Ravaged: An Eternal Guardians Novella (1001 Dark Nights) (19 page)
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Authors: Elisabeth Naughton
Tags: #1001 Dark Nights, #Eternal Guardians, #erotic, #Elisabeth Naughton, #Fantasy
Nick’s arms flexed, and the chains rattled above his head. He didn’t want to beat the fucker, he only wanted to destroy him. Not just for what he’d put Nick through during the last few months, but for what he put everyone in this wretched place through—Cynna, his gut told him, included.
“I can’t stop what he has planned for you.” She circled around and stopped directly in front of him again. “Give in, and you save yourself the torment. Give in, and this ends now.”
“Give in,” Nick repeated, staring into her dark eyes. But unlike before, they weren’t empty. They weren’t dead. There was something there. Something that looked a lot like…desperation.
Was she warning him of something horrendous to come? Why would she do that? She was Zagreus’s puppet. Or was she simply afraid of what would happen if he didn’t break?
“You want me to give in?” he asked.
She didn’t answer. Only stared at him.
“The way you gave in?”
The desperation in her eyes faded and was replaced with that lifeless, vacant look, the one he’d seen so many times when she’d ordered Zagreus’s satyrs to torture him. Without a word, she stepped back, but she didn’t break eye contact.
“You were warned,” she said in a low voice. “Females?”
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