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.I followed him to our chambers, my heart beating wildly in apprehension, knowing that the punishment for this trespass would be bad and cursing myself endlessly.Why don’t I ever learn?But even so, even within the shame, there was a dark, foolish place where a piece of me relished the simple fact that he was looking at me.Once he’d locked the door behind me, I bowed my head and waited.Thorne stared at me for what felt like an age and my blood rushed in my ears.‘I don’t know what to do with you.’Wild despair in my chest.‘I’m sorry,’ I murmured, chancing a look up into those clear eyes.They were a shade darker than his brother’s icy gaze, but no less frightening.They held a kind of reckless violence, and no matter how well I knew him, I would never stop being afraid of how unpredictable Prince Thorne of Pirenti was.‘You continue to disobey me.’‘I don’t mean to.’ It was true – I never thought about the stupid things I did until it was too late.It was as though I couldn’t quite grasp that what I was doing was wrong until I was found and punished.‘What did you hear up there?’ His voice was deep and gravelly, as if he had swallowed cut glass.‘I … very little.Only that Ambrose caught a Kayan boy, and now he must take him to the isle.I promise I didn’t hear anything else.’‘Why were you up there? You know you’re not allowed to go to the top floor.’‘I …’ I flushed bright pink and looked down at the floor.‘I wanted to see the moonlight on the oyster farms.’I wished for him to forgive me.I wished for him to hold me and tell me it was all right.A stupid waste – they were two wishes that would never come true.‘Why have you still not bathed?’ he demanded.I blushed even redder.‘I have, I—’‘Not with a cloth,’ he growled.I didn’t know how to answer him, how to explain the fear.Thorne breathed out, a puff of impatience.‘My mother constantly tells me I’ve married a half-wit.Sometimes I agree with her.’Shame washed over me.He grabbed me by the wrist and marched me down hundreds of steps.I knew this staircase very well.The air grew colder as we moved underground.The dungeons were usually full of criminals and Kayans waiting to have their punishments carried out, but there was a cell at the very end that was always left empty.For me.Thorne stopped before it and turned to face me.He reached out a large, strong hand and tilted my face towards his.‘What do I tell you, every day?’I swallowed.‘To think things through before I act.’I barely had time to take a breath before he slapped me across the cheek.It stung and brought tears to my eyes, but I knew I had to hold them in until he was gone – Thorne didn’t like it when I cried in front of him.‘That was for ignoring me,’ he said bluntly.I nodded shakily.Then he kissed me on the mouth.I usually yearned for his kisses – they were rare – but this one was rough and hard, and made my lips hurt.Still reeling, I stumbled as he pushed me into the cell.‘Good girl,’ he murmured.‘Think about what you’ve done.’As he strode away, he drew his knife and raked it across the bars of the prison cells, waking the prisoners and grinning wolfishly at their discomfort.I crawled into the corner of the cell and covered my face with my hands so I could sob as softly as possible.How could I have been so stupid, yet again? Maybe the Queen was right and I was a half-wit.‘Are you all right?’ a voice asked from nearby.I looked up to see the Kayan boy standing at the bars between our cells.He was small and lean and too delicate looking.With his bronzed skin and very blond hair, the purple of his eyes stood out garishly.They were strange, unnatural eyes.I hated to think of them changing colour – it was unnerving.‘I’m fine,’ I whispered.‘He hit you pretty hard.’It was nowhere near as hard as I’d been hit before, but this didn’t seem like something I should point out.‘Don’t tell me you’re married to that beast?’I licked my lips and tasted blood.‘Why?’ the boy pressed.I stared at him.‘Don’t you know who that was?’He shrugged.‘That was Prince Thorne, elder Prince of Pirenti.’His expression didn’t change and I wondered if he was stupid.‘Then you’re the princess?’‘There are no princesses.Only princes.’‘That seems fair.’ The boy’s eyes flashed in the darkness.‘If you’re his wife, why did he hit you and throw you down here with all the evil Kayan monsters?’‘I behaved badly.’‘Of course.’ He seemed to be mocking me.‘Thorne doesn’t enjoy punishing me.’The Kayan stared at me a long moment, then shook his head and sat down against the wall.‘That’s bullshit,’ he said softly.‘That man is power hungry [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]