Page 60 of Princess For All

Beyondmaddening. It was pushing me too far, and I worried I might do something unforgivable if she didn’t stop with these games.

But I wasn’t worthy of her if that was where my mind was. I didn’t deserve any woman if I even thought such things. If there was such darkness inside of me.

In my defense, it went on for weeks.Weeks.

The only rare time I got to touch her after her menstruation was when she was overloaded, and then she’d let me finger her to bring her relief. That was it.

Yes, I was losing my mind.

What was left of it.

Especially after Keres showed up and her husbands and the men she accepted into her bed hovered over her. They were constantly around her, so I could only have those few minutes here and there and then she only sucked me off where I blew too fast like a youngster.

Getting bugs on a burst transmission timer and taking out one of Keres’s nobles got me two mind-blowing blow jobs the first chance she had. Not back to back, but two in one day, and it was clear they were in thanks since she basically choked herself on my cock.

And I loved every second of it. Not really that she was in pain but that she would take things so far for me. That she would actually do that when she denied me everything else.

There was one thing that I was glad about her being distracted by all of her men. I could get answers then about the land mines and what Keres said. Inez had ordered all of us to stay away from there and not to get involved anymore, only to report on what we could get from the bugs.

Not much. Keres was grieving, clearly having cared about that noble. She was also healing which was not how it should be for a princess, so Inez was right that she was partially undead or… It made me shiver to think of what new hell Erebus had unleashed on this world now.

But there was something I needed to know. Something that didn’t add up in my head, and it was keeping me from the little sleep I could get. It was making me more aggressive, and that worried me for Inez.

I had to know.

It took a bit of convincing, but Eddie finally relented and we got a fairly silent drone in the air with the best camera. A bit longer since I wouldn’t risk the young vampire and he got me eyes on what I was looking for.

I couldn’t make sense of what I was seeing until he changed the camera option and then I saw it. I saw the answer.

“You are the best young vampire I’ve met in many, many years, Eddie,” I praised.

“Can I get it out of there now?” he whispered, his voice shaky. “I know I shouldn’t be scared, but I am. She’s Erebus’s champion.”

“Yes, bring the drone back,” I confirmed. “And I understand. Many of our families had legends about Erebus and if He had or ever picked a champion. You saw our boogeyman up close not two weeks ago. Even I’m shaken.”

“Yeah, okay, thanks.”

The moment he retrieved the drone and we had what we needed, I whisked us back to the castle and asked him to be quiet about what happened. He only would after I promised that I was reporting it directly to Inez and not to worry. Then he agreed because “everyone was a bunch of fucking gossips.”

He was amusing, and I didn’t get amused much.

She was in her tower but alone, not even guards, which shocked and scared me. Not in her room showering and they were in the hallway. I felt Vitor in the stairwell, but he was too far away and it was only him?

“What part of leave me the fuck alone and piss off was unclear?” she seethed as I walked into her greenhouse area.

I let out a slow breath and tried to control my upset, worry, and now anxiety at speaking with her. “I apologize. I was unaware you wanted to be alone. I found out something and came to tell you—shocked you have no guards and—”

“A husband trying to wipe my ass?” she drawled, not even looking up at me. “They ignore me for weeks or months at a time, but I do something dangerous—it’s a fucking miracle I’m not a complete basket case who doesn’t act out all of the time just so they consistently act like they care about me. Fuckers.”

Wow. Okay…Wow. Something had really gone down and I’d missed it.

She sighed when I didn’t say anything, her pretty green eyes finally meeting mine. “Is it at least good news?”

I didn’t react, my thoughts racing. “I don’t think it’s either good or bad, simply news you should know. A piece of the puzzle that has irked me.”

Amusement filled her eyes. “Yeah, I’m sure you absolutely want to talk about what’s irking you when we’re truly alone and no one’s even listening.”

Vitor could hear that, but clearly he knew the line of where she could sense him. I wasn’t going to bust him… Simply note it for my own reasons.

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