The Shadows Between Us

For some reason, my lovers cease to give me expensive presents once I turn down their proposals.

Alas.

His last word was my name. His last thought was of me.

I won.

I haven’t had many opportunities to make friends, and it has been my experience that most ladies do not like me. Not when I’m their competition for the attentions of men.

All the time in the world is worth nothing if I don’t get to spend it with you.

I sank my knife into his chest, words came spilling out of him almost as fast as the blood

They’ve never found the body of the first and only boy who broke my heart.
And they never will.
I buried Hektor Galanis in a hole so deep, even the devils of the earth couldn’t reach him.

No one is killing my king tonight

“He kissed you. Here.” A leather-clad finger trails along my skin.

“Yes, he did.”

“I don’t want him doing that. I want to do that.”

“How many men?” he wants to know.

Dozens.

Instead of answering, I shoot back, “How many women?”

Kallias turns to me, a wicked grin on his face. “Why, Lady Alessandra, the more I learn about you, the more I like you.”