The Princess and the Alpha: A Shifter Romance by K.M. Carnoky

Author:K.M. Carnoky [Carnoky, K.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Typewriter Pub
Published: 2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

It had been two days since Ryan marked me and the man still hasn’t stopped apologizing. Part of me was annoyed with his constant moping, but another part of me was also in the same category. It happened, the mark was on my neck and it hurt a lot worse than I could’ve imagined for a long time, but the swelling had gone down and I was simply emotionally bound to him now. No amount of crying or pouting could fix that but I still did both of those things. Even though I couldn’t change what had already happened, I knew that there were going to be more consequences I wasn’t particularly ready to face.

I had figured that the pain had probably occurred because he was a rogue and his bite would be somewhat toxic to me. That would explain the acidic sensations I received when his teeth sank in to me.

It was yet another reminder that we had come from different worlds and no distance, no amount of kilometers, could cure that.

“What are you thinking about?” Ryan asked while we were perched on the couch.

We had been playing a board game but evidently I had dropped the ball as my focus was elsewhere.

“Nothing,” I said.

“Please, you couldn’t lie to me before I marked you, now it’s just insulting,” Ryan scoffed.

His voice was teasing and light. But when I looked at those blue eyes I saw tension and worry. I honestly think he was just waiting for me to snap at him, tell him I completely and utterly loathed him for marking me.

“I’m just thinking about why the mark hurt as much as it did,” I answered.

I knew it would hurt his feelings a little, but it would be a much lighter blow than he was expecting. Plus, he was right; I did have a hard time lying to him.

“Do you think it’s because I’m a rogue?”

I just nodded.

Ryan sighed, “Addy, I’m so sorry. Really I am,”

“No,” I shook my head, “I don’t want to hear you apologize anymore. I know you’re sorry. I know you never wanted to hurt me. I know that you would take back the whole thing if you could, but you can’t and that’s okay. I mean, it’s not like I was going to reject you anyway. It was bound to happen at some point,”

At this Ryan relaxed slightly. He even managed to smile a bit.

“Your move,” he murmured.

We continued to play board games until our brains melted. Then we progressed to card games which we gave up on quickly. After that we somehow made word searches competitive and we were nearly at each other’s throats to find the hidden words in a matter of minutes. Eventually, that became boring too and we began drinking as we usually did. We never got terribly drunk, just tipsy enough for us both to forget about our realities.

We would talk about nothing in particular, slowly uncovering each other’s secrets without feeling vulnerable. I would let Ryan hold me and he would always sigh happily when I actually allowed him to loop his arms around my waist.

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