Lorelei Matthews - River Queen 🦑🦕 - Fantasy Author

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🦖 She/her Multi-genre writer (mostly fantasy). Hot mom. Chaos Demon and River Queen 👑 ✨Author with @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social - Desiccate out June 2026 ✨ 🦖 Pre-Order Desiccate - lorelei-matthews.square.site

Emery jumped, coming to her knees and twisting to look up at him. Even if she had a glare on her face, he couldn’t stop the wave of desire that pulsed through him the moment her eyes locked with his. Her kneeling in front of him… An image flashed in front of his eyes so vividly he had to brace himself against it, keeping his hands imprisoned in his pockets. Otherwise, he’d bury them in her dark hair, coaxing her lips to part for him. What the fuck was wrong with him?
The two of us sat quietly, her hands locked around mine. “I think it best if you stay here tonight, Sprite. In case something happens.” “Something happening is precisely why I shouldn’t be here.” She squeezed my hands tightly, causing me to look at her. “I could order you, you know.”
“But otherwise, you’re fine?” “Yeah, I think so.” She punched me in the arm a second time. “If you ever leave me behind again, I will kill you. Do you understand me?”
“What is it you keep hidden, Mathieu? What could you have done to think such things of yourself?” He smiled, letting his hand drop away. Instead of answering, he stepped around me and went back inside. I stood there, feeling the absence of his touch, wondering what he kept locked away.
Steam rose from between our skin, and I screamed as my wrist burned.
"I would trade this, the entire world, if it meant I could save you."
“The elements themselves are neither good nor bad. It’s the wielder who will be judged.” -Lynnsey
"The very first memory I can recall is the press of bodies and the stench of death." - Cambria