Page 100 of Venom Sweeter than Honey
I love it.
Rotating him to face the full-length mirror across from the bathing pool, he huffs a laugh.
“It’s bedazzled.”
I can’t help but grin. “Fit for a king.”
“But it’s so... pretty.”
My expression turns saccharine as Iboophis nose. “Just like you.”
Levi’s expression softens. Something like guilt seems to darken his gaze, causing my stomach to knot.
“What does it do?”
I draw in a deep breath to quell the tendril of anxiety winding through me.
“Prevents you from escaping me, suppresses magic, while enhancing a few other things…”
“Magic? I don’t have any magic.”
I arch a brow. “You will after I bite you.”
His brow tenses with an unreadable look. Summoning my most innocent grin, I bat my eyelashes. “Don’t try to remove it. You won’t enjoy what happens if you do.”
His brow peaks. “Will you tie me up again with your special ropes?”
Ha.
“Worse. Much, much worse.”
Levi’s expression remains unreadable, lost in thought as he stares at his new accoutrement.
“It also protects you.”
His eyes dip to meet mine in the mirror. Brows pinching slightly.
“Protects me?”
“You are my property.”
Levi’s features tense as he drops my gaze before turning to face me again. There’s a discernible pain etching his features, the sight of which makes my heart pound in anticipation of fight or flight—like it wants to escape whatever terrible news he’s about to give me.
“I need to tell you something.”
Oh, fuck. I knew it.
My expression darkens. The subtle guilt in his eyes turns palpable.
“My parents loved each other more than anything. So much so that when my dad died, my mom didn’t last long afterwards.”
My lips part in shock at his admission.
“Humans can die of a broken heart?”
Levi huffs a sad laugh. “If that’s what you call suicide, then yes.”
An emotion that isn’t my own has my eyes burning again.
