Page 143 of Fae Reckoning

Keyon nodded since he was in his dragon form.

“Then get up,” Larissa said. “Your teacher’s waiting for you.”

Keyon dragged his feet for a moment, but after craning his neck way, way up to examine the impatience on Saffron’s face, he popped right up.

Lari patted him on the back, between the wings. “Now go be a good boy for Saffron.”

Saffrontold me and Rush.

He was, however, the only dragon changeling in the Mirror World—at least for a bit longer.

As Saffron led Keyon from the courtyard, Rush laced his fingers with mine. “El and I were on our way to a celebration,” Rush told his sister and her husband. “Talk more later?”

“Oh?” Larissa said. “To celebrate what?”

With his eyes on mine and glowing like the brightest moonlight, he answered, “Finding the love of my life and getting to share my every day with her.”

Xeno and Larissa seemed to disappear as I lost myself to the swirling of those stunning eyes. I stared at them for long moments, saw myself reflected in their depths, the love for me so obvious in them. His tattoos crept slowly along his body until they spread over his neck and face. Instead of thorns, the vines were capped in full, ripe flowers. His skin glowed with the faint luminescence of his increased power, as did my own.

The scar I’d once thought of as the Kiss of Death, that he’d covered with his magic via a lasting handprint visible only in certain lights, had become a sign of our love’s remarkable endurance.

No matter what life threw at us, we’d get through it together, always stronger because of our union.

When I blinked back to our surroundings, Xeno and Larissa were gone. The courtyard was quiet but for the burbling of its central fountain.

“I guess they left?” I said huskily.

“I’m glad they did,” Rush grumbled roughly. “I need you and no one else right the fuck now.”

Swallowing thickly, I nodded as his eyes smoldered. This time it was I who led him toward our bedroom at a run, giggling as we went, ignoring the curious looks from any we came across. Surely they’d learned by now: we were a very different kind of king and queen.

BONUS EPILOGUE

RUSH

Elowyn lay atop our bed in nothing but her crown. I’d considered removing it after stripping her clothes from her body, but she wasmyqueen too, not just the kingdom’s.

She had become myeverything.

As the days had rolled by, cementing the danger to my mate was eradicated, my bond-beast had gradually settled. I no longer remembered what it felt like to share my body with another female—I certainly didn’t want to. The feel, scent, taste, sound, and sight of Elowyn had imprinted onto my essence.

Hers was the tune I found myself humming. Her ready smiles lit me from the inside. I found myself longing for the warmth of her skin against mine practically in every moment she was away from me.

She lay on her stomach across our large bed. The enticing swell of her perfectly round ass, the feminine dip of her waist, the long line of her elegant spine, thelean muscles of her legs … they all competed to draw my eye. She tossed her head, and my attention followed the silky wave of her long, dark hair. When she bent a leg, pointed a toe, and swung it coquettishly, I tracked the movement of her rounded calf too.

“Whatcha waitin’ for, handsome?” She licked her lips suggestively; my cock gave a jerk that she surely caught even though it was subtle. “You look ready for action to me.”

I licked my own lips, counseling myself to have patience when her mere proximity was enough to send my body into immediate readiness, ready to pounce.

“There’s something I wanna do first.” My voice eked out rough and stilted from my restraint. Elowyn was fragrant, juicy, succulent meat laid out like a feast for the beast inside me.

Shetskedas she swung her leg some more. “If you’re trying to get me to give you your gift early, no way. You’re gonna have to earn it.”

I arched a single brow though the precision required focus. But there was something about the look she found irresistibly sexy. Her stare took in mylook, and I had to suppress a triumphant grin when she squirmed. It wouldn’t do for her to realize she heldallthe power, albeit she likely had already.

“Haven’t I already earned it?” I asked.

“Well, yes.” Her eyes trailed from my face down my body. She licked her lips again, only this time I didn’t think it was for effect. “You have, but…”

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