Page 190 of Night's Fall
I set my teacup in its saucer and put it on the table, saying, “Ihadn’t thought of it like that.”
“And straight up, after we’ve had the throne forforever,”Aleecebegan, “it would suck if we were the ones who let it come to nothing.”
I smiled at her. “Ihadn’t thought of that either.”
My head tipped to the side and my smile became private when my beast andIfelt them coming near.
Both women looked beyond me, butIknew who was entering the room beforeItwisted to peer over my shoulder.
Aleksei and his dad were walking in,KingFillion’sgaze on his wife, mine was on my mate, his was on me.
I started to stand, but the king said, “Please, please, stay comfortable,” before he bent to kiss his wife’s cheek.
When he arrived, my male touched his mouth to my lips.
My beast wiggled.
His flexed.
Gods, they were so cute together.
Aleksei reached out, taking a little iced cake, greeting his sister and mother before he lounged in the couch beside me and popped the cake in his mouth.
I took him in.
This was a newAleksei.Theprince of the realm who was perfectly comfortable eating a tiny cake, slouched on a sofa that was also probably a priceless antique, this sofa in a massive palace.
It was hot.
He turned his head, caught me staring at him, and his eyes changed.
And now he was hotter.
“Enjoy tea?” he murmured.
“Yes,”Ireplied, still sitting primly, because the king and queen might be his mom and dad, and they would be my mother- and father-in-law, but they were still my king and queen.
His gaze raked the length of me, the look in his eyes deepened, and it took a lot not to visibly shiver, or alternately throw myself at him.
“If you two would stop having eye sex across the table from us—”Aleecebegan.
My head whipped her way, andIfelt my cheeks warm.
“Aleece!”QueenCalisasnapped.
Aleece ignored her, grinning at us and finishing, “It’dhelp a lot with my sudden urge to vomit all over the tea service.”
“Our children,Fillion,” the queen complained.
KingFillion, however, was studying his watch unit.
He looked toAlekseiand nodded.
Aleksei straightened.
Oh boy.
“Your parents are at the guard terminal on the mainland,” he said quietly.
