My Sweetest Revenge: Sleeping with the Alpha King
Silas, wearing Valeria’s kind, wrinkled face, let out a grating, multi-layered laugh. "Steal a heartbeat? You are powerful, Shadow Queen, but you are not a god. The moment you strike me, this mortal heart stops, and the silver-explosives detonate. Checkmate."
He held up the glowing green detonator, his thumb hovering millimeters over the dead-man's switch.
"I don't need to be a god, Silas," I said softly, my voice dropping to a terrifying, absolute calm. "I just need to be faster than a pulse."