Patricia Taylor
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Roxana watched the physician examine Alexander. The only fault he found was that he was cold and his heart rate was slower than normal. He couldn’t find anything else or understand what was happening. Roxana already had an idea. Alexander wasn’t normal. She had already seen the wound on his hand heal when she was worried she would be blamed for his injury. How was that possible? She remembered the time he got struck by lord Rayven’s sword. He had healed back then too. Her head began to spin with…-
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Both Skender and the destroyer weren’t sure where they were going. They had escaped their grandmother and kept looking behind their backs in fear she would find them again. They had a hard time finding their way back. “Maybe you are not ready to go back yet.” The destroyer said. “And who do I have to blame?” “You can’t blame yourself.” The destroyer decided to be the teaser this time. He had told him what happened between him and Roxana as they walked in circles. Skender wasn’t sure…
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The destroyer had realized a few things and now as he dived deep into his mind, the place where he might find what frightened him, he knew it was the right choice. Speaking out loud to Roxana had done something to him. Had made him see things, he didn’t see before. Or didn’t want to see. He could hear Roxana in the distance as he left his body to fend for itself. “Your Majesty!” She was shaking him to wake him up but he would have to leave her for a while. Or perhaps much longer depending on…
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Oh lord. She was sure those eyes blazed with a silver fire. Strange but they did and his hand was like chains of steel around her arm. He could break her bones and still, she was more shocked than worried for her wellbeing. This man was nothing like the man she knew. She was so close to weeping instead of running for her life. She just wanted him to go back to the way he was and tell her that all this was an attempt to scare her away and that he was sorry. “Listen to me, Roxana. I can tolerate anything…
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Lucrezia sat upon the castle’s highest tower and watched the interaction between the destroyer and Roxana. Right now, she really needed one of them to stay calm. She hoped Roxana’s mate qualities would emerge and set the destroyer straight or even better, that the destroyer would have learned something from spending time inside Skender’s mind. Of course, without Skender, he could never be completely rational but she hoped just enough until Skender woke up. If he ever did. It was only a matter of…
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“Oh. The poor man had his heart broken?” Fanny said when Roxana shared her confusion with him. That was what she thought as well. She had thought about his words, the pain in his eyes, and how he seemed to distance himself from her even as he spoke. Everything about him seemed defensive. The way he pulled his shoulders up slightly, his arms coming to the front of his body as if protecting his vital organs. He was protecting himself, from possible pain. She sighed with sadness. This wasn’t what she…
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The destroyer tried to remain discrete in the morning when he was finally able to pull his weakened body out of bed. Skender was somewhere in there struggling but he shut him off. The man could use this time alone. He wanted to disappear after all. If it wasn’t for the snake who put some doubts into his head and his mate who was clearly drawn to his more gentle side, Skender, then the destroyer would have left Skender lost in the pain of his conscious and taken over his body forever. But clearly, he…
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Skender walked back home, the air feeling thick. His throat dry, his eyes burning, and his stomach hurting. He stopped at a corner feeling his stomach turn and then bowing down he threw up. Finally, his nausea triumphed. He couldn’t hold in days of anxiety and fear. Every time he was close to giving up his heart, his past would come back haunting him. The fear of trusting again, when the ones he trusted the most had lied to him in the name of protection and love. Love? Was that the way to treat the one…
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Roxana hadn’t meant to sound so afraid but she was. Maybe even more than she thought she would. She knew her scars affected her but she didn’t think she was this deeply affected. The way she had panicked and pushed him away was not the reaction she thought she would have if a time ever came when he would see her scars. Perhaps it was due to the fact that she felt so desired at that moment that she became afraid to see an expression of disgust soon after. Even if she didn’t believe Alexander was such…
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“Come with me, Rox.” Roxana was close to groaning when he called her Rox again. Why? Impossible man. What was she supposed to do with him and where was he suddenly taking her? He was in such a rush, that she had to jog to catch up to him. She followed him inside what looked like a study room and then the door closed behind them. He stood facing away from her for a while as if thinking of something, then he turned around slowly. The way he looked at her, his eyes gleaming then darkening gave her a…
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