Page 30 of A Fate In Moonstone

Chapter Seventeen

“Are you sure about this?”

I turned around to look at the back of the two-piece lacy blue lingerie Nyx picked out for me.

“Yes. You have a great figure. Blue looks great on you. And Tor will absolutely love the lace. You look like a naughty princess.”

That I did. We’d swept my curls half up, while the rest fell over my chest. Like some love goddess.

I’d worn lingerie for myself many times but never for the lovers I’d taken.

“What if he turns me down?”

Nyx stopped lighting candles and stared at me with an arched brow. Yeah. It was a dumb question.

“It’s been what... a week or so since you turned him down. I’ve seen the way he looks at you. It’s time to see what he’s made of and if you wanna be attached to him forever.”

I rolled my eyes and she tsked me.

“You should always sleep with a male before tying yourself to him. What if he’s a terrible lay? Or selfish? What if you aren’t compatible and truly want different things?”

My head tuned back to face the full-length mirror.

What if…

What if those were true?

“You’re right. We’re all adults. I’ve had sex before. This is my future husband. Time to see what we are made of. So, remind me of the plan again.”

I breathed in deeply. The underwire of the Basque dug into my ribs.

Nyx stood behind me, looking my reflection over with a satisfied nod. Not because she was attracted to me, but being the fashionista she is, she knew she picked the right combo to make me look hot and drive Tor wild.

“I’m going to find Tor and tell him you wanted to see him to talk. Then you’ll answer the door looking like this and I’m sure he’ll take it from there.”

Right, right. Sounds easy enough.

“And if at any point you change your mind and you don’t want to sleep with him. Then end it, and if he’s an asshole and doesn’t listen, I trust you’ll kick his ass. We’ll throw him out of the kingdom together.” She strode over to the door, pausing with her fingers on the handle. “Hopefully a mating bond will settle, and you get all the orgasms you want.” She laughed and I saw her soft smile in the reflection. “I really am rooting for you, Sapphira.”

“Me too,” I said as she left, still staring at myself.

My chest tightened, and the fluttering in my stomach had me sitting on the bed.

Maybe I could lie down and tell him to come in when he knocks. He’d see me like this and come ravage me.

I shot to my feet. No, that’s not the plan. I’m supposed to answer the door. Nervousness swirled in my tummy and I started pacing.

No. No pacing.

A loud knock banged on my door.

A rush of breath flowed out of me and my heart raced behind my sternum.

“I’ve got this.”

Plastering a sensual smirk to my lips, I gripped the handle and opened the door to my fate.

“I’m so glad—” The words died in my throat as strong hands gripped my waist and spun me around. The door closed, and I was pushed against it, cheek against the wood with Rune towering behind me.