![]() ![]() He crossed his legs at the ankles and gazed out across the sea.īut the Queen wasn’t fooled. The man rolled his eyes and disdain etched his arrogant profile. Claims her soul.” The Queen dropped fringed lashes to shield eyes alight with the iridescent fire of mischievous intent. “They say at full-mast he steals a woman’s mind from her body. Elegant fingers demonstrated a puny space of air, and titters sliced the mist. “More likely a mouse,” sneered the man at her feet. “They say his manhood at half-mast would make a stallion envious.” The Queen slanted a glance beneath half-lowered lids at her rapt courtiers. ![]() “Impossible.” His mocking laughter tinkled like cut-crystal chimes on a fae wind. “They say he is even more beautiful than you,” the Queen remarked to the man sprawled indolently at the foot of her dais. ![]() Pillowed chaises in brilliant scarlet and lemon adorned the grassy knoll, scattered in a half-moon about the outdoor dais. The elegant royal court of the Tuatha De Danaan dappled the stretch of lush greenery. The turquoise tide shimmered in shades of mermaid tails against the alabaster shore. Above dew-drenched branches, a lone gull ghosted a bank of mist and soared to kiss the dawn over the white sands of Morar. THE FRAGRANCE OF JASMINE AND SANDALWOOD DRIFTED through the rowan trees. ![]()
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