Total pages in book: 85
Estimated words: 79692 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 398(@200wpm)___ 319(@250wpm)___ 266(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 79692 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 398(@200wpm)___ 319(@250wpm)___ 266(@300wpm)
He knew what I was begging for and he gave it to me. His heart might never be mine, but his body was and whatever I wanted from it, he would always give.
“Come for me, kitten.” His low growl was accompanied by one fierce downward push of his fingers, and that was it. I bit his shoulder as I screamed my pleasure, my body shuddering as I came long and hard.
My body was still shaking with the aftershocks of my release when I heard a knock on the door. “Prince Pasquale is looking for the princess, Your Highness.” I recognized the voice as belonging to one of the Moretti wolves who accompanied Alejandro, bodyguards of my bodyguard. The thought would have made me giggle if I wasn’t reeling from the numbing realization of what we had just done.
Looking straight into my eyes, Alejandro said coldly, “Distract him. We will be there soon.”
When I heard Alejandro’s man leave, I tried to shrug out of his hold, but Alejandro’s arms only tightened around me.
Unable to understand why he wasn’t letting me go after what we’ve been told, I jerked my head up in confusion. Our gazes met, and my own eyes widened when I saw the fierce and hungry possession glittering in his.
He hated it. It was clear in his eyes. He hated the fact that another man was calling for me.
Hope flared inside my heart and I whispered unevenly, “Tell me.” I knew I was laying my pride down the line once more with my words. I did it before, for him, and he had ended up shaming me. But here I was again, doing the same darn thing.
“Should I go to him?” I swallowed. “Tell me what I should do and I will listen.”
He didn’t say a word.
But a second later, I felt him gently lowering me to the floor. Over my head, his voice had become cold and clinical. “You’re already doing what you should be doing. You have a future consort to support your claim for alpha and you have me as Cavaliere to protect your independence. And at times like this, you’ve proven capable of comforting your dog when you need to.”
His hands dropped to his side as he turned away. “I will leave you to dress, princess.”
I nodded and bowed my head.
There went my pride again. The thought had me breathing deeply as I willed myself not to cry. Warriors did not cry and if they had to, it shouldn’t be over something like this.
This time I really had to accept the truth.
Alejandro Moretti would never forgive me for making him feel like he was nothing but a dog.
Chapter Two
ALEJANDRO
All noise inside the well-appointed conference room came to a halt when Calys entered, her bearing regal. Her blonde hair was combed straight, her deep blue velvet gown just the slightest bit wrinkled. She didn’t smell like him, which was a pity, but Alejandro had been the one to make certain of it.
There were less than thirty of them inside the room, with only Stefano and Alejandro not belonging to the Hernandez pack. Standing at the back of the room, Alejandro was able to observe the panthers around him, and what he saw made him wary and vigilant. Calys’ appearance seemed to have made half the Hernandez panthers uneasy. The other half appeared furious, as if itching for a fight.
He glanced at Stefano. “Where are your men?”
Stefano answered reluctantly, “It’s only me.”
Fuck.
Alejandro didn’t like this. The numbers were too skewed, even if he had Hulk Barbie by his side.
Calys had finally reached her fiancé’s side. Pasquale was smiling down at her, saying, “I was worried about you, princess.”
Alejandro despised the possessive tone of the Hernandez heir. It made him want to punch Pasquale in the face.
Pasquale drew Calys close to him, his hand settling against her hip. Alejandro had never seen him being this touchy with Calys before, not even during their own damn engagement party. It was disturbing. If all this touchy-feely shit was supposed to make Alejandro jealous, the panther prince was definitely doing a great job of it.
“Why are we meeting here?”
Pasquale’s face turned grave. “I am afraid we have unfortunate news, princess.”
He tapped the table in front of him, and Calys looked down. The table had a digital display showing the map of the state. One of the marked territories was the Adelardi pack’s stronghold in the north.
Calys sucked in a quick breath at the sight of it. “What happened?”
“We’ve found out that your cousin Raoul has planned an ambush.”
Alejandro’s gaze met Stefano’s. The Adelardi pack leader’s right-hand man had an unreadable expression on his too-angelic face, but he sensed Stefano feeling the same skepticism about the news.
“An ambush? Targeting whom?” Calys asked.
Pasquale answered simply, “You.”
Her eyes widened. “Me?”
“You are the only one standing in his way to the throne, Your Highness.” This from one of the Hernandez nobles, his tone contemptuous, making it sound like Calys was an idiot for being surprised.