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“What happened with the first one and his wife?” I tried to play back any more information I had from talking to the Seer myself.
He cringed a little, but it was apparent that he wasn’t going to try and keep this secret. “Rhuron went out into the world and kidnapped his wife. He stole her away without waiting or asking and used the car service to try and get her back to Everglast. She almost lost her mind; she locked herself in a closet for days.”
My heart beat faster in a mixture of fear and understanding.
“They told you to be softer to get the same thing he’s getting, didn’t they?”
“It’s not like that-”
“Didn’t they?”
He nodded, and I wanted to puke.
“I’m just here to get pregnant,” I rephrased it.
“No, it’s not like that between us. I want more than that.”
“If I didn’t want to have kids, you’d be okay with it?” I prodded his resolve.
“Heather, I’d do anything for you.” His arms were loose around me now, like he wasn’t sure what to do about what I was saying.
“I’m not here to be bred like some livestock,” I could feel tears in my eyes. I’d cried more in the last week than I had since my parents died.
“I know you’re not. Come here.” He pulled me close into his arms and kissed me. “It didn’t start right, but I’d give up all of Everglast for you now. You’re so much more than that kingdom.”
The idea of pulling him away from his ancestral lands felt worse.
“I’m just so confused and tired,” I explained. My mind and body felt exhausted from crying and being upset.
“It’s okay. We can take this a step at a time.” His arms cradled me against him. “I would do anything that you want me to do. I need you in my life to feel whole now.”
This was huge, and I knew that only made me cry harder.
Who was this perfect man?
Why did I deserve him?
The rain outside fell harder, and I pulled the blankets tighter up and around us. “Can we just stay inside all day?” I asked.
“We could live out the rest of our lives in this room if you wanted us to,” he laughed. I relaxed further and huffed out a breath of relief. Maybe my dreams were making it seem worse than it was.
Hopefully, that meant that there was room for changes in interpretation.
Billy climbed onto the bed with us, and we made enough room so that he could sleep behind the crook of my knees. This was so comfortable and perfect. My dog, the man I was growing feelings for, and me just comfortably sleeping through a thunderstorm.
Kissing Dralle, I pushed aside the memories of the dreams with him and my brother.
It wasn’t necessary at the time. I just wanted to be held and kissed until the storm ended.
