The Queen's Consorts Box Set: A Reverse Harem Fantasy Trilogy by Elena Lawson

Author:Elena Lawson [Lawson, Elena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-23T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

“Did you sleep well?” Tiernan asked, breaking me out of my day dreams. I’d been awake for over an hour but wasn’t quite ready to start the new day.

The smell of Alaric mixed with the heady aromas of jasmine and spice still clung to my sheets and body. And the slight soreness between my legs had my mind picturing him. On top of me. Inside me. My stomach muscles tightened, and I caught my bottom lip between two teeth to hold back a longing sigh.

He’d stayed almost the whole night through. I dozed peacefully atop his chest. I had only awoken once—to the sound of him talking in his sleep. Saying something in Melîn? My lips pursed. I didn’t think he knew the language of old.

“I did, actually,” I finally answered Tiernan, who was giving me a knowing stare from his perch across the room.

I rose from the bed, realizing too little too late that I was still naked.

Tiernan didn’t so much as blink—much less attempt to avert his gaze. I shook my head at him.

“And here I was thinking you were a gentleman.”

He grinned. Shrugged. “Only when I want to be.”

I tugged on a silken robe from the armoire, wondering what the day had in store for me. More training? I couldn’t remember what the plan was. The memorial was the following eve, and I felt there was still so much to do. All I knew was today, I would face anything with a smile and a bounce in my step. The former seemed permanently sown onto my face and I had no intention of removing it.

I sat at the dressing table, ready to begin taming my hair, when I noticed the burgundy dress laid out next to me. Aisling’s dress.

The sun told me it was already mid-morning, and she hadn’t come. Worry twisted in my stomach. “Did you find Aisling?” I spun on the cushioned bench, already trying to read Tiernan’s expression.

He nodded, “We did. She was still in Valin’s room when we went to look for her. Kade heard her from Valin’s balcony. He said it sounded like she was laughing.”

My shoulders relaxed, “Good. That’s good. I hope she comes by soon.”

“I’m sure she will,” was his reply.

Tiernan was oddly quiet as I combed through the matted tangle at the back of my head—yet another side-effect of spending too much time on your back.

Through the mirror, I saw him, looking off into the room, but at nothing. His jaw tight, and eyes hard.

“What are you thinking about?” I asked him, “Is everything alright?”

He pursed his full lips, “No. Not really.”

My smile faltered, “What is it?”

Tiernan looked to the still-closed door to my chambers, “Finn should explain it all to you. He’s the one who figured it out.”

An icy fist gripped my lungs, though it quickly burned to nothing more than steam as my frustration took over. Could I not have just one day—one day of peace in this godsforsaken place?

I tempered the rising heat with a glance at my crown.

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