Total pages in book: 124
Estimated words: 112866 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 564(@200wpm)___ 451(@250wpm)___ 376(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 112866 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 564(@200wpm)___ 451(@250wpm)___ 376(@300wpm)
Her alabaster skin was free of blemish except for the single freckle on the tip of her pert little nose. My eyes travelled down to the slope of her breasts beneath the light gown that his nothing. And since she wasn’t wearing a bra her red tinged nipples were plain to see. I guess her nymph chose her night wear.
I stood over her for the longest while, fighting the urge to touch her. My mind and body was more relaxed now though, now that I was here with her again. The hours away were agony and I knew tomorrow will be even worst, it’ll only get harder the longer I wait to take her, but…
I turned away and sat on the bedside chair watching her all the while for any sign that she was aware of my presence while I removed my boots as quietly as possible before placing them under the table out of the way.
She didn’t stir, not even when I got to my feet and approached the bed again. I gingerly lifted the light sheet she had thrown across her hips and climbed into bed beside her with my eyes peeled on her face the whole time. If she woke up now it will be game over.
Once I laid my head on the pillow beside her without incident I breathed a sigh of relief and let myself relax and take in everything. I’ve never felt such peace before in my life the feeling was instantaneous. As soon as my head hit the pillow it was as if there was no one else in the world but her and I.
There were no worries or fears plaguing my mind and my heart felt light, full joyful. I turned my head to look at her while I laid on my back and took in her sleeping face in repose. Those damn lips! I covered my dick with my hand and willed myself not to move on her when it sprung to attention at the first hint of her scent.
Why am I doing this shit again? She’s mine, I can take her now and no one can stop me, not even her. Lucien you fuck, you better not! ‘But she’s yours, you’re the crown prince of the sky clan, everything belongs to you. Take her, take her, take her…’
I turned to her with my hand reached out as a feeling of lust so strong hit me in the gut. But even as my hand touched her warmth I knew that this was wrong. For fuck sake you’re not a teenager what are you doing? Still the need was almost overbearing as my cock grew and I felt my seed preparing… No, who…
‘Get the fuck outta here hag.’ I barely felt the presence in time saw the monster hidden in the corner so dark itself that it was almost lost in the ink blackness of the unlit room. She carried on chanting in my head, urging me to take what was mine with no regard to Natalia’s feelings.
‘You’d like that wouldn’t you? To see the world in chaos as it was back then. If I find out you had anything to do with what happened to my uncle and his mate I’ll destroy your whole clan.’ The anger I felt helped cool my ardor and I barely restrained myself from leaving the bed to go destroy. No doubt if it would awaken her.
I heard the hissing sound as the night hag flew away through the closed window into the night and the heavy feeling left me. Outside the animals called out a warning, but the crown princess was asleep, unaffected by the disturbance.
I laid awake trying to make sense of what just happened. They would not have approached me so easily unless they had backing from someone high up. They’re the bottom feeders of all the immortals, belonging to the darkness. We have no real dealings with them and never have. So why?
Is this partly to blame for what happened before? Why had no one ever thought of that? That there may have been something else at play that had made my uncle Julian, a man known for his valor and prowess lose control to the point that he destroyed his mate and himself? Maybe I’m overthinking; each mating is different and no one else has ever hinted at anything else being at play.
Don’t think about it now Lucien, for the next few days you have more than enough on your plate without going looking for trouble. I put the hag and her purpose for visiting me here tonight out of my mind and focused on Natalia. Even her name sounds like an enchantment.
She truly is a thing of beauty, the kind of beauty that wraps itself around your heart and fills your mind with sweet memories of all the good that you’ve seen throughout your existence. As I watched her I imagined all the beautiful things I wanted to share with her. I can’t wait to take her to all my favorite places, to show her my world.