”

“It’s been a lot the last few days with Xavier and everything. He ended things between us.”

She pulled up short, clearly about to say something else, but stopping herself at my revelation. “He did?”

“Yeah,” I murmured.

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