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A deeper part of her wished she never made enemies with Malinda and the other Council Heirs. Enzo’s words echoed in her mind of how they were all supposed to work together for the good of the realm. If she hadn’t fed into their dramatic bullshit over the years, they might have already made progress on that. This entire trip here wouldn’t have been Kaida avoiding them. Instead, they would have been helping her get ready for the dates with Enzo or even come with her when she went to get her dress made with her mom. Instead, they were conspiring against her.
Once the ceremony is over, I can fix this. Call a truce so we can move forward. The realm needs us to do this. I need to swallow my pride and do things for the betterment of the realm.
A knock at the door brought her out of her thoughts. She opened the door to find Enzo’s gorgeous smile, and all her troubling thoughts disappeared. His gray eyes scanned her body, and his charming smile became a little devilish.
“Well, I was going to escort you down to dinner… but now I may have other plans,” his dragon rumbled inside his chest as he brought her against his body.
Between his husky voice and hearing his dragon approve of what he wanted to do, Kaida felt her panties become wet, and she had to fight the urge to wiggle her hips against his. The kiss he gave her had her gripping his tailored shirt in her fists and her stomach doing flips. His hands were on her hips, and she felt his fingers digging into her skin as the kiss became more passionate. She felt herself needing him and wanting to take him up on the offer of the other plans.
Enzo grabbed her ass and lifted her up. Kaida was thankful that her dress was loose enough to wrap her legs around his waist. She wasn’t sure how, but her back was against the wall. His hard bulge pressed into her, perfectly against her sensitive bud. Kaida wiggled herself against to bring herself closer to the edge as she felt her panties become drenched from need. When he broke the kiss, Kaida whimpered, and Enzo gave her a throaty chuckle. She tried to wiggle herself again to make him want to continue, but instead, he had her untangle her legs from him. When she did, Enzo sighed and leaned his forehead on hers.
“I need to stop before I can’t. Let’s get to this dinner before my mother sends the guards for us.”
“Would she really send guards to bring us down to dinner?” Kaida practically growled.
“Unfortunately, yes, because it would be an improper thing not to go to this dinner.”
“Why?”
“Good question. I am not really sure. I guess mostly because they want to get to know you.”
“I spent eighteen years being an heir to the Council, and they could have gotten to know me then. We weren’t even allowed around you while growing up.”
“Not even sure why we were all separated.”
Oh, I have ideas on why, but I won’t say them out loud.
“Ugh, let’s get this over with. Maybe I can sneak back into your room tonight and finish what we started.” Enzo winked at her.
Kaida gave him a devilish smile, “maybe I won’t open the window this time.”
She did her best to give a teasing walk as she made her way out the door. It must have worked because Kaida heard a rumble behind her from Enzo’s chest.
* * *
Sitting at the table with the King and Queen was awkward, and barely any conversation happened. Each time a topic would be brought up, it would end within a few sentences. Kaida wasn’t sure if it was due to Gemar and Nande’s presence making everyone not want to be forthcoming or if just the wrong topics were brought up. Either way, it made the dinner go by at a snail’s pace.
Dracul did his best to keep the conversations from going toward things that were discussed in Council meetings, but that seemed to be the favorite topic of the evening. Kaida found herself wondering if the King and Queen ever had any fun, considering they only knew how to talk about governing the kingdom.
That will not be my life. I cannot let this become my life.
Then, suddenly, King Gemar brought up a policy they thought would be a good idea to move forward with. The policy would make it where any child who did not show promise of their dragon emerging within their early teen years would be sent to Outcast Island. This meant that any kid that didn’t start producing an inkling of the magic their dragon could give them by their early teens would be removed from the kingdom and put where the Dragon government didn’t care about them.
Kaida swallowed a bite of goat meat hard and nearly choked on it. She didn’t expect that kind of topic to be brought up. She looked over at her mother beside her to gauge what she knew about it. With her mother’s eyes wider than her own, Kaida realized this was news to her as well.
“How about we change the subject to the ceremony? I think that would be a much better topic than this for the kids,” Dracul offered.
“These two are to become the next King and Queen. They will be dealing with the same things we are discussing right now in a few weeks. Why not get them used to it before they have to deal with it on a daily basis?” Gemar growled.
The entire time Kaida had spent in the castle and around this man, she thought he was an intimidating presence and somewhat of an asshole. She knew they would have to do these things eventually; that was kind of a given, but there was no need to make it something that was a mandatory topic to discuss during a dinner that was supposed to help them learn more about her.
No one spoke a word for a few minutes. She could almost hear the seconds ticking by as silence nearly choked them from how thick it was inside the room. Kaida found herself staring at Enzo, who was seated across from her, silently begging him to get the conversation to move past this one.
“Well, what are your thoughts on this matter, Dracul?”
Dracul cleared his throat, “I don’t think it would be beneficial to the realm if we send our children to Outcast Island at such a young age.”
“If they are not going to be a functional member of our society, why bother keeping them here?” Gemar proposed.
