Mated to the Dragon King by Imogen Sera

Author:Imogen Sera [Sera, Imogen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B077Z4KSHR
Barnesnoble: B077Z4KSHR
Publisher: Imogen Sera
Published: 2017-12-07T07:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

“Tell me about your brothers,” Ingrid asked, sitting next to Helias on the couch in the library.

“What do you want to know?” he asked, looking up from the book in his lap.

“I don’t know. What are they like? Will they eat anyone here?”

He laughed and kissed her forehead. “Tarquin might try, but I won’t let him.”

“I thought you said he was your favorite?”

“He is. We’re very different, but I think he’s good for me,” he said, raising a meaningful eyebrow at her.

She smiled at that. All morning, he had repeatedly told her how grateful he was that she was close with Lily. “Hmm,” she responded, and wound her arm around his and pressed a kiss against his hard shoulder. “Is he older and wiser than you?”

“He’s probably the wisest, but I’m the eldest.”

She pressed her lips together. How had she not known that?

“Are you much older?”

“A few days,” he shrugged.

“How is that possible? Do you have different mothers? Or—”

“Eggs,” he said, interrupting her.

“Hmm,” she said again. He was finally talking about himself, and she was constantly reminded how very different their lives were.

“Tarquin is the youngest of us.”

“And he eats people,” she interjected.

Helias grinned at her. “He’s always been the most serious.” He paused, thoughtfully. “He was the only one of us who had found his mate. I’m worried about how he is now, so long after losing her.”

“What do you mean ‘he found his mate’?” Ingrid asked, her interest piqued.

“Oh right, silly humans,” he said, shooting her a impish look. “You know, fated companions, one soul in two bodies?”

“That’s ridiculous,” she said flatly. “Do you mean like marriage?”

He shook his head. “The fates decide at birth, your choices have nothing to do with it.”

Ingrid shuddered. “That sounds awful.”

He looked at her for a long time, and then pulled her against him and kissed the side of her head.

She savored his warmth against her, but something was bugging her. She chewed her lip thoughtfully. “If it’s decided at birth, then you must have had a mate that you never met before she died,” she said, after a moment.

He rested his chin on her head. “Yes. I’ve thought of that often.”

She clung to his arm that was around her, squeezing it affectionately. She was sad for him, and although she would never admit it, a tiny, horrible, selfish part of her was relieved at the thought.

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