Semua Bab My Three Lovers and the Crown: Bab 1 - Bab 5

"Nyra, you look good."Elena was at my doorstep again. I was half expecting her. A week had passed, and it was quite strange… in a good way. I’d shaped my body until I was like a pin-up. I made my skin a little less pale, my hair golden blonde, and made the green of my eyes brighter. I couldn't say why, but I kept my freckles. When I was done, I had firm skin, a body for sin, and beauty that was just perfect. Yet somehow, I was still me, just an idealized version. “Please, come inside.” I invited her. Milo’s tail thumped a joyful rhythm against the floorboards as Elena stepped inside. She bent and threaded her fingers through his fur, then straightened. Her gaze swept the room before landing on me.“Are you immortal?” She asked.My heart stuttered. “What? No.” The word cracked like ice. “It’s a curse. Why would I want that?”She sank onto the sofa and adjusted herself. “Good. The magic you had couldn’t grant it anyway.” She paused for a moment and then continued. “And did you steal

Their eyes were stuck on me. Well, I did my best not to stare back at them… not yet. I tried to keep my eyes on Elena, but it was tough.The first stood tall as a pine. He was lean and sun-kissed with blond hair catching fire in the lamplight. His eyes were the green of new leaves after rain.Beside him was broad as an ancient oak. His auburn hair bound in a warrior’s tail, and his skin was pale as moonlight on marble. He had a hazel gaze. The third, he was shorter yet still at least six feet tall. He had black hair spilling like ink to his shoulders, and eyes burning cobalt above the shadow of a beard. Muscle corded his frame like a pirate forged for battle and seduction.I forced my gaze to Elena, though every instinct screamed to drink them in. “Anything else I should know?” I kept my voice steady.“Nyra,” Elena said, rising from her seat. She pointed to the blonde one, “This is Micah,” then she pointed toward the redhead, “Noah,” then at the black haired one, “and he’s Nate.”At