Claimed by the Elven Brothers: Fate (An Elven King Novella Book 2)

Author:Rayne, Cristina [Rayne, Cristina]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Published: 2014-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

I sat out on the balcony, in all appearances gazing out at the rolling hills as the last light of the sun disappeared below the horizon when my mind was in fact a million miles away from them. Seeing Amanda’s second child last night and all the excited chatter about it from my group of human friends today had been a very painful reminder that I was letting both Seren and Locien down even though I was sure neither one would see it that way.

Fifty Years.

I frowned. Yes, it really had been that long since I literally followed Seren and Locien blindly into the elven realm. At that time, I never thought that several decades later, my situation would still be teetering along that same line of uncertainty, that I would still be a “mistress” to the House of Elerren.

More importantly, I never thought that I would remain childless after such a long time. Both brothers had assured me time and time again that it wasn’t something I needed to worry about, that a child would eventually come along. However, after the conversation between Seren and Locien I had inadvertently overheard this afternoon when I had unexpectedly returned home early from the little get-together with everyone within the royal suite, I was more than worried about my lack of a pregnancy. I was starting to panic.

They had been gravely discussing the possibility that I was as barren as the elven women. The longest any of the human brides had gone without conceiving had been twenty years.

I had left immediately, not wanting to hear any more of their discussion. I didn’t want to hear any talk about going back to the human world to find another human bride candidate. I didn’t think either one would kick me to the curb if it did turn out that I would never be able to conceive an elven child, but things in the royal family were never so cut and dry in regards to a member’s desires. Would I even be allowed to remain here in the Realm if I would never become the bride of an elf?

I had nothing to go back to in the human realm. My old world would now be as alien to me as the elven realm had been all those years ago. Everyone I once knew would be in their seventies, or quite possibly even dead. There was no way I could ever reintegrate into human society again. That ship had sailed long ago.

I took a deep breath when I realized that my heart had begun to beat much too fast. I needed to calm down. There was no way Seren or Locien would allow that to happen. I was still their mistress, and that alone would be enough to protect me from all the various naysayers and human-haters even if—I swallowed thickly against the very large knot that had suddenly formed in my throat—even if they brought in a second mistress.

And they would. I had no doubt about that.

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