Stolen Princess by Nikki Jefford

Author:Nikki Jefford [Jefford, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nikki Jefford
Published: 2018-11-12T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Aerith

This couldn’t be real. Cirrus had been poisoned. Dead.

Or was he?

No. No. No.

This meant we were still married. That I was bound to him again. My temporary freedom had been nothing more than an illusion. I’d resigned myself before, but I couldn’t go back to the way things had been. I didn’t think this nightmare could get any worse, but here was my golden-haired mate devouring all my hopes with hungry blue eyes.

My mouth gaped open, and I blinked over and over, but Cirrus didn’t disappear. He was dressed in his white and gold-trimmed robe.

“How is this possible?” I asked, scrambling to my feet. I nearly fell getting off the bed as the faerie wine reminded me it hadn’t fully left my system.

“I might as well be a captive like you.” Cirrus made a growling sound at the back of his throat. “Liri poisoned me, though not fatally as he’d intended. Father ordered my physician to tell everyone I’d died so Liri would think he’d succeeded. I was still recovering when he slit Father’s throat. I’ve taken refuge with my aunt in Ravensburg. We are readying an army to take back my kingdom—and crown.”

My bones went slack, and my body turned leaden. I leaned against the edge of my bed to keep from fainting.

Game over.

Cirrus was the rightful heir, and I his lawful mate.

Liri had been right about one thing. I would become the queen of Dahlquist. But it wouldn’t be by his side.

I wanted to scream. To cry. To wail. But that could bring guards running to my room, and I didn’t want to be responsible for Cirrus’s death a second time. We’d made a bargain—one in which I’d do everything in my power to keep him safe. More than a promise, it was binding, sealed by magic the day I wed him.

“Isn’t it dangerous for you to be here?” I asked in alarm.

Cirrus moved toward me. “Perilous, but when I heard my brother had captured and brought you back to Dahlquist, I was willing to risk it all to see you, be with you, even for a night.”

I hadn’t noticed him reach me, not until his smooth, soft hand was on my thigh. I glanced down in confusion, still shocked. “But—”

“We don’t have much time, my love.” Cirrus eased me back onto the covers, my limbs dangling over the edge. He stepped between my legs and opened his robe, pushing it over his shoulders. The white silk spilled to the rug on the floor like milk, leaving my mate naked and hard.

“Cirrus, please,” I begged, panic rising up my throat.

“Yes,” he whispered. “Yes, my love, I will give you what you want.”

But this wasn’t what I wanted.

Please don’t do this.

He spread my legs wider. Stepped closer.

Jhaeros! The name screamed through my head like the screech of an owl.

It didn’t matter that I was mated. My heart, soul, and body belonged to only one male.

I jerked up and shoved Cirrus away from me.

His mouth opened in shock. He came toward me again.

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