Page 49 of Her Ivory Flame

“You already have.” Kaden replied back, still an edge to his voice.

Silas just looked at her for another moment, his eyes scanning her face and then drifted to her scar.

Memories of the better days with him flooded her memory and a sting of pain hit her chest. Betrayal was all she could think of, the trust she had in him had been deep and it was all thrownaway in one day.

“Leave Silas,” she choked out, a tear sliding down her cheek as she kept her eyes glued to his.

He leaned forward against Kaden’s blade and tried to rest his head on hers, a natural thing they used to do but she wasn’t having it. Her hand pushed against his chest, white flame spewing from her palm and she watched him lurch back from pain.

Kaden pulled his knife away, stepping slightly in front of her and Silas stumbled back a few steps, his eyes darting to her in disbelief.

“I won’t ask again,” she said in a raspy voice before turning for the bathroom.

She needed to get away from the tension in the air and away from the sight of Silas in front of her. Since the bedroom had no door, the bathroom was the only place she had for an escape.

“You have five minutes to grab your things before I throw you out.”

She could hear Kaden’s voice through the door once she closed it, her body leaning back against it while trying to take deep breaths.

She was seconds from falling apart but she wanted to try and hold it together until Silas was gone. The last thing she needed was for him to hear her when he was supposed to be leaving.

“This is all your fault.” Silas snapped.

“I wasn’t the one that played with a queen’s heart.”

“You knew I used to go there and you just happened to pick that tavern to take her to?” she heard Silas snarl and could hear the sound of his bag getting packed on the other side of the door.

“They have good food. How was I supposed to know you weren’t working and sleeping with a whore?” She heard a hint of a chuckle in his voice, something she had never heard before and it pulled it out of her depressive thoughts for a moment.

“Like you haven’t slept with anyone at a brothel?” Silas retorted.

“I actually haven’t, it's too unclean for me.” Kaden’s voice was casual and she felt her heart calm for a reason she couldn’t explain.

“She and I will work this out, Kaden, we have too much history to throw it away.” Silas said in warning. “You are not worthy of her and you sure as hell couldn’t make her happy so keep to training and nothing more.”

She felt a wave of anger wash over her at the audacity he had of thinking he had any chance left. There was no way she would let him touch her again, let alone give him all of her in a bed and the thought made her sick.

“I will do whatever she says.” Kaden’s voice was low, a darkness to it that made her shutter. “Even if she asks me to fuck her; I’m sure I would be a better ride anyways.”

She heard it then, the movement of feet and the sounds of them fighting coming through the door. She debated on walking out and stopping them, but she was too exhausted at this point. Let themales work out their issues on their own, they apparently wanted to have a dick measuring contest.

She turned on the water and let the tub fill for a few minutes, the sound of their squabble soon ending. The sound of knocking on the door made her jump as she started to submerge herself into the water.

“I’m sorry Alyra, I promise I will come back for you.” Silas’s voice was soft, just like when he used to nurse her back to health and she could feel her chest tighten.

She kept her mouth shut, her lips quivering from the ache she now felt and it was all she could do to keep herself together. Part of her wanted to jump out the door and into his arms, but the other part was disgusted at the thought.

She tilted her head back and kept her breathing steady, even with her still quivering lip. With the sound of his feet finally moving away from her she let out a long breath and heard the main entrance door open and shut signaling Silas’s departure.

She had been broken before but in a very different way and she almost felt like this was worse. It was hard to process her people being betrayed, but for the betrayal to be so personal, that was a whole different matter.

Maybe this was a good thing in an odd sort of way, her focus could now fully be on training and no more distractions. She had locked down her powers, maybe it was time to lock down her heart as well.

She submerged her head under the water and tried to clear her mind for a minute, the thoughts of her home coming to her in faint images. She missed it, and it was time to do anything she could to get back to it.

She was a Queen, and it was time for her to start acting like one.

Chapter 20