William Brown
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Priest Chanan’s words left her with deep thoughts and an unfamiliar feeling in her chest. She was guilty? Her eyes became wet as she recalled that day when she lost her whole family coming back home all alone. Why her? She had expected death. She knew the dangerous worlds she lived in, she would die sooner than later, but she thought she would die with her family. Not be left alone. She would share their absence. Their pain. Ravina tried to swallow the large lump in her throat but it was painful and it…-
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As Ares treated his painful wounds he remembered the time Ravina took care of him. He thought of her every day since the day she left, worrying, wondering if she was alright. He was stuck between fighting the recent attacks from dragons, three in a row, and finding people who could help him find her. Ares wondered why there were suddenly so many attacks. Did it perhaps have anything to do with her? It wasn’t the black dragons attacking but he knew all the clans somehow knew of each other. Did he make a…
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Ravina was resting in her bed, or her body was resting but her mind was busy. What was that smile on his face or the look in his eyes? Her heart was beating fast as if her body was telling her something. Would he go make some hasty decision to make her his queen? Why now? It wasn’t as if he didn’t know what it implied become his queen. No, he wouldn’t be so stupid to make a decision and jeopardize his people’s safety. No one would accept her as their queen yet. She turned in bed feeling anxious,…
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Riding at the front was indeed a good choice since riding down the mountain would have caused her to lean on him and look like she was desperate to hug him. It wasn’t helping that he was wearing nothing on his upper body either. He was better at sitting upright but sitting at the front, she had to rely fully on her strength and she was getting tired. As the horse jerked she almost fell forward before his hand grabbed her waist. “I know you don’t like me touching you, but hold on for a while,” he…
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For the first time, Ravina actually wished she could sleep. She just wanted whatever she was feeling to stop and where her thoughts went. It was impossible. That was just the way it was. When someone told themselves to stop thinking about something, then they thought more about it. Now she couldn’t help herself. She reminisced his fingers around her jaw and then slowly trailing down her throat, followed but what just happened now, his fingers continued to trail down her stomach, grazing her skin as he…
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Malachi was ready to hold her down if she decided to get up and fight him, but all she did was harden her gaze. Alright. Perhaps not a fight. Then a threat? “Maybe I should let everyone know you drew it,” she said. He knew it but it just occurred to him that he painted her. Everyone would know he did it. He would have cared if he wasn’t enjoying this torture so much. He had her laying in front of him, watching her stomach quiver now and then as he drew on her, hearing the unsteady rhythm of her…
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Ravina remained in his arms and allowed him to warm her. She was liking it more than she should and his scent was getting familiar. How was it possible? She blamed the wine again. “What do I smell like to you?” She asked. She felt him shift and then freeze. She had wanted to torture him with her scent and now he was holding her so close. What was he feeling? “You smell like blossoms. Sweet, floral, and feminine.” The way he said it made her melt slowly. “That doesn’t sound like me,” she…
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Ravina was aware of every brush of bare skin no matter how much she tried to ignore it. She tried to keep her back away from his chest but it was impossible since they were riding up a mountain. She fell back against him, the heat from his body both frightening and inviting. “Do you have a name for your horse?” She asked so her thoughts would not wander to places that would frighten her even more. “Rani.” He said. “What does it mean?” “Queen.” “Oh, so you have a queen already?” He…
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Ravina felt a bit dizzy after all the swirling and now sat with the ladies. Brenna came with wine. “Let’s drink some without those men.” She said. Ravina was very careful with wine. She rarely had any because she knew the effect and she was afraid of becoming addicted, but this was the finest wine she had ever tasted. She heard a female laugh and saw Joel with a woman on his lap. “He is at it again,” Brenna said shaking her head. “When he finds his breedmate, it will be a slap in the…
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Malachi kept his eyes on Zoila as she performed. She chose a specific traditional dance that was difficult to perform but she wanted to show her skills. He couldn’t deny that she was a skilled dancer but he wasn’t entertained at all. People on the other hand were enjoying themselves, and he could see Ravina from the corner of his eye sitting among the crowd. He tried his best not to look her way, not to know what she was wearing and how beautiful she looked. Zoila continued her dance but was…
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