However, he was not quick enough, because Khaos managed to hurl one more order for him, since he had a lot of ‘free time’.
“You keep an eye on Rhett.”
Caiden paused. “You know that I don’t get along with him, right?”
“I know.”
***
Nycta was woken up when she felt someone squeezed her left breast and when she opened her eyes, she found Dacre was holding her.
“Dacre…” Nycta called his name sleepily and he smiled at her.
“My apology for waking you up, but I couldn’t hold myself back.” He leaned over and whispered to her ear and kissed her jawline.
Nycta smiled at the king and opened her legs for him. “You can wake me up anytime, my king.” She was glad enough for Dacre to look for her to fulfill his need, instead of looking for another woman.
“I will do it more often,” Dacre hummed as he undressed her and capture her nipple with his mouth, eliciting moan from Nycta.
Soon enough, both of them was thrown into the throes of passion, their moans of delight were the only noise that echoed in the bedroom, faint sound of it could be heard in the not-so empty corridors.
Killian was standing guard alone there, he heard everything and his expression darkened. The images of their tangled bodies flashed before his eyes and he was not happy.
The noise only died down when it was close to morning and not long after, the king walked
out of the room, his hair was messy and he reeked of sex. He smiled at Killian, who avoided to look at him in the eyes.
“Are you upset?” Dacre asked, standing next to him.
“No.”
“You are clearly upset,” he concluded. He tilted his head up, so he could look at him. “I don’t like it when you are upset.”
“I am not, my king. I will not dare to do that.”
Dacre chuckled. “Yes, you are.” He gave him a kiss on the cheek. “I will make it up to you later.”
“With what? Letting me sleep with her?”
Hearing that, Dacre let out a dangerous growl. “Don’t you dare to touch her.” He bit his lip until both of them could taste the blood.
“Don’t do that. If someone saw it. You will get into trouble,” Killian said breathlessly.
“Then don’t make me.” Dacre wiped the blood from his lip, as his wound started to heal. “Don’t touch her, I am being serious here, Killian.”
Killian could only bite his tongue.
***
Zuri woke up with a start, she felt like she had been sleeping for a long time, which was true, since she passed out for almost two weeks and when she finally regained her consciousness, she found herself back in her bedroom in River Creek pack.
And to her surprise, Khaos was laying down on the bed with her, playing with her hair, their eyes met and Zuri could be mistaken, because she could see relief washed over him. Those beautiful grey eyes looked so calm and collected.
“You are sleeping for so long,” Khaos said, smiling lightly at her.
“How long?” Zuri snuggled against his chest, she liked his smell and if she could, she only wanted to breath in his scent, because it gave her a sense of peace.
“Two weeks, almost.”
“What happened?” Zuri knew what happened, some time it happened to her in the past too,
but it had never been this long.
“You had a breakdown,” he said through gritted teeth.
Rhett told Khaos to say that, since he had been telling Zuri the same thing whenever she just woke up from the ritual, thus the excuse was acceptable.
“I have a long dream,” Zuri said with a yawn. She felt tired and sleepy, even though she just woke up from a very long sleep.
“What dream?”
“I forgot what dream… but, I felt in so much pain and very sad.” Zuri squeezed Khaos’s body,
burying her face against his chest to hide her tears. She forgot the dream, but the feeling still lingered. “I think… you hurt me. That will never happen, right?” Zuri lifted her head and looked at Khaos. “Right? You will never hurt me intentionally.”
Khaos stared at her for a while, he saw the fragile and vulnerable woman in his arms and his answer sounded very hollow.
“No.”
“I know you will never hurt me. Stupid dream.”
The way Zuri trusted Khaos was a blind faith. She looked so happy to be with him, to be close to him, to be in his arms.
“Tell me everything about Rhett,” Khaos said lightly with Zuri nestled in his arms and both of them stared at the window, where the snow fell from the sky. It was afternoon, but the sunlight was dim and pale.
“Rhett?” Zuri raised her head. “Do you want to know about him?”
Khaos caressed her back, traced his hand on her protruded spines. No matter how hard he tried to keep her eating normally, apparently she kept throwing up without him knowing it and now after more than a week she fell unconscious, her body had turned into twig. She was so skinny to the point, Khaos became very cautious to even put the weight of his hand on her body. He could break her so easily.
“What do you want to know about him?”
“Is he a good brother to you?” Khaos kept his question light and casual, so he wouldn’t alert Zuri, but even if he told her the truth about why he questioned Zuri about Rhett, she would answer him anyway.
“Yes. Because we are closer in age, so we get along well. Rhett taught me everything about the outside world and he also the one, who discovered my talent for business.”
Zuri told Khaos everything and more.
“How did your father discover your talent?”
A furrow formed on her forehead when she heard the question, she paused for a while to think of the answer. “I am not sure, one day he just knew and then took me to handle business. It was small matter at first, but then without me knowing it, I handled almost the entire pack’s businesses.”
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