Total pages in book: 99
Estimated words: 99529 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 498(@200wpm)___ 398(@250wpm)___ 332(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 99529 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 498(@200wpm)___ 398(@250wpm)___ 332(@300wpm)
Xander must have heard my thoughts. He gazed over his shoulder. A wicked smile appeared on his face. “Soon, my queen. Once we are gone. I will take care of all your needs.”
I bit my bottom lip.
“Rest, Camille.” Xander put on pants. “We have six hours until dawn. It’s going to be chaos when we free these dominas and guide them away.”
“Are you okay with helping the women?” I twisted my lips to the side. “I know I kind of volunteered you for that.”
“I’m the best Pathfinder in the city. Who else will do it?” He pulled the pants up and turned around. “Besides, I thought I had already freed most of them.”
My gaze journeyed to those curves of chiseled abdominal muscles as I licked my lips. His physique was truly magical. That all-encompassing need to be ravished by him sparked within my body. It was an inexplicable craving, and it blazed against my skin.
Damn it.
I gritted my teeth.
What was I thinking about before he walked in here half-naked?
I didn’t know if I was being horny or if it was the powerful force of the blood bond buzzing inside of me.
“Camille?”
“Yes.”
“Stop looking at me that way.”
My body hummed with hunger. “I’m trying.”
“Soon, I will not be good.”
I gripped the edges of the bed.
He targeted me with his eyes. “You don’t have to sit there and just look. You’re definitely welcome to come over.”
I swallowed. “And do what?”
“Touch and lick.”
I rose from the bed and strolled over to him. “All I can do is touch and lick?”
“Well, I do have to save my strength. There are many dominas that I will be freeing during daylight.” He stepped closer. “So many to birth with—”
I hit his stomach. “Not funny.”
“I love that you finally understand that you are my queen.”
“I’m still getting used to it.”
“No leaving me? No thinking that you have some life far away from mine?”
“I’m staying. Always.”
“Why?” He moved toward me. His hard chest touched my breasts.
My nipples stiffened under the heat drifting from his skin. “We have a long fight ahead.”
“We do. Your daughters also will need to be safe.”
I shivered in fear. “I plan to make sure that they never see this castle. They will not be his. . .dominas.”
“And Ethan. . .my queen, you must allow me to deal with him.”
I swallowed. “Let us first deal with the Quiet King.”
“Then, I can handle him?”
My bottom lip quivered. “Yes.”
“And your daughters will be with their true mother.”
I tried not to let anticipation enter my heart. The very idea of having my girls back made me too excited to speak.
Xander studied me. “What is your plan after we free these dominas?”
“Why do you think I have a plan?”
“Because you are smart.”
I closed my eyes. “I have no idea what we should do. I’m terrified.”
Xander captured my chin and lifted it up. “Is my queen worried about my safety?”
“Yes.” I opened my eyes. “The Quiet King will not be happy about your ripening or even his brother Ian being returned to strength. He probably thought he was dead all these years.”
Xander smirked. “It feels good to have someone genuinely worried for my welfare and not seeing my every breath as a way to be their king and improve their lives.”
I smiled. “Is that really all you heard?”
“It is.” He leaned over and brushed his lips against mine. “I am falling in love with you.”
I blinked. “Xander. . .”
“Are you falling in love with me. . .queen?”
How could I not be?
The longer we spent together, the more I believed my place was with him forever.
I’d wanted to leave him and find myself, discover who Camille was.
Meanwhile, in these past days I’d learned that I was a blood mage. But, most of all, I found out that the man who stood in front of me would be on my side no matter what, protecting and loving me with every breath that left his lungs. And deep in my heart, I knew I felt the same way.
I would do anything I could to keep him safe.
I loved him and that love surged through my veins with a fierce rush of certainty. Now that I realized the people around him were just spies—Leeta, Ty, and possibly Victoria—my place was next to him, watching his back when he couldn’t.
I gazed up at him.
I love you more than you could ever understand, Xander.
“I love you too.” He crashed his lips onto mine, and a fire ignited in my soul.
And I will love you forever and ever.
Hot lust swirled within my core. His tenna fragrance wrapped around me like a sheet and blanketed my skin. His black polished horns drove through the skin on his forehead, stretching out and curling at the tips, dripping with heat and power.
His voice deepened to a low tone. “Who are you to me?”