Royal Affair by Preston Walker

Author:Preston Walker [Walker, Preston]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

And so a period of days began where everything seemed to suddenly be on the mend. The number of reported crimes in the Capital went down on its own, even though no new punishments, laws, or countermeasures had been agreed upon by the council. Peace sprouted on its own, a tender little sprig of a thing.

“We can’t explain it,” said the head councilman, a weathered alpha named Gareth. “Absolutely nothing has changed.”

Another member of the council spoke. “Our theory is that the transition period of uniting the two kingdoms might finally be drawing to an end.”

Jace assessed the group of 13 alphas that sat around the table with him and Keiran. Eight males and five females, many of them were old or otherwise world-weary in some way. However, none of them were so old as to have been alive when Dexus became one kingdom. They, like himself, were born into a torn world. Would their grandchildren finally know peace?

Would his own kids grow up, once more able to play with friends regardless of their status in life?

That night, as Keiran lay in his bed after having sex, the omega tugged on his shoulder.

“Yes?” Jace growled. He wasn’t tired at all and made no effort to hide it. Of all the things he pondered, this arrangement was the one that never truly left his mind even when concerned with other things. Each day, he and his “servant” grew closer together. Each time they had sex, it became that much harder to resist the temptation to stake his claim. Somewhere, something had to break.

“Jace, do you really think that this means peace?” Keiran whispered.

Doubt stained his omega’s voice. Jace rolled over and blinked into Keiran’s reflective eyes, heavy-lidded with sleepiness but still somehow frightened. “I think it’s a fluke,” he answered, after a long moment of thought. “All the murderers decided to stay home today.”

That really didn’t seem to do much to brighten Keiran’s mood, not that Jace could blame him.

“Maybe it does mean something,” he finally continued. Thinking out loud really. “But for it to mean something, it has to keep happening. But if this is just the start of peace after 100 years of waiting for everyone to adjust, can you imagine how long it will be until things settle down for good? I don’t know if either of us will be alive for that.”

“I’d like to be…”

“So would I, but I’m being realistic.”

Keiran pouted in the darkness. “No, you’re being Prince Moody.”

“Oh, god,” Jace groaned, rolling his eyes. “And here I thought I’d finally found the one person who doesn’t think I’m moody.”

Keiran giggled. His nose crinkled when he did that. Jace leaned in and kissed it to make it smoothen out again. “So, you know that everyone calls you that?”

“Please. That was my mother’s pet name for me. Everyone else got it from her.” Despite his grouchiness, he couldn’t help but to smile slightly. “It’s like part of her still lives on, in that way.”

A light touch on his shoulder was all it took for Keiran to convey his sympathy.

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