Page 16 of A Fate of Wings

Stubborn woman. See, this was another reason I hadn’t claimed her. Women were so difficult. Why couldn’t they just do what I said?

The chimera’s legs twitched. Its tail swished. The creature lurked to its feet with an almighty roar and a flame of fire. Thea jumped back before the chimera’s flame singed her. Damn, I would have loved to tell her I told her so. The animal caught sight of me and dropped to the ground at my feet. Only a beast controlled another beast. I planted a hand on its snout and murmured a few demonic words. The chimera chuffed before scrambling to its feet and bounding away.

“You cheated,” Thea said.

“How did you come to that conclusion?” I gave her my full attention.

“You are friends with the chimera. There was no fight to get its heart. You’re a cheat.”

“If you think for one second that the creature didn’t put up a fight for its heart, then you’re mistaken.”

“Then why did the chimera act like it was your friend?”

“Because I beat the creature fair and square in the fight.” I flung my bloodied hand out and captured the back of her neck. “You’re so infuriating already. What will it be like after an eternity?”

Her pouty pink lips pursed into annoyance. “I’ve changed my mind. We. Are. Not. Mating.”

“Yes. We. Are.”

She grabbed my horns in both hands.

“Love,” I rumbled. “If you wanted to get straight down to me claiming you, all you needed to do was say the word.”

“What are you on about?” She frowned. It was cute the way her dainty blonde brows dipped over her eyes.

“You taking me by the horns.” I grasped her wrists and held them in place as she sought to remove her hands. “It’s the ultimate of foreplays for demons.”

My horns warmed beneath her touch. I longed to roll my eyes back in pleasure, but I wanted to see every look flitting across her face.

Her fingers ran around the hard ridge where my horns protruded from my skull. It was the most sensitive of places she might touch me. A deep rumble exploded in my chest.

“You like that?”

“A lot.” I groaned as her touch grew bolder.

My grasp faltered as my cock grew to granite hardness inside my leather pants. For a minute more, she stroked me unfettered. Then she snapped her hands away as she came to her senses,tugged out of my hold, and spun in a blur of multi-colored material. She raced across the uneven countryside. I shook my head. As if she would outrun me, but that was beside the point. She was running, which only made me insane with the desire to claim my mate.

She may as well have dropped to her knees and sucked my cock with her little act of stroking my horns and then running.

Wait until I caught my little queen.

She’d learn the very hard way how much running from me turned me on.

Chapter nine

Thea

Cossgarth

My running was fruitless,but it was exhilarating. My blood pumped through my body at an ever-increasing tempo in time with my steps. The demon was an arrogant ass. If it wasn’t for that, then maybe I’d take him as my king, but I was the queen. I was in charge. Not him. It was time he learned a woman was just as powerful as a man. I may have desired him during the trials and been grateful he’d dislodged the arrow in time, but I was always superior in matters of pleasure.

My long dress hindered my strides. As I raced over the uneven, moss-covered ground, my boots slipped. I snapped my wings out to keep my balance and teetered on a large boulder for a millisecond before I launched into the sky.

A black shadow followed me.

I forgot he possessed wings, too.

I ducked and weaved through the fluffy white clouds, but I wouldn’t outrun him no matter how hard I tried. He was everything I was looking for in a mate. Strong. Determined. Capable of killing to protect me. When I’d grasped his horns, I’d sensed the touch all the way to my womb.

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