Birthright (Dragon Brides Book 3) by Moira Kane

Author:Moira Kane [Kane, Moira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2021-07-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Viggo

“There is something I should have told you before tonight,” Viggo murmured as they lay tangled in bed hours later. He couldn’t understand why he was nervous to explain the bond. Perhaps because by omitting it, he felt as if he lied. When he told her there was no going back, she couldn’t have known how serious that was.

She continued drawing circles on his skin with her fingertips, that sated smile still on her face. “Tell me.”

“My kind doesn’t marry.”

Eleanor withdrew her hand. The hurt and surprise came instantly, and he regretted his choice of words. “You won’t marry me? After—” That quickly her eyes were shimmering with tears. “I am a wretched fool, aren’t I?” She threw the furs from her body and tried to climb over him and out of bed.

Viggo locked his arms around her waist and held her on top of him. “Wait, El.”

“Let me go!” She demanded, squirming and making him all too aware of how easily he could be inside her again.

“You’ve misunderstood.” He rolled, dropping her back down beside him and catching her with his legs.

“Why are you so strong?” She bucked her hips, doing nothing but enticing him even more.

“Eleanor.” He meant for his tone to be chastising. Instead, he was purring, his tongue wetting his lips as he watched her thrumming pulse. “I’m going to marry you.”

She stilled. “But you said—”

“I’m very lacking in my communication abilities, as we’ve both learned. Give me a moment and I will explain.” Viggo inhaled deeply, shuddering at how delicious she smelled. He shifted closer, drawing a line down the column of her throat with his nose. “My kind do get married, but only to keep up appearances. We do not find marriage to be a necessity because we have something much stronger between us and the women we love.

“Drakonmein will love once and only once. We have little choice over the woman we take as a mate. It is Lady Fate who decides for us, pairing us with a single woman from the moment we bond with her to the moment we both die.”

“Doesn’t Lady Fate decide for everyone?”

“It’s different for me. I cannot be with another, even if I never found you or you rejected me and left me to live out my days alone. You are and always will be the only woman for me, Eleanor.” He whispered along the shell of her ear. “Now that we have become one in flesh, I am bound to you.”

She pushed his face away. “What does that mean?”

“Close your eyes.” She did as he instructed. “Do you feel different?” He placed his hand over her heart, focusing on sending her as much love as he could through their bond. “Do you feel different here?”

Eleanor gasped. “What is that?”

“That is the bond between us. We are bound. You to me and me to you. My magic has tied us together eternally.” Viggo held his breath, bracing for her reaction. Her face went blank, her emotions churning.

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