Caressed by Shadows (Rulers of Darkness Book 4) by Amanda J. Greene Read Free Book Online

close and they were alone. No one knew he had rescued her. There would be no risk of discovery. He could take her here. Now. The bed was just steps away.
    His shaft swelled and pulse spiked with anticipation. He knew she could sense his desire just as he could hers. He could also sense her rising hunger. She wanted to take his vein and he wanted—no, he needed her to.
    He groaned as his cock throbbed as fantasies of them in bed began to play in high definition in his mind. He would grip her hips as she relentlessly road him. Her breasts would press against his chest as she leaned down and sliced into his artery with her razor fangs.
    Sonya’s eyes shot back up to his and again, the world stood still. Breath refused to return to his body, his heart remained still as he waited for…nothing.
    He felt the brutal lash of reality like a barbed whip. Turning his back to her, he raised a hand to his chest, foolishly attempting to shield his heart from the anguish of disappointed hopes and a love that could never be.
    Sonya dropped her gaze to the floor. Sexual tension crackled in the air.
    “Falcon.”
    He closed his eyes. Her voice was soft and laced with forbidden desire. She stepped toward him. His entire body tensed. Her shoulder rubbed the side of his bicep.
    “Thank you for helping me with my shoulder.” She wet her dry, pink lips. “And thank you for coming after me.”
    Falcon slowly turned back to her, his silver gaze shimmered. “You needn’t thank me, Your Highness.” He reached out, brushing the back of his knuckles over her jaw.  “I’d always come for you.”
    She nodded. “I know you take your vows seriously.”
    “I’m sworn to protect my king and the nobles of my clan, your disappearance fell outside my jurisdiction, but…I had to find you.  I had to bring you home.”
    His gaze swirled with determination, devotion, and longing. Her heart clenched as the emotions overwhelmed her senses.
    He stroked her cheek, his powerful fingers gentle against her flesh.
    “I’d fight for you. I’d gladly die for you.” His voice lowered, growing rough. “I’d do anything, you must know that.”
    She did know. He had left his king and clan to come after her.
    She wanted to tell him she would do the same. She would abandon her throne to search for him. The thought of his disappearance caused her to flinch. She would be maddened with the need to find him, to see him again, to hold him, to kiss him. To tell him she loved him, that he had held her heart captive for nearly two centuries.
    Resisting the impulse to turn toward his hand and his fingers, she stepped to the side and said, “You were right. I didn’t have time to wait for eventually.”
    With that, she brushed passed him and headed for the bathroom. It took all of his will not to follow her, not to rip the ridiculous pillow from her grasp, and not to pin her to wall of the shower and claim her.
    He exhaled a curse.
    “What the hell did I get myself into?”

 
    Chapter Four
     
     
     
     
    The door closed with a soft click behind her. The delicate sound was more like the swift slice of a guillotine.
    She squeezed the pillow even tighter to her chest, hoping the pressure of the silk covered down pillow would help ease the ache that spread through her chest and settled like lead in her heart.
    A frown creased her brow as she thought of how oddly meaningful the act of closing a door could be. It was so simple, an every day occurrence and yet, it was more, so much more. And the silence that followed should have brought relief instead the quiet beat at her. The door effectively separated her from him . Just as she had wanted, right?
    No! God, she wanted to scream.
    Sonya let lose a blistering curse and hurled the pillow across the expansive bathroom. Upon impact, the down exploded sending feathers and strips of silk scattering across the cool white marble floor.
    What she wanted was in the other room. Falcon, the knight who haunted her every dream and