~ NYSSA
As soon as the words left his mouth, my common sense ca flooding back.
He had no intentions of making his or taking back to the palace. He had no intentions of trying to work through the mating bond. This was all about proving a point, and I was stupid enough to make it easy for him.
"Let go, now!"
To my surprise, he released imdiately, his eyes coasting over in worry. "What’s wrong?"
"What’s wrong is that I was stupid enough to think that you could ever want sothing serious," I spat. "What is wrong is that I was foolish enough that I thought you’d heard a word of what I said before. I’m not going to be the girl who holds out for you."
He opened his mouth to speak but I was done listening to him.
"If all you want is a quick fuck, Rowan, then be my guest. You’re hot and I want to fuck you too, but holding the mating bond over my head is fucking cruel, even for you. Reject if you must, but don’t expect to be ’yours’ when you won’t even give the decency of actually being yours."
I reached for the doorknob but stopped, turning to him.
"And for the record, Eric and I are just friends. Perhaps that’s difficult for you to understand considering you only care about long enough to think about putting your dick inside of . It’s entirely possible for soone to enjoy my company and not want to fuck ."
Before he could speak, I pulled the door open, smoothing down my clothes as I stord out.
He didn’t follow , and although my chest tightened at that knowledge, I forced my legs to keep moving. I walked down the hallway, ignoring the looks of the guards as I passed.
They’d all heard what happened inside. We weren’t exactly trying to be quiet.
I knew I’d get an earful from Henry later, but I didn’t care, I just wanted out.
I found Eric pacing in the common area.
As soon as he saw , he rushed over to my side. "Are you alright?"
I shrugged. "I just want to leave."
His eyes road over , coming to the sa conclusion as the other guards I’d walked past.
With a sigh, he reached for my hair, pulling it over my shoulders and smoothing it down with his hands.
"You have hickies on your neck," he explained softly.
My cheeks grew brighter as sha and embarrassnt washed over . The back of my eyes burned, but I blinked rapidly, forcing the tears to remain at bay.
"There’s nothing to feel bad about," he assured . "The mating bond is difficult to resist, especially when there are big emotions involved. It’s expected."
"It’s stupid."
He smiled softly. "It’s not. He was jealous, you were pissed. This was the only logical outco... well, either this or him killing ."
That earned a small laugh from . "He’s not going to kill you. I told him that there was nothing."
"Thank you for that, at least I don’t have to look over my shoulder every second."
I started to speak when I heard hurried footsteps.
Rowan’s scent filled the waiting area and I turned just in ti to see him rushing out the front doors.
He’d snapped back into King mode so fast. There was no sign of whatever had happened in that room between us. He was back to normal and here I was, fighting the tears.
"Let’s get you out of here, okay?" Eric spoke, his voice forcing my eyes away from Rowan’s back. "I can make lasagna."
I thought about it for a mont before shaking my head. "I need a tub of sha ice-cream."
"There’s nothing to be ashad of, Nyssa."
"Yes, there is."
He didn’t argue despite the fact that it was obvious he didn’t agree. He drove ho in silence, eyes glancing at carefully every chance he got.
I kept my hands fisted in my thighs, trying to rid myself of the image of Rowan between my thighs, or the feel of his hands on my skin.
My panties were uncomfortable and with each slight lurch of the car, I was t with a warm reminder of what happened.
The more I thought about it, the more I stupid I felt, not because I regretted it, but because I’d enjoyed it far too much.
Rowan had burrowed his way into my mind despite how much of a dick he’d been to . Getting physical with him was just one more nail in the coffin that was called out mating bond.
As soon as we arrived ho, I changed out of my clothes. They slled like sex and Rowan. I took a long shower, washing off his scent from .
Even though it was gone physically, I could still sll it. I knew I wasn’t going to get rid of him so easily.
"There you are!" Eric exclaid with a smile as I made my way towards the living room. "Here’s your ice cream as you asked and I saw this cool movie that I thought—"
"Why are you being so nice to ?" I asked softly. "I know you said that you enjoyed my company but... you don’t have to do all of this."
"I know I don’t," he admitted. "You remind of my sister."
"You have a sister?" I asked and he nodded.
"She’s traveling the world right now. As soon as she got out of college, she said she wanted to be anywhere but ho. She’s around your age."
"How old are you?" I realized I’d never asked before and looks could be deceiving, especially when it ca to lycans.
"I turn thirty in a few months." He puffed out his chest proudly before adding. "I’m considered a baby by lycan standards. Most guards are older, but I’m good at what I do."
"How old is Rowan?"
He hesitated for a mont. "I thought you should ask the king that, but he’s older than you think."
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