The Beast Prince
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“Then I’ll make your time with me, in our home, so good it might change your mind about going with them.”
If she decided to live with him, she’d earn the disgust of dozens of people, even if they didn’t show it to her face. Being forced to serve a Prince was one thing, but doing so willingly would make her something of a traitor to her kind.
Except if she gave in to that prejudice, if she stayed on one side of the line, she’d be a traitor to herself. And if she could shoot another Prince to save him, then she sure as hell wouldn’t let any human’s fear or ignorance keep her from him. She and Marus might not be together for the rest of her life, if her people found a way back to their world, but she would always live with the decisions she’d made. With regret or with happiness, the choice was hers. With him.
She didn’t know what the future would bring, but whatever happened then, he would know he was loved. Loved with all her heart, more deeply than she would admit. “Or maybe you’ll come with me. As long as we’re not apart.”
He leaned forward and she tilted her head, her gaze lowered to his mouth. “Is that tent big enough for both of us?” he whispered against her lips.
Kat chuckled. “Let’s find out,” she said, and took his hand.
About the Author
Marian Perera started reading fantasy when she was six years old and found a huge hardcover copy of The Lord of the Rings. Her parents replaced that with a more age-appropriate paperback of The Hobbit. Later she discovered another book with an adorable bunny rabbit on the cover. That was Watership Down. She had to wait ten more years for romance novels, but once she discovered those she never looked back, and now combines the two for maximum fun.
Marian was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Dubai, studied in the United States (Georgia and Texas), worked in Iqaluit and lives in Toronto. For now. With six hot fantasy romances published, she’s just getting started. She blogs at marianperera.blogspot.com, and loves to hear from readers—send her an email at mdperera@hotmail.com or join her on Twitter @MDPerera. There’s also more about her stories at www.marianperera.com.
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The Beast Prince
Copyright © 2016 by Marian Perera
ISBN: 978-1-61923-298-3
Edited by Anne Scott
Cover by April Martinez
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