Crimson Crown by Amy Patrick

Author:Amy Patrick [Patrick, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford South Press

12

Acting More Queenly

Reece

It wasn’t every day I saw a look like that on Kannon’s face.

He was without a doubt the baddest of all the badass soldiers I’d worked with. Now he was practically sprinting down the hall away from Abbi, looking terrified.

I turned and watched his rapidly disappearing back. “What’s going on with him?”

“I was wondering the same thing,” Abbi said. “I think Larkin might know, but she’s not talking either.”

Picking up on the amusement in her voice, I studied Abbi’s face. “Do you think those two are...”

“Wouldn’t surprise me.”

“And how would you feel about that?” I probed. Hopefully my tone didn’t give away my jealousy.

As queen, Abbi had the right to spend time with any and all of her Bloodbound soldiers whenever she liked doing whatever she liked.

She’d assured me several times she had no interest in claiming carnal rights with the others, but it was tradition, and I knew a lot of the other guys were hoping for it—especially now that their queen was a beautiful nineteen-year-old instead of a woman who’d walked the earth for more than two hundred years.

“Well, I love them both, so it makes perfect sense for them to love each other,” Abbi said. “Anyway, it’s their business.”

While I felt the tension leave my body, another worry took its place. “Is it though? If they are involved and word gets out, it’s not going to be good. The other Bloodbound will start feeling like they’ve got carte blanche to do the same—you’ll have the inmates running the asylum here before long.”

“Well Kannon had a very helpful suggestion about that,” Abbi said.

I didn’t understand the note of mischief in her voice. My own was full of trepidation. “Oh?”

“He thinks I should start inviting Bloodbound soldiers to my chambers to give the rest of them hope.”

The tension snapped right back into place—and doubled. It was joined by a burning sensation in my stomach and an involuntary growl. I reached for Abbi, pulling her into my arms.

“The only Bloodbound who’s setting foot over your threshold is standing right in front of you. If anyone else tries it, his hope better be that he can outrun me.”

Abbi laughed and kissed me. Pulling back to meet my eyes, she ran her hands over my shoulders and down my chest. “Oh my. What a big, scary vampire you are.”

The combination of her touch and the sexy tease in her voice lit me on fire. I looked up and down the corridor to make sure we were alone.

Then I backed her up against one wall and pressed the front of my body to hers.

Nuzzling her neck, I murmured, “I don’t know about scary... but yeah... if you want to discuss size, I’ll be happy to escort ‘my queen’ back to her chambers.”

Abbi laughed and ran her hands over my abdomen and around to my back to pull me even closer.

“I suppose as queen it’s my prerogative to take a little ‘private time’ when I want to. Let’s go.”

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