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Sebastian stopped the horse. “You can let go now.”
    Her muscles were stiff as she peeled herself off him. He gripped her arm as she dismounted. On the ground, she felt faint. Her legs were sore and weak. Sebastian dismounted beside her.
    Brushing a stray hair from her sweaty face, she eyed him. “Now do you care to tell me what in hell is going on, and why you can do magic?”

Chapter Six
    “I need to find the next portal.”
    “And what will you do with it once you find it?” Avaira brushed her fingers up and down Darin’s sternum, mindful of the bandage along his flank.
    After flying all night in the elven dirigible to return to London, Darin had immediately returned to his home, Avaira in tow. They had bonded on the long flight, reveling in their shared lust for power at all costs. And in their insatiable appetites for rough sex.
    “I’ll destroy it, so no one can return to mess with my plans.”
    “What plans?” She circled her finger over his navel.
    Darin was getting hard again. They’d already had sex earlier and it had been fast and furious. But he was always up for another go around.
    He buried his hand in her hair and, gripping it tight, rolled her over so he was on top of her. “My plans do not concern you.”
    She gave him a lazy smile. “I could help you with them.”
    “How?”
    “You are searching for natural portals, yes?”
    He nodded.
    “But what if I told you I could create a portal?”
    He stared down at her, gauging her. Elves had much power. Abilities he could only guess at. But to create a portal...this was beyond anything he could’ve ever imagined.
    “Why would you? Don’t elves fear the consequences? Don’t you fear releasing the morrigan?”
    She smiled again, tracing a finger down his cheek and over his lips. “I do not fear her as my father does. But I wish to harness her. Use her.”
    “To what end?”
    “To every end.” She leaned in and nibbled on his chin and along his jawline. “To end the machinations of industry, to bring back a simple world where nature rules. Our people worship both the earth goddess and war goddess equally, but now it’s time to invoke the morrigan so that Danu can rule again in peace.”
    He liked the war goddess part but the thought of eternal peace in a simple time made his gorge rise. Although her motivation for waking the morrigan made him roll his eyes, he still needed her as an ally.
    He laughed. “You are a woman after my own black heart.”
    She placed her hand on his chest. “Yes, I am.”
    “If you could open a portal, how could we know it’s the right one? It could go anywhere.”
    “Elves have been traveling the portals for an eternity. We know where each one goes and where we need to go. My cousin Acari travels them as we speak, searching for the morrigan.”
    He considered what she was offering. She could create one that could send him to the exact place the Davenports had gone. He could go there, surprise them and kill them. Then return and no one would be the wiser. There would be no mess to clean up and no bodies to hide. His father would never know, nor would any of the council members. When the solstice came and neither Sebastian Davenport nor any of his brothers showed up, the position of power would be bestowed upon him.
    “What do I need to do?”
    She wrapped a hand in his hair and brought his mouth down to hers. “Kiss me for now, and the rest will come later.”

Chapter Seven
    “I’m sorry for getting you involved in all this,” Sebastian said. “I’ll take you back as soon as possible.”
    “It’s my own fault for not listening. My father would say I have a bad habit of that.”
    “We’ll only have to stay out of sight for a couple of hours, then we can go back.”
    Drea put her hands on her hips and gave him a hard stare. “And who or what were they exactly? And how come you can make fire out of thin air and make us invisible?” She arched an eyebrow. “I’m sure that will while the time away,