Chapter 13

His voice washed over her and she gave up trying to fight her arousal. She turned back to him. “Your highness.” She curtsied low. “I apologize for the intrusion. I asked to be taken to the library.”
He smiled at her. “What books were you looking for?”
She cleared her throat. “I was looking for books on dragon shifters to read.”
He sat back in his chair. “We have no books in braille. I can have a few translated for you so you can read them.”
“I.. I.. thank you.”
He got up and walked over to circle her. Her heart pounded harder, but by some miracle granted by the Goddess, she managed to stand still. He stopped in front of her and lifted her chin up.
“Sasha, you are very beautiful.”
She swallowed nervously. “Thank you, your majesty.”
He rubbed her bottom lip. “Sasha, may I kiss you?”
“You want to kiss me?”
He smiled toothily. “I wish I could say that.”
She pulled back slightly. “No! Please, let me go. I need to get back to the kitchen and finish cooking.”
“Wait-”
She spun around and put her hands out in front of her as she hurried towards the door, only to be jerked off the floor by his strong arms. Her breath whooshed out and he swallowed her cry of shock as his lips descended rapidly onto hers. He worshiped her lips as his tongue delved deep into her mouth, stroking every available centimeter of it. She closed her eyes, moaning as desire filled her. He growled, before lifting her up. Her legs went around his waist and he slammed her into the wall. He started grinding, against her core, grunting in frustration when the hard metal of her chastity belt stopped him from pressing fully into her. He pulled back to kiss down her neck.
"Sasha, do you know who I am?," he inquired breathlessly.
She froze and her legs dropped from around his waist.
"You are King Aiden. The new king of Terra Mysterium." She paused. "Please, let me go."
"Sasha-"
True tears filled her eyes and she cursed her fragility around this man. She was never the weak bitch chasing after a good for nothing man, but being here with him, all she wanted to do was crawl on her knees and do his bidding.
"Please, let me go."
His chest rumbled with another growl. This time instead of arousal she was filled with nervous energy. She wanted to stay. She wanted to feel him. She wanted to be his. She longed to belong with someone. Who was she kidding? She longed to belong with him, but he was currently her sister's. Not to mention he was supposed to die by her hand. She shoved him away hard and hurried to the door. She threw it open as he called her name.
"Sasha, come back."
She kept running, darting down hallway after hallway until she made it back to the kitchen where her sister was serving bowls of the stew. She looked at Sasha before hurrying immediately to her side.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing." She scanned the bowls. "Which one is the king's?"
She pointed to one full of meat and vegetables. "That one."
Sasha carefully spooned the onion heart into it and nodded to herself as it slowly sank beneath the broth. Kalani took her arm and began to lead her to the dining room as servants began to stack the bowls on trays. Everyone stood waiting for the king to arrive. When he did, everyone sat as the servants began to serve the bowls. Sasha watched as he stirred his bowl before he smiled and looked straight at her. A servant from the kitchen knelt in front of him.
"Your highness, while your breeder was in the kitchen, Gamma Gregory touched her and flirted with her."
The king narrowed his eyes on the small framed woman. "Kalani?"
She stood up immediately. "Yes, your majesty?"
The king rolled his eyes. "What did I say for you to call me?"
"A- Aiden, sir."
"See to it that you do. Was my Gamma out of line at all today?"
"No."
"Do you wish for me to make him leave you alone?"
"No!," she all but screamed.
"Very well." He turned his attention back to the servant. "You are dismissed."
Kalani sat back down, blushing. Everyone resumed eating. Sasha leaned close to Kalani.
"Was he flirting with you?"
She flushed.
"He told me he wished I was his milkshake."
Sasha burst out laughing, startling Tiffany and Carla. The door opened again and a beautiful, exotic looking girl danced in, wearing what appeared to be nothing more than a robe. She went up to the king and let the robe fall from around her shoulders. It cascaded onto the floor and she spread her arms wide. Sasha's grip tightened on her fork and Kalani squeezed her knee under the table as the scene unfolded before them. The woman took a step closer to the king, her ass jiggling and Sasha could only imagine what her naked breasts were doing. Her gaze went to the King's face and she was startled to find him staring at her.
"What do you want, Lilac?"
"I heard you chose a breeder. I wish to come to offer my services to you." She trailed her finger between her breasts down her chest. "I can satisfy every need you have."
"Are you saying a human can't?"
She snorted. "Dragon women are more sturdy."
His eyes snapped to her face. "And what of our queen? Would you belittle her if she was human?"
The girl stiffened. "As if your Highness would choose a lowly human to be our queen."
He tilted his head. "You would honestly deny me our rightful queen if she was human?"
"Yes. We need a strong queen that can defend our clan."
"My mate will not be weak," he snapped.
"I can satisfy you until she arrives. As your head consort, it is my duty and honor to do so."
"Let me make this clear to you and to everyone else in this room. If my mate is human, she will be your queen. I will not take another to satisfy you all."
"But your highness, the council will not allow-"
Aiden stood up, his anger made her whimper and sink to her knees in front of him.
"Let's take a council vote then, shall we? Can our clan, no matter rank, be allowed to mate with a human if the Goddess has deemed them worthy of being mates? Aleksey?"
"Aye!"
"Zubin?"
"Aye!"
"Shaun?"
"Aye!"
"Gregory?"
"Aye!"
"Emile?"
"Aye!"
The king raised up to his full height. "And I, King Aiden, vote aye. If our clan members are mated to humans, it is their choice to accept them or not. Now, is there anything else you wished to discuss or may I go back to enjoying my lunch?"
"Your majesty, your harem-"
He quickly walked around the table and ripped her off the ground. He bent her over the table and moved her hair to the side. Sasha's whole body tightened as she watched the king touch the woman. Was he about to fuck her right here in the dining hall? Did he want to? Her heart thundered miserably. Was she expected to just watch this travesty? Would she be able to forgive him if he forced her to watch him fuck another? She lowered her head as she fought for control of her emotions. The sound of leather ripping made her head raise up. Aiden dropped a collar into the floor.
"The harem my father set up and I never used, is done. Beta Malcolm will go with you and inform the other woman. Do not show your face in front of me again."
He sat back down and began to eat again. The girl snatched her robe off the floor and started to storm out of the room. Her eyes landed on Kalani and she came over.
"You," she hissed. "You have poisoned the king against us. You will never be enough for him."
"I never asked the king to choose me!"
The girl screeched and slapped Kalani. Sasha reached out and wound her hand through her hair. She pulled her backwards down onto the table, slamming a fork down less than a centimeter from her head, cutting her cheek open on the way down.
"How fucking dare you touch what's mine?," she hissed.
"Get off of me, breeder," she snarled.
Sasha wrapped her hand around the girl's throat.
"Do not ever touch what's mine again."
"Sasha, how dare you attack a shifter?," Tiffany yelled.
Sasha turned her head to look at her sister. "Sit down," she growled.
"Did you just growl?," Kalani asked as Tiffany immediately sank to the ground, straining to get back up.
"How are you doing this? I have alpha blood-"
"Shut up!," Sasha ordered and Tiffany fell silent. She turned her attention back to the girl whose eyes were wide and panic filled. "Do not ever think you can touch mine again. That includes everything that is mine! I will kill you. Do you understand me?"
"Y- yes, " she stammered.
Sasha let her go and watched as she stumbled out of the room, before checking her sister's face.
"Are you alright?"
"Yes. Are you?"
Sasha nodded. "She touched what belongs to me. She's lucky I didn't slit her throat right here."
"You growled. When did you start growling?"
She blushed, "I didn't growl."
"Yes, you did. You are not an animal-, " she stopped talking as soon as she registered what she was saying. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything by it," she finished, looking around.
She sighed. "It's okay, Lani. Finish eating. I want to go to the library after lunch."
"Okay."
Lunch became very tense as Carla eyed her nervously, almost like she was waiting for Sasha to attack her at any moment and Tiffany remained on the floor by some power she couldn’t get out of. Everytime she tried to move, Sasha’s head turned to stare at her and Tiffany tilted her head, baring her neck to her in submission. Sasha kept taking small breaths to calm the anger in her blood. She wanted nothing more than to end that girl’s life for even coming to him. How dare she be so disrespectful? He doesn’t belong to her. The king was hers and she refused to let some whore take her place. Her hand grasped the glass mug in her hand as the intense anger flew through her system again. The mug shattered and Kalani gasped as she hurried to Sasha’s side, only to be brushed off.
“I’m fine. Let’s go.”
Kalani smirked, tossing Tiffany a piece of stale bread as she wound her arm through Sasha’s to guide her out of the hall carefully. As soon as the doors shut behind them, she pulled away to do a happy dance.
“What in the Goddess was that and where in the hell can I get some of it?”