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"Yes," he replied. "It's like you were a bud, but now you're a flower. Or maybe a butterfly. Soft and elegant but strong in their own way. And beautiful." He drew me into his arms and lightly stroked my hair as he held me.
"Does that make you a bee?" I asked.
"If you're a flower it does," he agreed. "I'll eat your pollen any time." One of his hands ghosted lightly over my stomach and down over my pussy.
“I’ll let you anytime.”
I smiled and snuggled down deeper. I fell into a doze until a knock sounded at the door. It roused me from a dream about the temple. In it, all of my sisters went into heat at the same time. All of the priests were alphas. Every one of us changed into Fae, including the priests. Somehow Zared went from human to an alpha Fae without any pain. I didn't get to register what he looked like before I awoke.
"Sounds like food is here," Zared said sleepily.
I murmured my agreement and sat up to listen. Footsteps were heavy on the timber floor outside the room before they moved away, gradually fading into silence.
"I'll get it." I was hungry and didn't want to risk anyone seeing Zared.
I scooped up my panties and shirt and slipped them back on before I slowly opened the door and peered outside.
I couldn't see anyone. Nothing but a tray that sat outside, plates covered with a wide cloth held down by glasses in three of the corners.
I stepped out and peered up and down the corridor. It looked empty.
I crouched down to pick up the tray and carry it into the room.
I was about to close the door with my foot when it was pushed fully open again.
I let out a squeak of surprise and almost dropped the tray.
32
Khala
"Isee you're making good use of your time," Ryze drawled. He stepped into the room and raised an eyebrow at the sight of Zared lying naked on the bed.
Zared shrugged, but tugged the covers up over his groin.
Ryze gave me a smile before taking the tray and carrying it over to the table in the corner of the room.
"Did you find anything?" I glanced at the door, but Tavian and Vayne didn't follow him inside.
"We got a couple of leads." Ryze pulled the cloth off the tray and tilted his head to look at the contents. "The food here is always so good."
"What leads?" Zared demanded.
"Leads the other two are following," Ryze said easily. "Unfortunately, where they’re going, I'm more recognisable than they are. Fortunately, that means you get my company."
He picked up a bread roll and bit into the side of it. "Mmmm, tastes good." He picked up two more rolls and tossed them to each of us.
I caught mine and sat on the edge of the bed next to Zared. "Where are they going?" I tore off a hunk of bread and popped it in my mouth.
"A brothel." Ryze sat on the bed beside us, leaned back and crossed his ankles.
"Figures they'd recognise you there," Zared said with a snort.
Ryze grinned unapologetically. "Brothels have even better gossip than waterfront inns. It's amazing the things people will say in the middle of a good fuck. Or right after one." He toasted me with his roll before taking another bite.
I refused to blush. Instead I smiled and said, "What are they hoping to find there? Gossip about my sisters?" Not to mention women and possibly men willing to please them.
"People from Cavan's palace frequent this particular establishment," Ryze said. "If they've gone there and talked, Tavian and Vayne will find out."
