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“A crown of our enemies hair if I were to ever be bald? You sweet talker.”
He lifts his shoulder, a bit bashfully, and scratches the back of his head. “I’m only being honest.”
The door to the bathroom swings open, allowing more cold air in. Cailian stands there in fresh robes. They are light blue with hints of white detail on the hems. His hair is combed, cascading down his shoulders. On either side of his head, there are two braids pinned back. His unique eyes roam over both of us as we stand there naked.
Lust plucks the strings of our bond, and he takes a deep breath to calm himself. Nyx growls, taking a step forward to take him, but Cailian holds up his hand to stop our dragon.
“We can’t. We mated and it was hectic, but we can’t stay here forever. My elves are curious about Rarity, and I know your dragons are too. We have responsibilities. She hasn’t even seen the castles. We haven’t given her a tour of our lands. We’ve just been—”
“—Fucking,” Nyx finishes for him in a low rough voice that has my thighs clenching together. “We’ve been fucking, Treasure. Last I checked, she got to explore our bodies which was important, don’t you think? For the mating.” Nyx is standing in front of Cailian now, his wings twitching as if he is stopping himself from wrapping them around our elf. He drags his fingers down Cailian’s arm. “You’re hiding your mating marks. My brand can’t be seen.”
“Your brand? Last I checked, it was on the back of my neck where it couldn’t be,” Cailian snaps, narrowing his eyes at Nyx.
The fire and ice swirling down his arms is covered, but I didn’t think it was intentional. I frown at Cailian, wondering if he is ashamed to be mated to us, a brief thought that creates splinters in my bones.
“Is it just Nyx or is it me too?” I ask him, wrapping a towel around my body to cover myself. I feel exposed. “Are you ashamed your beloved is a vampire? A bloodsucker that could kill any of your elves? Anyone on this planet? Or are you ashamed you’re mated to a dragon?”
Cailian’s eyes widen in shock when he hears me, but he straightens to his full height, the crown on his head sparkling against the bathroom light. He looks like royalty in this moment, a man, who when he speaks, everyone listens, and he is always correct. No one dares to challenge a royal.
I’ll challenge him every day to remind him he is more than royalty.
“It has nothing to do with that. I do not care that you are a vampire. I love it, Rarity. Don’t for one second think I am ashamed of you—” he slides his eyes to Nyx “—Of either of you, but we cannot pretend anything about this is simple. I am not ashamed of what you are, or who you are. I am proud that Fate thought I was worthy enough of not one, but two mates.” He takes a step forward and Nyx takes a step back, closer to me.
“The fact, the truth, the reality of this mating is that it contains two royals, one who hates the other, and a new princess.”
I open my mouth to argue with him, but he stops me by shaking his head.
“I know you say you are not a Princess. You are humble, kind, and you have a lot to learn about this world, but Rarity, youarea Princess. You need to accept it because not only will you be ruling the elves, but the dragons too. You make our kingdoms one.”
I swallow, my throat suddenly dry, and for the first time in a long time, I want some water. The pressure weighs on me.
Cailian turns to Nyx. “And that is another thing we need to discuss. How are we going to join the kingdoms? It is an issue we have to face. We cannot live separately.”
“I— I don’t know if I’m ready for that, Cailian—”
“—Then you better get fucking ready for it, Nyx because that is the truth. You do not have to love me so be a good prince and pretend you do for your dragons so they can trust us to take care of them,” Cailian yells so loud, I flinch, icicles begin to form from the ceiling as his anger whirls.
And to my surprise, Nyx doesn’t get upset. He doesn’t say a word.
“I understand you want me to be your well-kept secret. The elf who killed your father has to sleep next to you every night, but you know what really perplexes me?” Cailian invades Nyx’s space, standing toe to toe with him. “Your hate obviously has its limits because you love fucking what you seem to dislike so much.”
Smoke spills from Nyx and steam rises from his shoulders.
Cailian turns to me, the anger vanishes when his eyes catch mine, and then holds out his hand. “Come on, I will give you a tour of the kingdom, and then Nyx can take you to his den.”
“I will see you both later then—”
Cailian shakes his head. “You have to meet everyone too. This is the first time they will have to be led by a dragon. Some will not react well, including your dragons. It is best if we get it over with.”
Nyx nods, bending over to pick up his pants. He slides them on, having to do a little dance to get the material over his ass. His tail slithers through a hole that seems customed made to his form.
“This isn’t going to go over well,” Nyx mutters, buttoning, what looks like, torn black jeans.
I reach out to touch them, my fingers gliding over material that’s so much softer than denim.
“I’ll tell you all about how clothes are made for us dragons later. After.”
I pull my hand away and nod, not really looking forward to what “After” entails. I was. I mean, I am, kind of. It’s hard to explain. I was feeling excited and now there is this underlying sense of dread. I haven’t forgotten how far back Nyx and Cailian’s history goes but I didn’t think about the elves or dragons and how they are going to react to the two being mated.
