Broken Fae (Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac Book 4)

For a moment, amid the horror and the terror of being this close to a Fae I could only think of as a demon, I could have sworn I recognised the eyes that peered deep into mine like they could see every inch of my tattered soul. Like they knew me too.

"I'm sorry," King breathed and with a pinch of pain in my upper arm, darkness enveloped me, and I was lost

"Don't insult my intelligence. I know it was you. But luckily for you, all I need is a powerful Vampire. And you really are your father's daughter...”

“What?

. And when I looked up, Dante was before me, placing a hand on my shoulder and nodding to me in thanks for what I'd done. The stars whispered words in my ears which I didn’t understand. But I was sure he heard them too. And whatever they meant, I was certain it meant everything had changed

I said nothing and neither did Dante, but the whole world had shifted. The heavens were watching. But the stars weren’t the only ones looking this way. Members of the Brotherhood were gazing up the hill at me and my sworn enemy and my throat tightened as I looked back at them.

They'd seen me work with Dante Oscura. And they would make me answer for it.

“No – wait!” Felix yelled in fear, panic written into his weathered features as he moved up onto his knees.

The Wolves were howling as Felix yelled for help, begging them to come to his aid. But none of them came any closer, caught in their own battles with the Lunars, fleeing, or simply cowering away from the fate befalling their so-called king.

"A morte!" Dante roared like a beast as he swung the sword in a deadly arc.

“No! Ple-” Felix’s screams were cut short as his nephew decapitated him in a single, furious blow that sent blood flying out in a crescent all around him.

Felix's head thumped solidly to the ground, his lifeless eyes full of shock and refusal of his fate.

Felix’s hand was wrapped in her hair and I inhaled deeply as I felt the pain rolling from her body into mine. The physical wounds lining her flesh were nothing to the mental pain that was scoring through her mind. I could taste the torture on her and it set off a deeply primal feeling of protectiveness in me. Because her pain tasted exactly like mine

. But this moment felt heavy with the watchful gaze of the stars on us, like they needed to see him make this choice. And though I didn't understand why I was so sure of that, I knew in my heart that it was true. What he did now was destined to change everything.

The question was, in what way

"Don't ever run off on us like that again," Ryder demanded, his eyes alight with fury that barely concealed a deep fear for me which had my lips falling open in surprise

We passed Ryder on the way just as he reached the Lunar floors and Leon reached out to slap his ass as we shot by, tearing a laugh from my lips as Ryder cursed loudly

"Come on, little monster," Leon said enthusiastically. "The dream team is about to unite and I want a front row seat to seeing the Rydikins and Dantesaurous bromance kicking off officially