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“Guess I’m sharing a room with Milo?”
“Everyone will get their own room probably,” I reasoned. “Dimitris said there’s like ten rooms or some ridiculous shit.”
“It would be nice to have a home again.”
“A safe oasis from the madness of the world,” I agreed. “Which reminds me, I need to give your necklace back.”
I tried to move but he wrapped his arms around my waist, forcing me to stay still.
“Can you keep it for me?” His request was so tender in nature. “It feels…nice to not have something around my neck.”
How my heart clenched. I could even feel Bria’s empathy as she quietly listened to the entire conversation.
“Of course,” I whispered. “For as long as you wish me to.”
We held each other for a few minutes before we agreed that it was time to get back to work. I walked him to the door, and he opened it up before peering back at me.
“Large coffee?”
I needed a moment to think about it because the list of duties I had to get done would probably need an extra-large.
Or maybe three extra cups of coffee.
“Let’s start with lar-” My statement was cut off by the unexpected lips that lightly pressed against mine. I blinked a few times while my eyes finally met his that were slowly coming to a close.
I ended up doing the same as the two of us further eased into the delicate touch.
For one who’d gone through so much shit, he kissed like the world was a precious globe that had to be protected at all costs.
He broke the kiss but remained in place. “I can see why she hates you.”
I knew he meant the Vile Queen but I couldn’t help but ask why as I opened my eyes to meet his so I could see the various emotions that flickered in those mesmerizing spheres.
“Why?”
“No matter what the world throws at you, you’re still able to remain sweet instead of bitter,” he revealed. “That’s a quality she can never steal from you.”
With those words, he turned away.
“I’ll get your coffee. Be back shortly.”
He was gone before I knew it, and the guards who had moved from the door to give us privacy were back in their guarding spots on the sides of the door.
With a slight smirk, I closed the door and headed to my desk, my heels emphasizing that I was now alone in this grand office.
Reaching my desk, I pulled out my chair and sank into the soft pink cushion while admiring the golden hardware that matched the unique theme of pastel pink and gold that radiated throughout the room.
Grabbing my phone, I turned it off airplane mode and began to listen to the dings of what were surely thousands of text messages, emails, and missed phone call alerts.
Everyone is trying to grab a spot or remind me of their loyalty to us, the Forbidden.
It felt good to be in this power seat now, and I couldn’t wait to see what tomorrow would bring.
I tilted my phone forward so I could watch the incoming text messages rolling in and one of them caught my interest as the individual had no name.
Clicking on the specific pink bubble notification, it opened the single text message.
“You think you’ve won. When the time is right, I’ll hit you where it hurts. Then we’ll be even.”
All I could do was smile as I deleted the message, let my phone rest on the fine marble desk with pink and gold accents, and further learned back into the comfy chair.
Closing my eyes, I couldn’t help but grin from ear to ear, enough that I surely looked cynical.
“You want to play, bitch?” I whispered and recalled the glimpse of her face with the flickering of her sickly flames.
Let’s fucking play.
