Instead of a reply she parted her lips, to give him a view of her fangs. Meanwhile the tips of her fingers lengthened, blackened and hardened until they resembled talons. He missed that development until they pierced his skin.
“You’re just revealing to me the true face of a woman…” Marc retorted.
Upon dwelling on those words, he realised this was how he saw the Comtesse as a child… That certainly set the tone for our relationship…
Disclaimer: This excerpt from Man of War is currently in development. There may be typos, errors, omissions, inconsistencies and so forth.
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