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“So are you,” he replied lightly, turning away in embarrassment.
“Not like this!” I insisted. “You’re a sage!”
“No,” he said quickly, casting me a warning look. “And don’t go around advertising my skillset.”
My lips parted as I realized that, like my ability to alter the weather, he had kept his healing magic under wraps as well.
“I don’t think you’re being trafficked,” I said, again staring at the place where the bear had taken a chunk out of my arm. “Why do you keep it a secret?”
The marks were entirely gone, and I could barely believe my eyes.
“I’m more concerned about others conflating my talents with dark magic,” he explained.
I scoffed. “You’re the king!”
“More the reason for them to create a scandal. Please, Zephy, don’t say anything.”
“I won’t,” I promised him. “I wouldn’t.”
Our eyes locked, and his face relaxed, his arms falling over my shoulders.
“You scared me for a minute there.”
“Who was that?” I asked for a third time, my head still fuzzy. “Why did he come after me?”
Cade shook his head. “I don’t have an answer for you, Zephy, but there are always anarchists who lurk on the edges of society, looking to cause civil unrest, particularly during times of political change.”
“That’s not reassuring in the least,” I muttered, sinking back on the bed.
“You must know I won’t allow anything to happen to you.”
I stared up at him, hearing the sincerity of his statement, and he gnawed on the insides of his cheeks as if he was surprising himself with his own proclamations.
“It’s the alpha’s job to protect his palace,” he rushed on, and I smirked lightly.
I sat up again and reached for his face, pulling him toward me. “Whatever the reason, I’m very grateful that you were there for me, Cade. If you hadn’t been—”
“Don’t think like that,” he interjected fiercely. “It was a horrible fluke thing—and it won’t happen again. We will increase your security, and I won’t leave your side.”
My heart skipped at his promise, our lips inches apart.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered. “It should have never happened in the first place.”
I started to deny that he had any fault, but he leaned forward to kiss me into silence, and I eagerly accepted his kiss, my arms encircling his neck readily. I didn’t want his guilt or contrition, but I did want him. I thought about little else but Cade these days.
“You should rest,” he mumbled unconvincingly, but I shut him up with my own deeper kiss, my tongue jutting into his mouth to stop him, my pull dragging him toward me on the bed.
His fingers released the combs from my hair, sending a shiver down my spine as his bare skin touched that of my arms. My long tresses fell over the curves of my body, his fingers moving to unzip my dress.
Cade pulled back slightly, his blue eyes shining with something I couldn’t easily identify, but when he spoke, I understood what it was I saw.
“I was terrified when he came for you,” he admitted breathlessly. “I thought I was going to lose you.”
Startled by his confession, I merely stared back at him, unsure of how to respond in any way but physically.
My mouth crashed back to his again, and without allowing our mouths to part, I overtook him, straddling his naked form, but he didn’t resist. His hands encircled my waist, finally free to wriggle my billowing, crimson dress free from my body to make me as naked as him. The feel of his bare hands against my nude back instantly relieved me, draining the last of my fear from my body.
This was strange for me, sprawled over him, but simultaneously, it felt natural, my hips gyrating against him, relishing the bulge of his thickness against the warmth of my own center. Cade’s palms slid around the front of my body, his hands freely cupping my now naked breasts, the dress discarded on the floor beside my bed.
