Her gaze softens. “I suppose it’s only fair. You’ve made me the happiest woman.”
“Eat,” I growl as I steal a kiss. “You’ll need your energy for later.”
“I bow for no one,” she whispers. “No one tells me what to do.”
“Tonight, you’ll bow for me, Cold Queen. And then I’ll spend the rest of the night worshipping you between your thighs.”
One of the older children groans nearby, making us both laugh.
I sit up straight and let the wiggling baby girl hold my finger again, only wincing slightly when she lights me up with her blazing fist. Looking down the table, I admire all my beautiful children. Some with white hair and others with black. All beautiful and powerful and loved.
When I set off on my journey for the Hidden Lands years ago eager to fight in the Moral War, I expected to strengthen an empire and take a princess to make her my queen. I never dreamed I’d fall in love with a cruel, cold queen on the brink of death and give her eight perfect children. I never dared to hope I’d love not one person, but eight more, with every part of my being.
There’s room in my heart for many more.
And that’s my truth.
The End
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Once upon a time, there was a faction of authors who frolicked in darkness and forged twisted tales. Their hearts, while still pure, adored those childhood fairy tales of royal princesses and true love’s first kiss, but their villainous minds craved danger and sinister delights—as did many of the readers in Romancelandia. And so these authors came together, each one choosing a beloved tale they’d manipulate and blanket in darkness. How vastly will fates change? Will maleficence reign supreme? Is true love’s first kiss enough to save their souls?
Heart Thief by Ker Dukey
Venom by Dee Garcia
Cold Queen by K Webster
Sacrifice by N. Isabelle Blanco
Insolent by Cynthia A. Rodriguez
Madness by Kailee Reese Samuels
The Hunted by Bethany-Kris
Covet by Scarlett Snow
Legend by M.R. Leahy
Mirage by C.M. Radcliff
Imprisoned by K.L. Donn
Lock by Kimberly Knight
Stealing Cinderella by A. Zavarelli
Savage by Hazel Grace
Abducted by K.I. Lynn
Winter’s Arrow by Lexi C. Foss
Starlet by Cora Kenborn
Fugitivus by Yolanda Olson
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Thank you to my husband! Love you, honey!
I am so thankful to Dee Garcia and N Isabelle Blanco for inviting me into their Sinister Fairytale Collection! It was a blast being a part of this!
A huge thank you to my Krazy for K Webster’s Books reader group. You all are insanely supportive and I can’t thank you enough.
A gigantic thank you to those who always help me out. Elizabeth Clinton, Ella Stewart, Misty Walker, Holly Sparks, Jillian Ruize, Gina Behrends, Rosa Saucedo, Ker Dukey, and Nikki Ash—you ladies are my rock!
Thank you so much to Misty Walker for being the best friend a girl could ask for! Love you!!
Thank you so much, Wendy Rinebold, Gina Behrends, and Jillian Ruize, for proofing this book! Y’all rock!
A big thank you to my author friends who have given me your friendship and your support. You have no idea how much that means to me.
Thank you to all of my blogger friends both big and small that go above and beyond to always share my stuff. You all rock! #AllBlogsMatter
Emily A. Lawrence, thank you SO much for editing this book. You rock!!
Thank you, Stacey Blake, for being amazing as always when formatting my books and in general. I love you! I love you! I love you!
Lastly but certainly not least of all, thank you to all of the wonderful readers out there who are willing to hear my story and enjoy my characters like I do. It means the world to me!
K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.
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Psychological Romance Standalones:
My Torin
Whispers and the Roars
Cold Cole Heart
Blue Hill Blood
Wicked Lies Boys Tell
Romantic Suspense Standalones:
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El Malo
Notice
Sweet Jayne
The Road Back to Us
Surviving Harley
Love and Law
Moth to a Flame
Erased
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Taboo Treats:
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Coach Long
Ex-Rated Attraction
Mr. Blakely
Easton
Crybaby
Lawn Boys
Malfeasance
Renner’s Rules
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Enzo
Red Hot Winter
KKinky Reads Collection:
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Choke Me
Daddy Me
Watch Me
Hurt Me
Play Me
Contemporary Romance Standalones:
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Bidding for Keeps
B-Sides and Rarities
Paranormal Romance Standalones:
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War & Peace Series:
This is War, Baby (Book 1)
This is Love, Baby (Book 2)
This Isn’t Over, Baby (Book 3)
This Isn’t You, Baby (Book 4)
This is Me, Baby (Book 5)
This Isn’t Fair, Baby (Book 6)
This is the End, Baby (Book 7—a novella)
Lost Planet Series:
The Forgotten Commander (Book 1)
The Vanished Specialist (Book 2)
The Mad Lieutenant (Book 3)
The Uncertain Scientist (Book 4)
2 Lovers Series:
Text 2 Lovers (Book 1)
Hate 2 Lovers (Book 2)
Thieves 2 Lovers (Book 3)
Pretty Little Dolls Series:
Pretty Stolen Dolls (Book 1)
Pretty Lost Dolls (Book 2)
Pretty New Doll (Book 3)
Pretty Broken Dolls (Book 4)
The V Games Series:
Vlad (Book 1)
Ven (Book 2)
Vas (Book 3)
Four Fathers Books:
Pearson
Four Sons Books:
Camden
Elite Seven Books:
Gluttony
Greed
Not Safe for Amazon Books:
The Wild
Hale
Bad Bad Bad
This is War, Baby
Like Dragonflies
The Breaking the Rules Series:
Broken (Book 1)
Wrong (Book 2)
Scarred (Book 3)
Mistake (Book 4)
Crushed (Book 5—a novella)
The Vegas Aces Series:
Rock Country (Book 1)
Rock Heart (Book 2)
Rock Bottom (Book 3)
The Becoming Her Series:
Becoming Lady Thomas (Book 1)
Becoming Countess Dumont (Book 2)
Becoming Mrs. Benedict (Book 3)
Alpha & Omega Duet:
Alpha & Omega (Book 1)
Omega & Love (Book 2)