Page 8 of Knowing Trust

“You did it?” I cut in, not hiding my shock. “Why did you do it? Lageos is Prince Regent and—”

The look Neldor gave me made my brain forget what I was saying. It was the look Julian gave me sometimes.

And Darby.

And Hudson.

Even Lucca now and again.

It was a look of love. Deep love.

“I was the one he confessed to under runes and who handled the investigation,” he said firmly. “I will not let anyone hurt you—supe, human, fairy, or even hobgoblin. I will kill to keep you safe.”

And now no one would doubt that. That was what he wanted to make sure people knew. More than anything, he wanted people to know that.

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Neldor and I almost fell into bed after that. It started with a conversation about how he handled the press conference and clearly had maneuvered me to take the heat off of me and then… Clothes just came off.

But he hit the brakes. I was shocked, but then I wasn’t because he said again that he didn’t want me to regret him.

And then he stunned me completely by begging me to let him treat me like I deserved and give me the night I deserved before we were together for real. Even if we didn’t tell anyone, we wanted to cross that line and we both knew it. He saw the guilty looks I gave him and it killed him. He didn’t want me to feel guilty but also wanted me to give in.

So he left the decision with me and left.

Damn man. Stupid fairy.

Seriously. I was so fucking turned on and all tied up at the same time that I just wanted to beat his ass.

And fucking lick every inch of him at the same time.

No, I didn’t know how that worked.

I worked on school everything like a demon the rest of the weekend, and even my dad noticed something was going on during training. I blamed my power jump, but he wasn’t fooled. Luckily, he was kind enough to not point it out and simply added to what I was doing and kicked me up a notch as well.

Something some of the commanders weren’t happy to learn.

I gave them annoyed looks, but Julian simply burst out laughing. I realized they weren’t focused on me and were all looking at the display boards with all of our stats. I glanced at my mate and raised an eyebrow, turning on my telepathy when he tapped his temple… While still laughing.

“They’re fuming with jealousy. One of your father’s strongest powers is to kick people in the ass, my sweet mate. It’s a power you inherited. You are either way ahead of them in too many areas—like your magic—or gaining too fast. You cannot do what they can yet, but several are the age of elders. They are not happy you are about to show them up.”

I nodded. That was fair. I was ridiculously competitive, and I doubted it was only from my demigod side or how I grew up.

But I left it alone. I needed to… I had enough on my mind and that was why I had been pushing my training. I gave him a kiss and headed to my room to shower and hopefully catch Izzy to ask her advice.

Instead, I caught Izzy and Claudia in bed.

I let out a yelp and teleported away to my house to get ready there. I had a bunch of messages when I got out of the shower from Izzy and I chuckled at them. It was everything from asking how much of her vag I’d seen to reminding me how many times she’d had to deal with the same so I better not be mean to her.

I simply asked if it was safe to come back. When she immediately replied with the eye roll emote, I teleported to her.

“Claudia brought me fancy coffee to be cute and it just happened,” she explained. “You set up that way she can use her portal right here without people seeing her because we hate the gossip and people focus on us too much—”

“Izzy, I get it. Breathe,” I chuckled. “I saw nothing really. I react pretty fast.” I was glad when she nodded. “Was Claudia upset?”

“No, she simply chuckled and tried to get back to it,” she drawled. “That woman is—dragons have a high sex drive I think.”

I threw back my head and laughed. “Yes, yes, they do.”

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