Dark Sidhe Claimed Read Free

watched him as if waiting to see what he’d do next. He swallowed a grim chuckle, feeling as if he were doing the same thing.
    He shook his head. What he needed to do was figure why they hadn’t passed through the barrier between the human and faery realms instead of wondering how she’d taste if he kissed her, how she’d feel welcoming him into her body, welcoming Rylan. His cock jerked at the thought of filling her slowly, sharing her with his brother. He could tell she’d felt it. Her body stiffened and her cheeks flushed. He could practically feel the heat radiating from her skin.
    Stifling a growl of frustration, he pushed to his feet and hauled her up with him. Holding her wrist in one hand, he prodded the invisible barrier with the other. Tugging her forward, they again bounced off the magical barrier.
    “What do you want with me?” she demanded.
    “Kier! What are you waiting for?” Rylan’s voice sounded from the other side of the veil.
    “Kier?” she asked. “That’s your name?”
    He glanced at her and nodded sharply, turning back to the barrier. “I can’t get through,” he muttered.
    “Well, Kier,” she began. “Now would be a good time to let me go. Sooner or later Dahire’s men are going to find you, and unless you can get back to the Unseelie Court, you’re going to be toast.”
    He frowned at her. His confusion must have been evident, because she waved her hand.
    “Toast is a human expression. Essentially, there’s no way you can fight off all of them—even with the other guy. You’ll be destroyed. The best thing for all of us is if you let me go. I’ll disappear, you can go back to wherever you came from, and Dahire and his soldiers can freeze their asses off in this snow.”
    The veil shimmered, and she jumped back as Rylan walked through it, appearing next to her. “We’re under strict orders to find you and bring you to our king. Oisin wishes to have a discussion with you.”
    “That’s super. Then he should come and talk to me instead of attempting to have me abducted.”
    Rylan frowned. “He has no wish to sully himself with the human world.”
    “Well, I have no wish to enter the Unseelie Court. I’m not stupid. I know what goes on there.”
    A wicked grin split his brother’s face, and Kier couldn’t contain his chuckle.
    “Let me guess,” Rylan said. “We practice unnatural magic, upsetting the balance of earth and sky. We roast Seelie babies for supper and ravish every Seelie maiden we can get our hands on, willing or not. Is that about the sum of it?”
    Kier glanced at Tama. Her lips pressed together as if she were trying desperately to keep from speaking.
    “Granted, I think I can speak for my brother when I say we’re more than tempted to ravish you.” He ran his fingertip along the upper swell of one of her wings, watching intently as her eyes closed on a shudder. “But, something tells me you wouldn’t be unwilling.”
     Her eyes flew open. “I don’t even know your name, and you think I’m going to let you anywhere near me?”
    “It’s Rylan. And I do.”
    Bright color stained her cheeks, and she looked about to retort when her gaze darted beyond Rylan. “They’re coming. Let me go. Please. I can’t go back with them.”
    “They won’t take you,” Kier growled against her ear as he glanced toward the east.
    “There are too many of them,” she whispered, her voice harsh.
    “She’s right,” Rylan muttered. Stepping back, he spread his arms, whispering an incantation. Kier felt the effort as if he were the one pulling on the barrier. His muscles burned with exertion as Rylan drew the veil between the worlds around them like a bubble, sealing it with a murmured spell.
    In times of heightened emotion, it wasn’t unusual to experience what his twin felt. It was the same for Rylan. With the combination of the Seelie horde searching for them and the intoxicating nearness of the woman pressed between them, Kier’s senses were ready to