A Deceit Of The Dark – Amy Reading (1)

“Look hot as fuck.” I scoff and run the brush through the strands that now reach well down past my waist. “Let’s get this over with then,” I say. We choose to sit at a table away from Freya, who has taken her usual position at the head of the great hall. As we walk in, a few appreciative glances are thrown at Reyne and Rach. Eòghann sits on the other side of the hall and he almost chokes on his drink when he sees Reyne, his eyes blowing wide with longing and desire.

I know she still hasn’t spoken to him. She beat his ass, then went back to ignoring every attempt he made to speak with her. He’s also not pushed her buttons again, realizing it will likely result in his face being bloodied a second time. I can’t blame her really. He hurt her badly, and she’s struggling to let go of that. Eòghann moves to rise from his seat, looking like he might make another attempt to speak to her, but when he catches my eye, I subtly shake my head.

Not tonight. 1kitap1.com/en Chapter 28 The three of us hiss as the fourth round of shots burn their way down our throats. “Fuck. Gonna regret this in the morning,” Reyne slurs through her laughter. We’ve been out for a couple of hours now, and a steady stream of the delicious sparkling Seelie wine that tastes like raspberry lemonade, and shots of gin, have flowed since we arrived. Rach’s eyes are slightly unfocused as we sit at a high-top table in the cozy bar—or pub, to use the proper name— in the center of the town.

The Misted Crown sits at the very heart of Morven, and looks exactly as I’d expect a pub in a magical Seelie realm to look. The Tudor-style exterior is painted in shades of green, and the name hangs from a sign outside the wooden door, swaying gently in the breeze. The inside smells of beer and smoke, and the low-hanging light fittings bathe the main room in a glow that makes it hard to concentrate on anyone’s face. Especially now I’m a few glasses of wine and four shots deep.

A fire crackles in the hearth at one end of the room, and tables are littered throughout; increasingly drunk patrons sitting around them playing cards and trading jokes. A band plays quiet tunes in the corner of the room, but are mostly drowned out the more everyone drinks. Seems we weren’t the only people in Morven that needed booze tonight.

My friends talk between themselves about the training I missed that morning, and I tune in and out of the conversation. “I lost control,” I blurt out, tongue loosened by alcohol, cutting off what Rach was about to say. “What do you mean, lass?” Reyne asks with a hiccup. “Today. In the woods. I lost control of my magic and that’s why I wasn’t at training.”

Copyright © 2025 Amy Reading This book is a work of fiction. Characters, places, events, and names are the product of this author’s imagination. Any resemblance to other events, other locations, or other persons, living or dead, is coincidental. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, copied, distributed or adapted in any way, with the exception of certain activities permitted by applicable copyright laws, such as brief quotations in the context of a review or academic work.

No part of this book may be used to create, feed, or refine artificial intelligence models, for any purpose, without written consent from the author. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without written permission is a theft of the author’s intellectual property. For permission to publish, distribute or otherwise reproduce this work, please contact the author at [email protected] First paperback edition November 2025 Cover design by Cherie Fox Map Illustration by Cass Merry Editing and proofing by Lauren Kaye at Wonderporium Ink ISBN 978-1-0687048-2-6 (E-book) ISBN 978-1-0687048-3-3 (Paperback) 1kitap1.com/en 1kitap1.com/en A note from the author A Deceit of the Dark is the second book in a series and is intended to be read after A Legacy of the Light.

Please do not continue if you haven’t read the first installment as there are massive spoilers for the plot of book one. This book is a different experience to A Legacy of the Light, and deals with a number of issues that may affect readers. Please know your triggers. If any of these are likely to impact you negatively, please exercise caution. Protecting your well-being is the most important thing you can do. I have listed the sensitive themes on the next page for those of you who wish to know.

A Deceit of the Dark is an adult fantasy romance, and as such, contains explicit language and mature sexual content. 1kitap1.com/en Content warning This book deals with the following. If any of these are likely to negatively affect you, please consider if this book is right for you. Loss of a family member (on and off the page), grief, depictions of panic and anxiety attacks, emotional manipulation, scenes of torture, scenes of a gruesome and violent nature, war, death, and revenge. 1kitap1.com/en For those who carry on, when all they see is darkness.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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