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Maybe that is why they were ticked off that she was my mate…Enzo thought to himself as he pulled himself away from his window.
Technically he was to go to the tailor to begin his fittings for his tux, but the tugging inside of his chest to go to Kaida was so strong that he didn’t leave the room. Even though his parents didn’t seem to like who his mate was, it did not stop them from starting to plan the ceremony. The ceremony was still a tradition to be quickly planned after the prince chose who would be at his side on the throne. If he could say one thing about his parents, Enzo would say that they were sticklers for tradition. Another tradition was usually the two mates weren’t allowed to see each other again until the ceremony so they wouldn’t end up having sex. The pull toward the mate and the urge to complete the bond was extremely powerful. At the beginning of their existence, that was all it took for a mated bond to be complete. After several hundred years of evolution, the people chose to make the ceremony a thing instead of announcing to the realm that the fated pair were coming together. Some people still prefer not to allow the two mates to see each other until the ceremony. Enzo, however, didn’t plan on abiding by that.
Enzo tried to calm the need to go to Kaida only because the urge to complete the bond was too damn much to handle. Even his dragon was feeding into it and sending thoughts of bonding to Kaida so strong that he would forget all tradition and make her theirs for all eternity. One thing was certain, his dragon approved of who The Great Dragon chose for them, too. He laid his back on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
I can go to her, spend time with her, and not mate with Kaida. I am not a barbarian. I can control myself.
Speak for yourself.Enzo’s dragon, Cirrus, answered his thoughts.
We cannot just mate with her against her will. That is morally wrong.
Who said it would be against her will? She feels the mate bond just as strongly as we do.
Okay, fine. We can’t use our bond to manipulate her into wanting to have sex.
No one said that either.
I am not going to her until this overwhelming urge goes away, and that is final Cirrus.
She is ours, and we must make it final so no one else takes her from us.
You make it sound like she would reject us. You saw it in her eyes. She wants this bond just as much as we do.
That doesn’t matter. She is special. We must finalize the bond before someone else notices just how special she is.
What are you talking about, Cirrus?His dragon went silent. Enzo growled at him and pushed through his mind to pull him back, only to be met by a wall.What the hell did that mean, Cirrus? Is it just her being special because she is our Fated?The dragon still did not answer him, no matter how many times Enzo attempted to push through the barrier.
Enzo was going to continue until his dragon relented and dropped the wall, but there was a knock at the door. The only people he thought it would be were the handmaiden to his mother, his father’s valet, or his own valet. None of which he was expecting at this moment. Enzo begrudgingly rolled off his bed and walked to the door. Through the door, Enzo could feel who was on the other side.
Huh, Mom and Dad came for a visit.
He was met with cold steel gray eyes when he opened his door. The power radiating from his father alone would have choked Enzo if it wasn’t for his dragon rising to simmer just under his skin. Cirrus was the only contender in the kingdom to his father, and Gemar hated it. Gemar couldn’t use his power to force Enzo to do anything due to his power matching his. Enzo stared into his father’s eyes, waiting for Gemar to make the move to ask to come in. When he felt his mother’s power sneaking up to add to Gemar’s, Enzo knew they were not in the mood for this power game.
“Would you two like to come in?” Enzo asked as he stepped aside to let them in.
They didn’t say a word. In a cold silence, they stepped into his room. Enzo already knew where they were headed. The small room inside his suite was like a dining area. It had a table with six chairs that could grow to seat eight. Every suite had one, but the master suite had a larger one with a kitchen. Gemar sat at the head of the table, which Enzo knew he would, and Nande sat to his right. Any other day, Enzo would have sat on his father’s left side. Today, Enzo decided to sit at the opposite side of the table so he could be looking at him directly. Gemar made a face of derision at Enzo but quickly adjusted it.
“We would like to discuss something with you.” Gemar’s voice had no emotion in it.
“Okay,” Enzo said with a matched tone.
“Your mate.”
Oh good. Here it comes.Enzo thought to himself while he mentally rolled his eyes.
“She is not a fitted match for you.”
Enzo stifled his growl. He wanted to see where this conversation was going before he lost his temper. “How so?”
“Well, we have received reports that she hasn’t emerged into her dragon, yet. A future queen needs to have their dragon, Enzo. There is no logical debate for that.” Nande said to him in a confused tone as if Enzo had already jumped up and screamed his argument about it.
“Yes, I have heard these rumors myself. Pretty sure a guard overheard an argument between Kaida and Malinda about this very thing.”
“And yet you want to announce to the world that she is your mate and bond yourself to her?” Nande continued.
Enzo said nothing.
“You want the future Queen of Dragaal?” Gemar snarled.
