Single Stroke: A Thrillingly Dark Alien Romance (Triune Alliance Brides Book 3) by Holly Bargo

Author:Holly Bargo [Bargo, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hen House Publishing
Published: 2023-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Louella wasn’t quite sure she heard correctly. Emperor? She gnawed on her full bottom lip. Did that make her a sort of emperor’s consort? After all, they weren’t officially married. Or were they? She frowned, wondering whether “consort” meant she would be a queen or a king’s favored concubine. Her thoughts raced. What the hell just happened? Why did the Kaanian warriors fight alongside Jax? How could this have happened at all?

“Louella.”

She looked up, startled from her thoughts, to see Jax had crossed the room and now stood in front of her. She blinked, horror mingling with bewilderment and shock. He placed a fingertip under her chin and raised her face toward his.

“Louella.”

She blinked again and felt herself tremble as the shock of the fierce and bloody battle began to register in her brain. She gulped and inhaled, then gagged at the coppery stench of violent death and burning flesh.

“Jax?” she squeaked, her voice high and thin.

Yas’kihn cupped her face and felt the clammy skin, watched how her eyes began to lose focus, the pupils narrowing to pinpoints. “Captain Ashtul, my mate is distressed.”

The captain turned his flat green gaze at him and nodded, whiskers twitching. “I’ll summon a healer to your quarters, Your Majesty.”

“Thank you,” Yas’kihn said as he caught Louella whose legs buckled. Her golden eyes rolled back, the whites startling against the earthy tones of her finely scaled skin. He cradled his mate against his blood-splattered chest, angling her head so that it rested in the hollow of his shoulder. “Inform the priest that my mating must be registered as quickly as possible.”

“And if he refuses?” Ashtul countered as he led the way to the rooms reserved for the visiting emperor.

Yas’kihn shrugged as he fell into step behind the captain. If the priest who served the emperor failed to support the new emperor, he would die as easily as the other traitors and be even more easily replaced. Wondering about the priest’s loyalty, he wondered if the male had willingly supported the former emperor’s selfish rule or had tried to guide Gudren down a more honorable path. He resolved to interrogate the priest to ascertain the truth. Glancing at his unconscious mate, he decided to spare her that conversation. It was likely to get bloody.

No, he thought, it wasn’t blood that offended her as much as it was the violence. Despite her fiery nature, his mate was a healer, not a warrior. He felt the warmth of satisfaction as he realized what a good foil she was for him. Louella’s caring nature balanced the bloodthirsty violence of his.

“A healer will arrive shortly, Your Majesty,” Captain Ashtul said when they stopped in front of the door. “I’ll take my leave now, unless you have any last requests.”

Yas’kihn nodded and said, “You and Kaan have the gratitude of all Ahn’hudin and my personal thanks. Ahn’hudin is honored by our alliance with Kaan.”

The captain bowed as the door slid open. “Kaan supports honor and defends it. May you rule long and well.

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