Page 36 of King of Knights

I bite my lip and lower my head as I move across the room. It’s as if my feet are moving on their own. In my head, I’m berating myself for going to him.

This man has just dropped me from the sky and then he shattered glass over my head. When did I become a masochist?

When I stop before him, there’s a pulsing between us. My heart is racing double time and I feel hot all over. He brushes a hand over my hair and then reaches under my chin to lift my head.

“You were in danger. Someone was chasing you. Who were they?”

“I have no idea. I was supposed to be meeting with friends. I… I have friends. We met online. My father doesn’t really allow me to go out.

“I snuck out to meet them. My engagement party is tomorrow. One of my friends is in the same boat. She doesn’t want to marry the man chosen for her either. I needed to talk to someone because I don’t want to marry this guy—”

I gasp and moan into his mouth as he crushes my lips with his and cuts my words off. He shoves his tongue into my mouth in a demanding way as he holds the back of my neck in one hand and grips my hair in the other to tilt my head back and keep me in place.

My toes curl in my shoes and I wrap my arms around his neck. He groans and reaches to grasp a tight hold of my ass. An electric current is coming off him.

It tingles all over and warms my belly. Oh my god, I have a pulse between my legs like never before. He’s kissing me with such passion. Now this, this is a first kiss.

“No,” is cried out, causing me to jump.

I pull away and look around. “What is it?” Kendrick breathes against my temple.

“Did you hear that?

“Hear what?”

I shake my head. It was so loud, but where did it come from? Kendrick turns my face back to his and he begins to nip at my lips. He releases a deep groan and pulls me closer to his warm body.

“No, get away from him. He’s not yours.”

I jump away from Kendrick and look around. I turn to look behind me, but no one is there. He wraps his arms around my waist from behind and pulls me back into him.

“You are beautiful. The gods have favored me.”

“I hate you. He shouldn’t want you so easily. He’s mine.”

Kendrick moves my hair from my neck and places a kiss against my skin. He then freezes. Before I can make sense of what’s going on, he turns me to face him.

His eyes are blazing again as his gaze scans my face. I place my hands on his chest to steady myself. He closes his eyes and pain fills his expression.

“Venus, what have you done?” he murmurs.

“Move, let me through. He knows I’m here. Give me control,”the voice hisses in my head.

I’m so stunned she’s able to push through to the forefront. It’s the weirdest feeling. I have a woman inside me and she’s controlling my body.

“I am here, my love. I’ve done what was needed,” she says.

My voice sounds strange to my own ears. Anger begins to fill me as I feel like I’ve been invaded. Before I can tell this woman to get out of my body, Kendrick speaks, shocking me.

“You can’t be here. This is not your time. This is my true mate. The one the gods have made for me.”

“I don’t care. You were mine first. She is carrying our child,” the woman screams.

Is she kidding me? I think back to what I watched. Oh my god, this woman has taken possession of my body and I’m pregnant?

“What have you done? I want you out. Take your child with you.

“I haven’t even known a man. This is insane. Get out.”

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