‘You do intrigue me Elias… sticking your neck out for a human girl?’ The King asks, giving the Lord of the Unseelie court the floor, ‘did she jump into your bed also?’
‘Shut your filthy mouth!’ I hiss, earning me a kick in the gut from one of his cronies.
Winded I clutch my stomach, curled up on floor, my body no more than a disgusting bug under his majesties boot. My ribs could be cracked at this point but that may be the least of my problems if the king had his way. Lord Elias says nothing, letting his petty and pitiful half brother have his pound of flesh, even if that flesh is mine. Swaggering from his throne he pushes off the layabouts lounging around his feet and strides over to me. Gripping a handful of my hair, twisting my braid around his fist he brings my face to his, peeling m
