Frost Fae (Dark Fae Kings #2) - Meg Xuemei X Page 0,4

went any further. They were deadly serious about fair shares when it concerned me.

And I’d be caught in the crossfire again. Why couldn’t a girl like me catch a break?

“I’m tempted to get rid of them once and for all,” Rydstrom grated. But he swooped down with me tightly in his arms and landed smoothly on the platform in front of the cabin.

Baron and Rowan zoomed in toward us and surrounded me in no time.

“You won’t hijack my mate again, Rydstrom,” Baron growled.

“It’s time,” Rydstrom said. “We need to glamour our mate.”

A shaft of magics swept over me—ice, midnight, and sunlight buzzed on my skin before clothing me. It dawned on me that I now wore the signature of all three Fae kings. Vertigo rippled over me as if I’d had too much potent wine.

I wheeled on my heels and stared into the dark glass of the cabin’s full window, and my reflection stared back, illuminated by the Night King’s starlight.

I was the old Evie again—lush golden hair, pink lips, sparks in my green eyes, and most importantly, I had my round ears back. Damn, I still looked cool, though I no longer radiated. But who needed that freaky shit? But when I touched my ears to make sure I was all me, I groped the pointed peak.

“Only we can see your true form,” Rowan said. “Everyone else sees you just like before, and you’ll see yourself as we do when you choose.”

“Guess I’ll have to live with that, then.” I dropped my hand with a defeated sigh. “But must I always wear your magics from now on?”

“You’re the first, last, and only woman who ever wears the glamour from the magics of all three Fae kings,” Baron said with a roguish smile. “When you get used to it, you’ll want more of us every day.”

Exactly what I was afraid of.

“If I get more of you, then I’ll have less of myself!” I said.

“You don’t need to worry about that, Evie,” Rowan said, leaning to kiss my crown and inhaling my scent in satisfaction. “We’ll give ourselves completely to you as well.”

My heart fluttered like wings of light. I’d never had anyone completely to myself. It sounded appealing, but how was I going to handle having all three of them? I wasn’t sure if I should be elated or worried.

“We’d have glamoured you without your asking, Eve,” Rydstrom said. “You aren’t ready to show the realm who you are, especially when our enemies might have found out about your existence. We must guard you and your true heritage at all costs until you’re powerful enough to claim your crown.”

My chest tightened, cold dread filling my lungs. The bounty hung over my head like ominous dark clouds as I remembered what Rydstrom had said after the vortex ripped away my human glamour.

“You aren’t just any Fae, Evelina Greene. You’re the lost princess heir, the true Queen of the Court of Dawn.”

Shit was getting real. I could no longer fool myself by insisting that the bounty was random or a mistake, even though I wanted to hang on to my human reality more than anything—that I was just the eldest daughter in the Greene house.

But it was no longer about what I wanted; it was about survival. Only a fool would ignore the cost of fighting for the throne, which meant nothing to me when all I wanted was to put my family back together.

“I don’t want the crown,” I said, “even if I might be the lost princess of the Dawn Court. And if you want to protect me and my family, you’ll help me deal with the bounty hunters first. I can’t do it alone.”

“You never need to ask, Evie,” Rowan said softly and lethally, tiny ice crystals dusting his blond eyelashes. “They’ll have to get through all of us to get to you. And I won’t allow a single golden hair of your head harmed.”

“You have us, love,” Baron said fiercely. “You’re my one true mate. I’ll paint your enemies’ blood all over the walls of Elfame before they even think of harming you.”

“We’ll train you,” Rydstrom said, steel in his voice. “We’ll get you ready. And we have a plan.”

Waves of warmth and new hope washed over me, banishing the icy dread pounding in my veins. I had three ruthless Fae kings in my corner. The most lethal predators were on my team. The enemies who kept coming after me and my family would be sorry.

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