Rose

Uriel

Luci pushed me in the door after I asked Silas if he had a mate. I mean, Silas could have a male mate if he wanted to. Why not? I know shifters leave marks on each other’ shoulders but I didn’t see one on his. Maybe they have a different way? It was a perfectly logical question.

Luci turned the lights on in the adequately dim room. The palace was so far below the sea that it made it hard for the light sources to penetrate this far. Much bioluminescent lighting lit the area of the gardens, along with torches in the rooms. “Uriel, asking him that was unwise,” Luci loosened up the collar of his dress shirt, pulling the tie from his shirt. His fingers threaded it through, causing me to watch it intently how he wrapped it around his fingers.

Why was that so hypnotic to watch? Luci’s dark eyes stared up at me, seeing that I was watching intently how he folded the tie around his fingers. “I don’t know if those monsters can have mates.” I gasped, breaking myself from the trance of his t