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“Magic,” Wisteria says, her grin widening. “I may not be as physically strong as a dragon, but I’m not completely helpless.”
No, she’s not. In fact, she’s far stronger than any female dragon. And to think, I thought having a wife who wasn’t a dragon would mean more work for me because I’d have to protect her. If anything, Wisteria can protect herselfandme. As the crown prince and future king of the dragons, I knew my wife would be a huge target. It’s comforting to know that I don’t have to worry when it comes to Wisteria’s safety.
I swim closer to her.
She eyes me warily. “What are you up to?”
I stop directly in front of her, a smirk playing on my lips. “Am I not allowed to be close to my wife?”
She raises an eyebrow.
Evander makes a loud, gagging noise. “Can you two notflirtin front of me?”
I laugh, but Wisteria’s face turns red with embarrassment. I pull her closer and her eyes widen, but she doesn’t try to fight against me.
Evander groans. “You two are worse than Natalia and Andrew.”
That makes me smile. My sister and her mate were disgustingly in love when they first met. Dad declared that she couldn’t go out on dates alone with Andrew until they were married, despite the fact that they were both twenty three years old at the time. Evander and I were both forced to spend the two weeks until their wedding babysitting them. Not that having us there discouraged them.
“At least I’m not kissing her in front of you,” I tease my younger brother.
Wisteria’s face turns even redder.
I’mveryaware of the fact that I haven’t kissed her yet.It’s not that I don’t want to—I do. I just know that if we take the next step in our relationship, I’m only going to fall more in love. And, if I do that, it will only hurt her more once I do meet my soulmate.
When I think about meeting my soulmate, I feel like my heart is being ripped in half. I know my dad said any love I feel for Wisteria will simply go away, but how could it? And how would my dad even know? He didn’t date anybody before he met my mother.
A wall of water hits me, going up my nose and burning my eyes. I turn to glare at my little brother.
“You were the one that wanted to hang out with us,” I complain.
“No. I wanted to hang out with Wisteria. You’re free to go.” Evander flicks his hands, making a shooing motion. “She’s nicer than you.”
I glance at Wisteria, her eyes a bright blue that matches the color of the sky. “My brother likes you more than me.”
“No he doesn’t,” she argues.
“Yes, I do,” Evander says, confirming.
I raise an eyebrow at her, daring her to argue now that Evander has confirmed. She just grins at me.
“Maybe you should be nicer to your brother,” she says.
Evander laughs loudly. “Yes, Stellan. Maybe you should be nicer to your brother.”
I roll my eyes at him.
“What was that meeting about earlier?” Evander asks, changing the subject. “I heard some of the guards talking about Emperor Emrys coming.”
I don’t say anything, I just watch Wisteria, looking for any signs that she’s upset about the meeting we were just in.
Wisteria turns away from me and looks at Evander. “Would you think any less of me if you found out I was only half fae?”
“Why would I care?” Evander asks.
She shrugs. “Maybe because all supernaturals hate hybrids.”
“All supernaturals except for dragon shifters,” he says. “Besides, my brother is married to you, which means my nieces and nephews will be hybrids. So, no. I don’t care if you’re only half fae.”
