Captive Bride; Warrior of Her Heart by Andromeda

Author:Andromeda [Andromeda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: After Hours Publications
Published: 2016-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The sons of people chanting and singing fill the air. Children run and laugh, vendors sell food, gifts and jewels, the priests sing praises to the gods; calling down their blessings. The Festival of Zeus is in full action.

Among the people, Zenobia watches everything with wide eyes. Celebrations for the Ancestors didn't ever go like this, but she kind of likes it. A child bumps into her leg, but she smiles down at him and sends him to his mother with a kiss. She can't wait to have her own, her hand going to her own stomach.

She's only three months, but she can't wait to hear its laugh, its giggles or kiss its chubby cheeks. She wonders who it'll favor more, her or Alexander? She frowns a moment, why is she thinking of him. Of all people in the world, why him?

He's nothing more than a cocky ass who thinks of only himself. And yet...he's constantly on her mind. In the back of her mind, she harbors a dark secret; she enjoyed their coupling. True, in the beginning she hated it, seeing as she only felt like an object to him. But as time wore on, she begun to enjoy it.

She was almost sad when Anthea took her away and then there was That Night at the pre-game feast that got her where she is today. Pregnant with his child and she knows she can never escape him. This baby will be a part of him too and what kind of mother would she be if she kept him from his child?

A gentle hand on her arm makes her turn around and see Srax, who smiles at her. He had brought her here and she smiles back. She has an attraction to him, that is true, but it's not as strong as her feelings with Alexander. She'll freely admit it to herself; she has strong feelings for him in the romantic sense. She can't say she loves him...it's too soon, but it might turn to love if he ever learned to grow up and be a king rather than a spoiled child.

"Enjoying yourself?" Srax asks her.

"Very," Zenobia says as they walk through the crowds. "I've eaten so much food I think I'll burst!"

Srax laughs and wraps his arm around her waist and rubs her stomach before looking in her eyes. "Zen...can we talk plainly for a moment?"

"Of course," she says with a nod.

He draws her to a quiet place and looks into her eyes. "Zen..." he says slowly. “The day that I saw you in the arena...I knew that there wasn't a woman in all of Sparta who could match you…"

Zenobia starts. "S... Srax, wow, that's um..."

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