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The angle is much more primal, the kind of sex a princess is never supposed to enjoy. Rough, but slow.

One isn’t put out by my eagerness to be used by his brother in this way. He stares at me with beastly pride as Two tugs on my braid and bends my body for his pleasure.

Soon enough, the other two Fae are not content to just watch anymore. One pulls me in for a kiss and drags the silk back down over my eyes.

The three of them take turns inside me, spinning me in their arms to slide in and out of me until I’m not sure which one of them is thrusting deep inside, and which one of them is buried in my mouth.

I expect to feel dirty or ashamed, but to the contrary, I feel free and powerful. Happy. I don’t care what my father or the Shadow King planned for me. I know I’m made for them and them alone.

Curse or no curse, they belong to me now. Forever.

Chapter 36

The Longest Night

“Kitten, wake up.” One’s lips brush my ear as I stir awake. “I need to go.”

I blink, not exactly sure when I dozed off. Adrenaline dispenses a healthy dose of fear in my veins as I search the room. “Where did the others go?”

“They got up at the crack of dawn.” One traces my shoulder blade in a soothing manner. “Something’s not right with the barrier that keeps nightmares and outsiders away. Something is weakening it from within.”

The way his lips curl down at the end of the sentence sends my pulse flying despite the sweet caress. “You think someone inside the castle might be helping Morrigan? A hunter?”

“Or a weaver. One of them might be hiding in the castle. Stay here. I’ll find the mole.” He dives down for a slow kiss, and a line of goosebumps across my back chases the touch of his warm hand as he withdraws.

My heart pounds in my throat. It could be like this every day. Every morning and night.

“I can’t stay in here like a coward. Let me help. Please.”

He hesitates, pressing his mask in place. “I asked Lori to secure the bibliotheca. She’s the only one I trust given how she didn’t partake in the last disastrous hunt. But don’t let anyone else come too close to you, okay? Like your pal, Joseph.”

Jo? I think back on our conversations, trying to discern an ulterior motive to our friendship.

I slip my bra and t-shirt on. “I’ll steer clear of him. Be careful out there.”

One blinks a few times like he can’t quite believe what I’ve just said. “It’s so easy with you. I never thought I could feel like this.”

A playful grin twists my lips. “If you hadn’t fought me every step of the way, it could have been easy much sooner.”

“Come here.” He grips a fist of my shirt and draws me in for one last kiss before heading out through the free-standing mirror.

Baka flies into the room about ten seconds after he leaves and shows me a full row of her crooked, blue teeth. “That boy finally realized the truth, then?”

I secure my belt around my hips and raise a brow. “The truth?”

“He loves ye, thank the Seven. He might finally learn to love himself. From the moment he learned to walk, that boy never felt like he was enough.”

“You knew him? When he was young?”

With a warm chuckle, Baka starts to change the sheets. “Aye. I was in charge of his father’s estate and came to court with him. He had ambition, that’s for sure. More than was good for him. He wanted to be the best at everything, but it led him on a path of self-destruction… Morrigan took advantage of that, and ever since she cursed him, he’s believed himself incapable of love. Not only unworthy of it, but incapable. Hopeless. I’m glad ye came along to show him how wrong he was.”

“You’re really fond of him.”

She nods, her smile showing a full row of crooked teeth. “His mother died when he was only a wee thing. I take credit for his manners.”

“What about the other two?” I smile, picturing how the triplets were growing up. “With all the rumors I’ve heard about Three, it’s hard to imagine him as a kid.”

Baka pauses for a second before the corners of her pink eyes wrinkle, making her already creased face even more joyful. “Hard to imagine, indeed.”