The Princess's Pet (Soul Match Series Book 1) by J.K. Jeffrey

Author:J.K. Jeffrey [Jeffrey, J.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

13. Bratting Has Consequences

I awoke not to the Princess but to knocking. I was groggy and confused and despite myself, my first action was to reach out for the Princess, but she was not in bed. Her absence cleared my mind of sleep and I sat up listening to the sound of the heavy entrance door opening.

“My Royal Highness a letter for you,” said a rough manly voice and I assumed it was a guard.

I got myself up and dressed for the day and found the Princess sitting at the small kitchen table. She did not look up immediately when I entered the room and for a moment, I saw a deep look of contemplation on her face. When she did look up, she gave me a strained smile that in no way touched her eyes and pointed to the mug of coffee waiting on me.

“Thank you, Ma’am,” I thanked her as I sat down, hands wrapping around the warm mug. Her gaze left me again and she looked away in thought. “Is everything alright?” I asked feeling my insides twist at the odd behaviour. I worried that she was treating me differently due to the previous evening.

“Everything is fine, pet,” she told me distractedly her eyes fleetingly glancing to the table, and I saw the letter she had received that morning, official in nature, the Borealis seal broken. Was the letter the source of her distractions?

After a few more minutes of silence, she exhaled through her nose standing from the table. She stopped beside me, her hand reaching out for mine and pulling me from my seat. Her free hand brushed my hair behind my shoulder, and she leaned in briefly scenting me before running her tongue from the base of my neck to under my ear and then pulling away.

I was confused. Was that it? Was that her mark complete? Marking was usually much longer and had never felt like a formality, a simple task before. Was she unhappy with me? Was she distancing herself from me? I didn’t want her to.

“Ma’am?” I questioned as I followed her to the door.

“Hmm?” she responded not turning to me.

“Are you sure you’re okay?” I asked. And she turned to me, that same strained smile.

“Everything is fine Percy,” she said and it sounded final like I shouldn’t ask again.

She did not pull me into her as we drove to class and when we parted, she did not check for her scent on me. And I felt so rejected, like an empty shell as I walked into my etiquette class.

“Percy, what’s wrong?” Harris asked before I had even sat down, choosing to sit with my new friends over the other Borealis servants.

“I don’t know. Nothing, I guess,” I told him trying to shake the odd feeling that had set upon me. I couldn’t let the Princess’s behaviour upset me. She had made herself clear from the start that she didn’t want a soul bond with me, she didn’t even really want me.

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