Arranged (The Queen's Mates Book 1) by Mazzy J. March

Author:Mazzy J. March [March, Mazzy J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Decadent Publishing LLC
Published: 2021-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

Leif waited in the foyer, and I joined him to walk across the courtyard and through the grounds to the tree line where we stripped and shifted. His wolf was as handsome as the man himself, and my wolf preened each time she saw him, butting her head against his muzzle and prancing, ready to run.

Anywhere in particular in mind? He tossed his head back. It’s a fine day to be out.

I don’t care where we go. Just to stretch out and clear the cobwebs from my mind.

Then if Your Majesty will follow me, I will take you somewhere I don’t think you’ve been.

Shameful, but there were probably a lot of places like that in my kingdom. My uncle rarely let me past the palace walls, insisting it wasn’t safe and my wolf could just as easily play in the gardens. My parents had felt differently, and had taken Jillian and I out in the forest, but it had been too long to remember

Lead on, good sir. It was such a pleasure to talk without struggle, something I could only do in wolf form. If Jillian had wanted the throne, I could have shifted and stayed that way almost all the time, mind speech replacing my struggles to hear.

We crashed on through the woods, darting around trees and leaping streamlets, talking a little, but mostly just running. A light breeze ruffled my fur, and dappled sunlight made its way through the trees in their full-summer leaf. We ran for at least an hour before he dodged to the left and ran straight at a hill.

I balked, slowing. Wait! You’re going to hit —

Then he didn’t crash into the grassy side of the hill but disappeared through some low bushes. Poof. Gone.

Leif!

What are you waiting for? Come in!

I paced forward slowly, ducking through the prickly brush and finding myself in a tunnel under the hill. Where are you?

Keep coming. You’ll find me.

I waited for my eyes to adjust then rolled them. Or as much as wolf eyes rolled. Because my vision in this form was so much better than as a human. And a pair of glowing orbs right ahead of me showed me where Leif waited.

A cave, huh? It was nice, but I didn’t see anything really special about it.

Join me, mate. And you’ll see what makes it amazing.

Mate… About mating, I think we need to talk. It’s not the right time. I paced closer to him, the narrow tunnel gradually widening. It’s too expensive, and our resources need to be for the people.

No rush. He said it so casually, I paused. But it’s not a ceremony that makes mates. That’s just for show.

I know there is a contract in place…

That’s not either, mate. Can’t you feel it? It’s nothing to do with anyone but us. Our wolves, our other halves. It’s not paperwork for us.

Leif. But then I saw what he wanted to show me, and it blew me away. Is the whole hill hollow?

Practically. The water did it, I think.

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