Page 19 of Undertow
The other was Elder Hardin trying to insert himself into the role of family and that twitch came back as her uncle easily deflected it all. But the look of death Sagan shot the elder after would have made a wiser man afraid.
It fucking terrified my dragon and me, and I wasn’t that close, nor was it aimed at me.
I think the rumors about her are wrong. We should—
I shut my dragon down. We weren’t getting involved with her or any other royal mess. My uncle could choke on his plans, and I was going to take back my area and rightful place.
Oh, how those thoughts and determination bit me in the ass not hours later.
I couldn’t take any more of my uncle’s antics at the post-funeralsomberfeasts and decided to head up to the assigned room I had. Most didn’t have any in the castle besides the Alpha couples and I found that suspicious.
And made me want to get out of the castle as fast as possible. Elder tricks were definitely going on and some deal with my uncle.
Ithoughtwhat I found was more of that and I almost walked away. I almost did. I took one look at the state of Princess Sagan and almost walked away from the obvious trap.
Until she flinched and glanced over her shoulder.
Then fear filled me and my protective instincts as a dragon and Alpha kicked in. I helped her to stand fully, a million questions racing through my mind even as I tried to ignore her beauty and scent when she was this close to me.
“Poison?” I asked, having worried things weren’t as they seemed with the royal couple’s deaths and how quickly everything was closed down. I went to feel her pulse and did a double take when she softly groaned at the touch. Her face was flushed and her eyes glazed over. “You’re inheat?”
She didn’t reply, leaning into my touch more, and my body moved on its own to get closer, pressing my thigh between hers.
I tried to snap out of it, but I was a single male dragon—completely unattached, and her scent—I was a goner when her dragon released more pheromones.
Except shewasn’tunattached. “I’ll get you to Kole.”
“No, please,” she begged as she weakly fisted my shirt.
I narrowed my eyes at her. “You should have prepared and—”
A whimper slipped out of her lush lips when I tried to pull away. “Never been like this. Not until today.”
Pity filled me. The stress of so much on her and her grief made her heat go nuts, and—it probably wasn’t even time for her heat, but the worry of so much set her dragon off. It seemed stupid, but dragons were beings of instinct.
And what was great stress relief?
Yeah, sex. No matter the time or what else we were dealing with.
I opened my mouth to say I would get her to her lover but froze when I heard soft giggling from down the hall… And the princess flinched again.
My eyes went too wide as I put the pieces together and figured out why she’d been comingfromthe direction of his room. She hadn’t gotten turned around. She’d gone to find him for relief and instead found something he could lose his head over.
“Please,” she begged, understanding I’d figured it out. “Please, help me.”
I heard a noise and decided for right then it meant to get her out of there. Swooping her up in my arms, I ducked down the other hallway until a few people passed. Then we actually had to go past Kole’s room to get to mine.
“Tuck your head down and be quiet,” I breathed in her ear, glad when she nodded. I moved fast but couldn’t help myself from being nosy… And saw what she probably had.
Namely, her self-appointed “adopted sister” touching Princess Sagan’s lover. They were dressed and the door was partially open.
However, the fact they were both sitting on Kole’s bed and Elira was playing with his hair was over the line. Especially when he was leaning into her instead of pushing heraway.
Especiallywhen his lover had buried her fucking parents that day and he wasn’t with her.
He really wants out of the relationship or has a death wish.
Funny because a lot of Alphas were furious that his area would get a leg up at the chance to mate the future queen.
