10: PRINCESS OF LUNARIS
600 Words
PHEEONA.
As I came down from the aftershocks for the umpteenth time, they stayed with me.
Gentle hands cleaned me carefully with warm, damp cloths. Cool water was brought to my lips and I drank greedily. Strong arms pulled me into the center of the bed, surrounding me with warm, solid skin.
They pressed soft kisses pressed to my forehead, my shoulders, the inside of my wrists.
In that hazy, floating afterglow, my wolf purred with deep, bone-deep satisfaction I had never felt before. The terrible heat that had tormented me for over a month was finally, blessedly over.
My chest felt strangely warm and full.
It was making me think crazy thoughts.
Like maybe these males weren’t the heartless monsters I had feared.
Maybe… I could exist happily here in Ashenbane.
This was my life now… and perhaps it didn’t have to be miserable. Perhaps it could even be good.
I turned my head slowly, a small, sated, hopeful smile curving my lips.
But the warmth died the instant I looked at my mates.
I hadn’t noticed when they’d stood up, but all three of them were already off the bed, dressing in heavy, deliberate silence.
My brows furrowed as I took in the tension packed through each of them.
Their faces were notably closed off suddenly. Almost… indifferent.
Cold, if anything.
Nashyn zipped his trousers with a dry grin that held no amusement or warmth. Vizellan shrugged on his shirt with a blank, almost irritated expression.
And Crowen…
Crowen was already watching me, his eyes icy and distant.
My breathing hitched.
He leaned down, one hand braced beside my head on the mattress, looming over my naked, still-trembling body.
“This is how this arrangement is going to work, Princess of Lunaris. Listen to me carefully.” His tone was as dark as his eyes, holding me hostage and making me feel suddenly more naked than I already was.
Crowen continued, “You will live in our kingdom,” he said, voice flat and merciless. “You will rule beside us in name. This will be your life, forever. We’ll f**k you, use your body when we want and when you want. When your heats come and you need a warm body to fill that emptiness inside you, we will be here. But that’s all this will ever be. We will never hold affection for you. You’re nothing but a hole and a title.” He reached out, catching my chin between his thumb and fore-finger, locking my gaze on his, “And you, will never be allowed to forget it.”
My heart raced as I processed his words one by one.
He released my face, rising to his full height and glaring at me before he picked up his shirt and turned toward the door like he hadn’t just dropped a bomb on me.
Where… where in goddess name did that come from just now?
My attention shifted to Nashyn and Vizellan, who had equal looks of contempt written all over them as they adjusted themselves and walked towards the door.
Nahsyn’s words were cold when he called over his shoulder, “Let us know when next you need a good dicking, Princess. Till then, see you on our wedding day.”
He and Vizellan followed Crowen without a single glance back.
Vizellan didn’t even have any words for me.
The heavy door clicked shut behind them, leaving me completely alone in the enormous bed.
The silence that remained was heavier and colder than anything I had ever known.
What in goddess name had just happened?
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