Downs, Jana - Ravyn's Destiny [Ravyn Warriors 3] (Siren Publishing Allure ManLove) by Jana Downs Page A

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    “C–come forward,” Destin commanded, his voice shaking. He mentally rolled his eyes. Smooth, he thought to himself. Those wings fluttered with energetic movement before settling against Salvatore’s body. In a flash of light they disappeared, reforming as a tattoo-like pattern on Salvatore’s back.
    Destin watched in fascination as Salvatore’s body stepped forward the last few feet to the edge of the dais before kneeling on it. He didn’t lower his gaze respectfully as he lowered his body. He kept their eyes locked the entire time. Destin swallowed hard and tried to adjust without seeming obvious in the rearrangement of his cock.
    “Welcome to the Summer Court, Salvatore. I know you’ve met some of our Court already, but we would like to formally welcome you into the fold.” Destin was amazed that his voice came out so steady. He sounded almost as formal and mildly interested as he wanted to!
    “Thank you, my King. I appreciate your generosity in having me at your Court. However, I also have a complaint as well as a petition to lodge.” The way Salvatore spoke said that he had done this sort of thing before. Again, Destin wondered what the hell he was.
    “This is the appropriate place to do so,” Destin said carefully. “Feel free to make your wishes and intentions known.”
    Salvatore’s eyes sparkled with an emotion that Destin couldn’t quite place, and when tasting the air trying to get a feel, he was swamped with a drowning, overwhelming, and overpowering lust. He did groan aloud then, and some of his Court chuckled, including his advisors. They’d never seen him in such a state. He glared at them until they were once again silent.
    “My King, my complaint is that you have taken advantage of me, and I demand that you take responsibility for your actions,” Salvatore said calmly. The Court’s collective eyes bulged. No one spoke to Destin like that.
    “How have I done that?” Destin asked crossly. “I’ve done nothing but be generous to you since you arrived here.”
    “Hear me out.” Salvatore made it a demand, which oddly shut Destin up. “First, on Earth you made me fall in love with you.” Destin’s breath left him in a whoosh of sound. Holy Mother of the Universe ! Did he just say he loved me? “Yet, you shied away from my advances, subtle though they were. I could respect that and chose to give my pursuit of you one last shot. Instead of rejecting me, you came into my arms willingly.” He smirked. “At one point you even begged me to take you home.”
    The jackass ! Destin thought to himself.
    “It was my understanding that, though words were never really exchanged, that we would be pursuing a relationship. Then one of your guards inflicted a mortal wound unto my person.”
    “I already have paid that debt!” Destin snapped. “I made you immortal and offered you a place among the nobility of my Court. Hell, I even gave you a room to stay in!”
    “Shut. Up.” Salvatore growled. Destin seethed but did as ordered. “That is not the area of complaint, my lord. You were indeed generous in your granting of immortality, your healing, and your space in this fine palace of yours. However, once I transitioned and the hungers began, you abandoned me.”
    “I gave you to others who could give you the sort of sex you needed to become strong and stable,” Destin murmured, miserably. Why was Salvatore airing this all out before his Court?
    “You gave my virginity away to complete strangers when that gift was intended for you and you alone.”
    “You weren’t exactly a virgin.”
    “I’d never been with a man,” Salvatore countered. “How could I find meaningful sex among the Court when you know I was in love with you? By your law, a dragon which has bonded with one person in particular can never be denied.”
    “You’re not full dragon!” Destin protested. He was getting a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach. He glanced at his advisors and saw them both looking