The Cruel Fae King: A Sexy Fantasy Romance Series (The Cursed Kingdoms Series Book 1)
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He was a friend to me. A friend who was caught up in something dark. And now he’s gone. Darkness still haunts this kingdom.
And I’m still lost in the middle of it all.
The guard had protested, insisting I go back to my room. He didn’t see it coming when my elbow collided with his temple and sent him to the floor in an unexpected sleep.
The ballroom blazes orange and red, Bear’s entire body is a glowing fire as he kneels in the middle of the floor with his head in his hands. Heat reaches me, even from this distance. It sears across my skin, making me uncomfortable, but I continue to approach.
“No.” Bear yells. “No one is allowed to be in here.”
He lifts his face from his hands, his flames turning blue and white as the twist in his features goes from mournful to ugly.
“Why are you here, Syren? Come to tell me again how I brought this all upon myself?”
“No.” I reach through the fire on his arm, coating my hand with the moisture from the surrounding glasses. The flames dim and fade where my hand touches him. Hot and black-singed skin slowly cools under my fingertips.
“I’ve come to tell you, I’ll consider accepting the position of being your mate if you truly believe it will end all of this. If it saves these people, I’ll do anything.”
“I don’t want your pity offering.” He tries to pry my hand off of him, but I hold him tighter.
“Then what do you want?” I push, letting my nails dig into his skin. Let him feel physical pain, let him feel something other than the feelings that are drowning him now.
“I want revenge,” he hisses. Sparks spit off of him, raining down and lighting the debris around us ablaze.
I understand that. From being raised with so many misunderstood outbursts and overlooked emotions, I understand that perfectly.
In the radiance of King Iri’s hellacious fire, a malevolent grin cuts across my face. “Then I will get you your revenge, My King.”
The tension in his body eases and his gaze softens as he looks at me.
For the first time, I think we’re on the same page.
Finally.
This brooding man and I are unbearably alike. And no one holds a grudge like The Northern Kingdom’s most cursed couple.
The End
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About A.K. Koonce
A.K. Koonce is a USA Today bestselling author. She’s a mom by day and a fantasy and paranormal romance writer by night. She keeps her fantastical stories in her mind on an endless loop while she tries her best to focus on her actual life and not that of the spectacular, but demanding, fictional characters who always fill her thoughts.
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