-Evan-
I had no idea what had come over me, but knowing Madeleine had been so eager for me had stirred something deep within me. For a brief moment, I felt like my old self. And when I tasted her… hell, I had never tasted anything better.
Lost in thought, I found myself standing in front of the king’s office door without even realizing how I had gotten there. The door was closed, and I raised my hand, hesitating. Just knock, I told myself.
I knocked, and after a moment of silence, I heard his voice, “Come in.”
I opened the door to find him behind his desk as usual, but he looked exhausted. Dark circles rimmed his eyes, his hair was disheveled as if he’d been running his hands through it, and there were three coffee mugs beside his computer.
“My lord.”
He glanced up from his compute
