The Primal of Blood and Bone

“Get your mind out of the gutter, my Queen. Or should I say get your mind out of Miss Willa’s journal?”

“You idiotic fucks. Do either of you think this is the time for your little bitch fight?”

“I don’t know what I’m going to do with it, but I’m so damn grateful I have a choice.”

“Fucking gods. You really don’t have any sense of self-preservation, do you?”

“You don’t remember this right now, but you can always talk to me. About anything. You can tell me what you’re thinking.”

“I don’t think I’ve told you this, but Poppy looks just as ravishing in armor as she does in her sleeping gown.”

“If you keep looking at my dick like that, I’m going to have to kick Reaver out of this chamber.”

“But you are mates of the heart. Your lives are not the only things linked. It means your actions will determine hers, and vice versa. If Kolis hasn’t learned that yet, he will. Don’t become the fatal flaw in her armor.”

“Gods, you have no idea how good it feels to have you in my arms,” he said, his voice thicker. “I don’t know what will come next, but no matter what we face, we’ll do it together.”

“You will not be without aid, Poppy. If shit goes south, we will not leave you hanging.” She lifted her chin. “That is a promise.”

“Seraphena didn’t want you to be born because she didn’t want this for you. I know that doesn’t change shit, but she never wanted you to be in this situation, and if she could, she would take your place. So would Nyktos. Neither wanted this for you.”

“But Casteel? He would burn through the realms for you.”

“All I was ever told was that Attes angered the Fates by messing with the threads of his bloodline. I’m not sure exactly why that would do such a thing, but I know damn well I wasn’t the first demigod. I might not even be the last.”

“Really? I don’t have to do shit I don’t want to do? Better than anyone else, you know that isn’t true. So, you want to rethink that statement?”

“There’s only one thing more arousing than seeing you wearing my clothing. And that’s you naked and spread open for me.”

“You’re not being overly emotional, Poppy, and we’re not going to play the whose-trauma-is-more-significant game.”

“That’s because you’re…dickmatized.”

“Is that you two had better fix that nothing before she wakes and knows herself. Because the last thing she needs to deal with is you two being pissy with each other.”