Page 164 of Vicious Knight

Thorne turns to face me. An easy, sexy grin slides across his handsome face as he looks me up and down. “A word of advice, Bambi. It’s not good to keep your lord waiting for you when he can’t wait to feast on your body.”

“Sorry, my lord, I was talking to my friends.”

“How did that go?”

“Good. They know I’m Annika Bershov now.”

His smile widens. “That’s good, Annika. I’ll bet your father is happy about that.”

“He is. My mom is too. I finally feel like I can be myself and not hide in someone else’s body.”

“You were never in someone else’s body. You were always Annika to me, and I like this body.” He gives me a scandalous look that has my body temperature rising.

“Do you now?”

A cheeky grin dances on his firm lips. “Come here to me, Annika.”

I love the way he says my name and the ravenous look in his eyes. I walk over to him, and he pulls me in for a kiss.

“I have something for you,” he whispers across my lips.

“What is it?”

Thorne reaches into his pocket. He pulls out my ring. The ring my father made for me. The ring that sent me on this wild, crazy path with Thorne Ivanov and led me here.

He holds it up to the light, then hands it to me. “You can wear this with pride now.”

I beam back at him, then I look at the inscription engraved on the inside of the band. “Thank you. You’re right. I can wear it with pride now.”

“You can wear it until we’re engaged. Then you’ll only wear my ring.”

A tremor shoots through me, then my blood drains from my face and I know I’m pale. Fire rushes back to my skin when I truly process what he said and suddenly I’m so hot I can’t breathe. “What did you say?”

“You heard me. I told you, you’re mine. I meant it, so I’ll never be done with you. Not even death can keep me away from you, Annika Bershov.”

His words leave me breathless, as if the air has deserted my lungs. But my mind and body are filled with him.

“Me too. It’s the same for me too.”

“I love you.” He smiles again and brushes his nose over mine.

“I love you, too.”

We fall into a kiss that’s filled with promises and all my dreams come true.

It turned out that Thorne Ivanov was my Knight in shining armor, and I can’t wait to be with him for the rest of forever.

Epilogue- Thorne

Six weeks later

Blue is definitely my little deer’s color.

She looks like she’s ready to walk down the runway of a Victoria’s Secret fashion show.

I gaze at her standing by my bed dressed in the lingerie I bought for her. It’s similar to the yellow set I got months ago, but this is blue and it looks like it was made for her.

My dick is practically on the verge of exploding, so I don’t know how I’m managing to control myself.