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“How many do you want?” I pull back to look at her.
She blinks at the question. “I don’t know. I haven’t really thought about it.” She cocks her head to the side. “How do dragon shifters prevent pregnancy if they don’t have birth control?”
“They don’t,” I say bluntly. “Dragon shifters typically have big families, but it’s harder for a female dragon shifter to get pregnant. There are only certain times it canhappen, and that cycle usually only happens anywhere from one to ten times in a female dragon shifter’s life.”
Her eyes widen. “But I’m not a dragon shifter. So I can get pregnant any time.”
I nod.
She shoves against my chest slightly, but she’s not actually trying to get away from me. “So the only way to prevent pregnancy is abstinence.”
I narrow my eyes. “Don’t get any ideas.”
She laughs. “Like I could say no to you. Not when you’re looking at me like that.”
“Like what?”
“With your sexy bedroom eyes.”
I cock an eyebrow. “You say that as you look at me with hot pink eyes. I knowexactlywhat that color means now, Wisteria Basilicus.”
Her grin widens. “Only because you swindled and tricked me into telling you.”
“I tricked you?” I lean closer to her and kiss her behind her ear.
She sucks in a sharp breath, just like I knew she would. “Because you were all shirtless and hot and…” she takes another breath, “and I can’t think straight around you.”
My stomach muscles tighten from a mix of her emotions and my own. I’m about to capture her lips when there is a knock on the door. Because I was distracted, I wasn’t paying attention.
Wisteria groans and rests her forehead against mine. “Can we ignore it and hope they go away?”
From the other side of the door, I hear Venali speak. “No, I won’t go away. The trial starts at nine and you guys need breakfast first.”
I sigh and pull away from her. “We should get readyand eat breakfast.” I kiss her softly on the lips and then turn my head to yell at the door. “We’ll be right there.”
She pokes out her bottom lip but nods.
“Wewillfinish this,” I promise her. “Because I don’t care what they say—nobody is keeping me away from you.”
Her heart quickens at my words and she grins widely. “I love you, Stellan.”
“I love you too.”
Wisteria
My heart is racing so fast as Venali and my grandfather lead us into a large room in the east wing of the castle. There are a bunch of chairs set up around the place with three throne-like chairs placed at the front of the room.
“Stellan, take a seat.” Grandfather motions toward the front row of chairs.
I twirl my hair around my finger. “Are we not sitting together?”
Grandfather shakes his head. “You are our princess. Even though you are the accused, you will still sit at the front with Venali and me.”
I’m the accused, but Stellan is the one who will be punished. I swear, elven culture makes even less sense than fae culture.
I worry my bottom lip between my teeth as I look at my husband. He steps up to me, putting his hands on my forearms.
“Don’t worry about me, I will be okay,” he promises. He leans over and gives me the softest kiss on the forehead. When he does, the elves that are already in the audience begin to murmur to one another.
