Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 27521 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 138(@200wpm)___ 110(@250wpm)___ 92(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 27521 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 138(@200wpm)___ 110(@250wpm)___ 92(@300wpm)
“Are you going to invite me in?”
He steps to the side with a grin. I take a deep breath and step into his office.
It’s a large room with a roaring fire. In the center of the room is a giant carved map with little carvings of wolves and monsters scattered over it.
“Am I interrupting anything?” I ask as I glance at the map.
“You are always welcome to interrupt me, Princess,” he says as he watches me walk to the fireplace. I put an extra bit of sway in my gait to drive him mad. “Nothing is more important than you.”
“Where is Tovik?” I ask, ignoring his compliment.
“He’s in the field,” Cassius says. “Fighting the Hollowborn.”
My body goes cold when I look at the tiny carvings of monsters on the map. It hits me that he’s out there, fighting those deadly creatures. My own protective side comes roaring out. I don’t like him out there in danger. I want him safe in the castle with us.
“Don’t worry, my love,” Cassius says, sensing my unease. “Tovik can take care of himself. It is the Hollowborn who should be afraid of him.”
I swallow hard, wanting to believe him, but still wishing he was here. It doesn’t feel complete without him here with us.
“He’s quite the fighter, isn’t he?” I ask as I stroke the wolf figurine with the crown on its head.
“The best I’ve ever seen,” he says. “The best in all nine kingdoms, I’m sure.”
I smile when I think about how quiet and stoic he is. The kind of man who speaks only when necessary, but loves with his whole being.
“Are your accommodations satisfactory?” Cassius says as he walks over to the giant wooden desk. He uncorks a bottle of wine and pours two glasses. “Is your bed comfortable?”
He hands me the glass and our fingers graze. It sets a blaze scorching through me.
“It’s great,” I say, looking at the wine in the glass. “Straw is comfier than I thought.”
Those heated eyes are locked on my lips as I put them to the cup and take a sip.
“Did you drink a lot of wine in Aurevale?”
I smile at the mention of my home. “Daddy would let me have a cup on special occasions,” I say. “Mom always said it made me a little wild.”
He grins as he takes the bottle and pours some more in my cup.
I give him a look and he laughs. “I’d like to see you a little wild.”
I stare him right in the eyes and take a nice long sip. His grin widens.
“It’s good. Thank you.”
“Only the best for you, Princess.”
He leans against the table, still eying me like a hungry wolf and being totally shameless about it.
“I’ve been thinking about what you said,” I whisper. He raises an eyebrow. “About us being mates.”
“Yes?”
“If it’s true,” I say, hopping up and sitting on his desk. “What would happen next?”
He puts his glass down and slowly struts over, letting his eyes roam over my bare legs. His heated gaze slowly rises as he approaches, lingering on my chest for a long time. My heart pounds. My pussy aches.
“I’ll tell you exactly what happens next,” he says as he stands over me, looking like he might take me right here and now. “First, this…”
My mouth waters and my chin tilts up as he leans down with his lips barely parted. He takes my mouth with a hard, demanding kiss. I whimper when I feel his tongue sliding against mine, but instead of pulling back, I find myself rising and adding more pressure to his mouth with mine.
His hand sinks into my hair as we crush our lips together. He grabs a fistful of my blonde locks, making me whimper as he pulls me back to kiss me even deeper.
My heart pounds in my chest, my skin gets goosebumps, and the butterflies fluttering through me… it’s all so perfect.
I moan and whimper as I kiss him back, kissing a man for the first time in my life. The only thing that could make it better would be having Tovik here too.
“That’s it, Princess,” he growls on my lips. “You taste so good. If I knew you were hiding in Aurevale I would have invaded a long time ago and stolen you away.”
He kisses me again and I’m so close to combusting I can’t take it. I grab fistfuls of his tank top and pull him against me. My nipples are aching, my pussy is so wet and needy, I don’t know how to satiate it.
I gasp as he moves his mouth down, kissing my neck as he opens my legs with his demanding hand. I’m shocked at how easily I submit to him. At how quickly I spread my legs to give him access.
“This is where my mark will go,” he says, growling as he kisses the tingling spot under my ear. “I’d mark you right here and then claim your sweet pussy, Princess, but we’re not complete yet. We’re missing your other mate to claim the other side. That fun will come, but we’ll have to wait a little bit longer.”