Chapter 16 Fury
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Fury
Too much.
I scoff at the barrage of thoughts filtering through the bond. I’ve blocked myself from Dove in that way, but she doesn’t have the same ability.
How do I explain to her that I was there for her as much as I could be? My power is restricted here. With her ability to leave the island, the power she harnesses through our bond is more powerful than what I possess. Until I can leave, that is.
When I visited her dreams, I often thought about enticing her to me.
I tried a couple of times until I realised there was a barrier—another trick to my imprisonment.
I had just enough power to find the dark holes piercing Dove’s psyche and save her a handful of times through immersion, yet I couldn’t talk about the island with people who didn’t know about its existence.
I want to tell Dove to want more, dream of everything, because I will deliver this world to her on a platter once I’m through with Oona, Osear and Oriel. I have plans that not even my little pet can imagine.
Soon, she will see the power I feel roaming under her skin.
“Come here, Pet.” I stretch out my wings and arms for her to take her space huddled against me, taking her comfort.
Instead, she crosses her arms, sending fire-fuelled eyes my way. “You have to be kidding, Fury. I’m not going to hug you like the scared girl I once was.”
I want to grasp the last vestiges of my calm, but it’s too easy to slip into the rage that consumes me—the same rage I see in her, my chosen bonded.
My only bonded. She stirs the wrath in me.
I take a step towards her, gripping my clawed fingers around her neck.
Dove—or Aurora, mine—gives an audible gasp as I dig the tips of my pointed nails into her delicate human flesh, a red flush travelling up her perfect face. Her scarred neck is a lure to my rage.
“Fury—” she gasps.
My sharp tongue flicks out, finding the angry red flesh of her neck, licking up the sweet, honeyed vanilla scent seducing me. My presence aggravates her to create sizzling undertones, making my cock rock-hard for her.
I spared her the full bonding ceremony. I won’t last forever. She will beg to be under me.
Soon. The last part of our bargain will be fulfilled.