Page 15 of Their Princess

Tilting my head back, I asked, “What’re our plans today?”

Pushing hair back from my face, his expression turned serious, worrying me. “You’re still weak, so we’re going to stay home and relax.”

“Don’t you need to go meet with the dragons?” Since he was a prince, he would usually need to go meet with the other royals to discuss the battle and what we needed to do for clean up or other remediation.

“No, there are enough dragons without me being there. You’re more important than them anyway.” He kissed my forehead and released me to push me towards the table. “Go sit and I’ll bring your food.”

“You really don’t need to stay home because of me,” I said, though I knew it would be in vain.

“You’re incredibly weak,” he said.

My glare earned me a smile in return. He wasn’t wrong, but still …

“It’s important for you to rest and recuperate,” Mason said as he pulled out a chair at the table for me. “The others can handle things for a couple of days.”

“But –”

Kayden interrupted me. “We know you want to visit Jol, but you can’t go out in public when you’re not even capable of protecting yourself.”

“Why do I need to protect myself when I have you three?” I asked with a wide smile that earned me glares as expected. “Fine, I’ll stay home today, but I want it known I object.”

“Objection noted and dismissed,” Trey said. He set a plate of bacon, sausage, eggs, toast, and sliced cherry tomatoes in front of me.

While they talked about a new videogame, I devoured every piece of food on the plate. It was delicious and I hadn’t realized how hungry I was until I started eating.

“Still hungry?” Mason asked.

I shook my head, but he transferred a piece of buttered toast from his plate to mine and I immediately shoved it into my mouth. Okay, maybe I was still hungry.

Kayden stood and went to the pantry, grabbing something from inside.

“Do you want to play the new game we got?” Mason asked, distracting me. “It’s multiplayer and Jolie said she thinks it’s something you’ll really enjoy.”

Nana Jolie was really into videogames. In fact, before she’d met her mates, she’d been a writer for a videogame company. Now that she was queen, she had far less time to work on them, but I knew she still played a lot of games. She actually got Mom into videogames, too.

“If we’re all going to play together, then that sounds fun,” I agreed. If Nana thought I’d like it, that was good enough for me. She knew my taste as well as my mates.

“Only if it’s not a romance game,” Kayden said, as he returned and set a glass in front of me.

“What is this?” I asked as I sniffed at it.

“Protein shake,” he explained. “You obviously need more nutrients and protein is important.”

“What’s wrong with romance games?” Trey asked with a smirk. “Is it because you’re so bad at them?”

“I’m great with romance,” he said, and at my scoff, he turned with wide eyes. “Did … did you just scoff?”

“Uh, yeah. You are many things, Kayden, but romantic is not one of them.”

His eyes narrowed. “Really? Then who is the most romantic of the three of us?”

“Mason,” I answered immediately.

Trey choked on the bread he’d been eating. “What?” he demanded.

Mason smiled smugly and leaned back on the two back legs of his chair. “I may scowl a lot, but I’m not an idiot when it comes to my mate.”

“What’s something romantic he did?” Kayden asked.

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