A Cage of Kingdoms (Deliciously Dark Fairytales - Red Riding Hood Book 2) by K.F Breene

Author:K.F Breene [Breene, K.F]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Vemar

Later that night, I joined a bunch of others at the impromptu pig roast. Captive Lady sure could cook. Hadriel’s raving hadn’t done her justice—not even close.

Calia walked over to me, the roll of her hips indicating she believed herself the prize of the party. She sure was pretty.

“Hello, Kind Lady,” I said, a name I’d given her when we met in the demon dungeons. “What can I do you for?” I popped a bite of pork into my mouth. I offered her a morsel from my plate.

She hesitated, probably running through the rules in her mind. If a wolf or other shifter offered food, accepting it meant you wanted to head to the sack—or to eternity—with them. When a dragon did it, we were just being polite. We didn’t need to trade food for sex—we got laid just by being us.

She gave me the sort of smile that said she wouldn’t be opposed to heading to the sack this evening, and reached for a bite. I wouldn’t say no.

She tossed it into her mouth. “Everyone has been somewhat tight-lipped about what happened yesterday when the new . . . castle inhabitant shifted for the first time.”

“Yup. King’s orders⁠—”

“What . . .” Her brow furrowed and she stared at my plate. “What is this?”

She looked around at the crowd of people gathered. There were more people here than Aurelia had been expecting. She’d planned on doing just one pig, but it seemed my little buddy, Hadriel, had correctly surmised the word would get out. Aurelia had prepared more food accordingly.

“The Captive Lady did a little cooking for the friendlies.” I put another bite into my mouth.

“Aurelia did this?” She reached for pork this time, watching me as she chewed. “This is delicious.”

“Yes, it is rather good.”

She took a root vegetable and looked it over for a moment before eating it. “Mmm.” Her gaze turned intense. “The first was pork, but what is this?”

“That I do not know. Something edible that grows around here in great supply, apparently. I’ve never had it before.”

“How’d she know about it?”

I shrugged. “Apparently she went through long periods of not having enough food and figured out a solution. She knows a lot about foraging and natural foods. I’m sure the locals know what it is, but the castle cook isn’t the type to go traipsing through the woods looking for vegetables.”

She grabbed another type of vegetable, surveying it first and then sliding it into her mouth. She sucked on her finger, and I started salivating.

As was usual for this female, she didn’t voice what she was thinking, her gaze far away while her wheels clearly turned. She issued a soft grunt, coming to some sort of conclusion, before refocusing on me. I continued to eat, and she continued to help me clear my plate.

“I got wind of an emoting situation,” she told me. “Yesterday, I mean. She emoted very strongly. So strongly that very loyal dragons turned on their king.”

Who’d been talking, I wondered .

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