Frost Kisses (Bitter Frost #4: Frost Series) by Kailin Gow Page B

swear to God, Breena,” said Logan. “I'll kill him.”
    “Not if I kill him first,” Kian cut in smoothly.
    “He kept me in this tomb made out of ice,” I said. “Luckily I was able to escape. And it was Kian who saved me. The Winter snowflake pendant he gave me gave me immortality: it brought me back when Delano stabbed me. It saved me, Logan. Kian saved me.”
    “I see,” said Logan. He extended a reluctant hand to Kian. “In which case, Prince, I suppose I owe you the courtesy of thanks.”
    “I suppose,” said Kian, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
    “I am grateful to you for bringing my fiancé back to me, Prince.” He put his arm around my shoulder and Kian’s mouth twitched very slightly. “Well, this certainly explains why I smelled pixie stink coming from near you Bree. Right where Kian was standing near you during the siege. I was headed your way… but I thought it was just a trick of the senses.”
    “Logan,” I said, looking down at the grassy earth at our feet. “I have something to tell you.”
    “Breena?” Logan shifted onto one foot, looking slightly nervous. “What is it?”
    “Logan, our engagement...”
    Logan beamed. “Yes?” He shot a look of pride at Kian, whom I could see quietly seething.
    “You remember the banquet at the Great Hall...right?” I swallowed hard and bit my lip. “That night after we defeated Wort.”
    “Of course I remember.” Logan fixed me with a distinctively smoldering look.
    “That night – oh, God, Logan, I'm so sorry!” I felt the tears gathering again – tears that had been cried all too often in the last few days.
    “What are you talking about?” Logan looked around wildly. “Breena, what's wrong?”
    “One of Wort's minions – a chambermaid. She knew Wort wanted to destabilize relations between Summer and Winter. She put a love potion in our drink – made us feel something we shouldn't have felt – you and me both...made me forget Kian, forget my promise.”
    “A love spell?” Logan laughed. “Breena, what are you talking about? I love you. I've always loved you!”
    “But I...” I took a deep breath. “I loved Kian. Or at least, I did before the spell. It confused me, made things different. And then when I broke the spell – Kian broke the spell – and I realized what had happened. I never meant to hurt you, Logan. And Kian didn't either. The only person who's to blame is Wort who did this to us!”
    “No,” Logan shook his head. “It can't be. It's real, Breena – what I feel for you is real! It's no different than it's ever been.”
    “Please don't say that!” I tripped over my words. “Please, Logan – it's the spell that's talking, just the spell. We were better as friends – we were always friends, my best very dear friend. You were just under the spell too.”
    “It. Was. NOT. A Spell!” Logan spoke through gritted teeth.
    “Listen – Logan. Kian broke the spell. He proposed – he gave me the Winter snowflake...and its power showed me how I really felt. In my heart I accepted him, breaking the potion's hold over me. It turned me immortal, made me a real, true fairy, with silver blood.”
    I took out my dagger and slit my skin on my arm where silver blood oozed. “It gave me Winter magic. All because of the true love I felt for Kian.” I could see the pain clearly on Logan's face. “I'm sorry, Logan. But I can't let that horrible spell keep you trapped!”
    “It wasn't horrible to me,” Logan said softly. “It was real...” He took my face in his hands. There were unshed tears in his eyes. “Breena, I didn’t drink the same wine as you. As your Adviser and Head of the Wolf Guards, I couldn’t afford to get drunk.”
    I blushed, feeling the full weight of regret. Logan’s feelings for me were real; he was never under a spell like I thought. He thought I loved him enough to marry him. I knew that the spell had seemed to me to be real, too. At the time, I had loved Logan desperately, and the memories