His teary eyes met hers, and he put his hand over his heart. “I had to touch you. To hear your voice just once, Rohi.” 

He grasped her hand and rubbed his fingers over them. “But now, I want more.”

Her shoulders pitched up and down, and she lost focus of the entire world as the Fates wove their magic around them. “What’s happening to me? Are you using some kind of spell on me?”

“I could do nothing to harm you.” His body hovered against hers as he glanced down at her lips. “I’m your mate.”  

Queen of Ruin

“I will.” A puff of steam left Tessa’s mouth in a misty white cloud when she swallowed down the taste of Rafik’s soul as his bloody lips moved with hers. “Tell her I love her.”


The lingering sensation of him inside her made the sleeping witch writhe underneath her heavy blankets. The memory of him making love to her took over every instinct that told her he was gone from this world. As his hot kisses moved across her neck, she whispered out to him again. “I will.”


When the worst of things came back to her, Tessa’s eyes snapped open, and she blinked away the ugly visions.


“I had the worst dream, baby. Please, hold me.” Her fingers crept up her arm seeking out the beautiful source of Rafik’s hot breath. When she reached the spot, she realized it was only the Savannah breeze sweeping across her arm from the open door that overlooked the courtyard of her parent’s Georgia home. 


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