Chapter 22

Chapter Twenty-Two

Nyx

I ris mated the fucking prince of the Seelie Court.

Creatures in a ten-meter radius drop dead around me as I lose control of my dark power. Birds, butterflies, deer, and even the fae who are unlucky enough to be within my power’s reach simply fall to the ground, never to rise again.

I take a deep breath and release it with a low snarl, my hands balling into fists as I hover in the darkness. Calm, that is what I have to be. I need to have better control of my emotions, or I might accidently hurt Iris, and that is the last thing I want. I would rather smite myself than injure her.

Fury doesn’t even start to explain how angry I am—not at Iris, never her. No, it is the meddling gods who saw it fit to decide that Iris and the Seelie prince should be fated to be together. If they thought that would keep me away from her, then they were wrong. Damn the consequences, I will make myself the villain of this story if it means having Iris at my side.