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“What?” I laughed. “You can tell me, but I can’t you?”
“It’s just a big word. Queen. It makes all of me want to go hide.” Her shoulders tensed like she wished to hide back into her body.
“If you can find a place, let me know.” I laughed, brushing the free strands of hair from her face. Though it also reminded me. “Don’t think about the burdens only. You’ll have some freedoms too.”
“Like?”
“Wearing your hair as you choose?”
She paused for a moment before reaching up to brush the strands back herself. “You don’t like it this way? Everyone else says it looks better straight.”
“You could shave your head, and I’d still love you, Odette,” I replied, lifting her chin and forcing her to look at me. “I just want you to love you too.”
“You and your lines.”
“Romantic, aren’t I?”
She rolled her eyes. “If you were really romantic, you would have kissed me already.”
“Forgive me,” I said, and before she could reply, I brought her lips to mine, wrapping my arms around her.
Yes, it had been a hard day, but these moments made it all worthwhile. And slowly, what started as an innocent kiss became much more than that. I pressed her up against the columns, my hand rising to cup her breast through the material of her dress
“Gale,” she muttered against my lips.
“Bevilën,” I replied, wanting nothing more than to lift her dress.
“Don’t seduce me,” she whispered.
“Aren’t you seducing me? Out here dancing in the moonlight wearing this.”
“What is wrong with what I am wearing?”
“It makes me think of you not wearing it.” It made me want to rip it off of her and see all of her beauty underneath it, and with the way she held on to me and kissed me, she wanted me to do it too.
“Gale,” she muttered as I kissed down the side of her face, down to her neck. “Gale, we can’t. It’s bad luck.”
“Ugh.” I groaned as if she had poured cold water over me. “They’ve gotten to you, too, with these superstitions.”
“The queen believes it—”
“Now, you bring up my mother.” I pouted, lifting my head to look at her. “You truly do wish to kill the mood here.”
“Forgive me,” she replied, pouting back. “But I was clearly and specifically told while still in bed the last time that until we are married, there can be no seducing of any kind from either of us.”
“Good thing we are already married—”
“Shh.” She put her hand over my mouth quickly, her eyes wide.
Rolling my eyes, I nodded so she would uncover my mouth, and when she did, I quickly kissed her lips. “Fine, stand there, and torment me then.”
“Good, I will.” She beamed, and by God, it was beautiful. Her smile didn’t just make me smile—it made my heart beat faster.
“You are seducing me again.”
She gaped. “What? How?”
I shook my head, taking her hand instead. “Come on. I’ll walk you back.”
