Guarding His Mate: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance (Fated Mates of the Atari Book 4) by A.G. Wilde

Author:A.G. Wilde [Wilde, A.G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Petronie Publishing
Published: 2023-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

13

Da’red

Holding Rissa in my arms as she sleeps, it takes every effort I have to release her gently as I slip from the bed. There are many things I must attend to and her arrival here at the palace is one of them. I will have to assume my duties as crown prince…and I will have to go to see my father. I can’t use the excuse of being off-world for my absence any longer. At least, not while I’m actually on the grounds of the palace.

Sighing, I slip from Rissa’s side and she makes a little soft sound in her sleep. Pulling the furs over her, I watch as her face relaxes.

I wasn’t lying when I told her she was a goddess. Her face is so soft and delicate, I’m partly happy the snizz kept her in such horrible conditions that her beauty wasn’t displayed. I might not have found her in time if he’d realized just how priceless she is.

Thinking about that, I make a mental note to get the attendants to give her everything she needs. She will need days of rest and proper food. She will need someone to tend to the lingering aches that must be in her muscles. She will need someone to treat her delicately.

At that thought, I groan inwardly.

I shouldn’t have pushed myself on her. She wasn’t ready. Not after what she’d been through. But after she wound up in the washing room, I couldn’t resist. Not after she touched me.

Her touch was like a beckoning call that I couldn’t resist.

Pulling a clean tunic over my frame, I slip into clean trou and rake a hand through my hair. With one last glance toward her sleeping in my bed, I smile.

I didn’t realize how empty it was without her there.

As I leave the room, I jerk my chin at Bee, who simply lifts his head. He doesn’t make any effort to rise and follow me like he usually does, and I know it’s because he’s taken guard over the female that’s come into our lives so suddenly.

She’s mine, and he knows it. He’ll protect her as he would protect my life.

With one final glance at my mate, I slip from the room and tell the attendants by the door to keep watch. If she wakes, they are to notify me immediately and take her to Perthru if I cannot return to her side swiftly.

They nod, slight glances toward the door and I’m sure they’ll be discussing the fact there is a female in my chambers as soon as I’m out of earshot. After all, it’s not a regular occurrence.

It isn’t an occurrence at all, and though they are trusted attendants, I know they gossip among themselves.

Perthru will soon be at my back the moment she hears.

Sighing, I head down the hall toward my father’s quarters. Far across the palace, on the other side on the east wing, the king of Atar resides. Slipping into one of the secret passageways that will take me there without having to walk through the main halls, I run a hand across the nape of my neck.

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