“Uh-huh,” I nod eagerly and he grins, moving us to the bedroom where he drops me on the end, pushes me back, and rips off my panties in mere seconds.
He drops to his knees and dives face-first into my pussy.
I grab his hair and cry out, “Blaze!”
“Fuck, you taste phenomenal!”
As good as it feels, I want to feel his cock inside me more.
“Blaze, I need you. I need you inside me!”
He stands with a smile, shoves his pants and boxers to his knees and lines himself up, clearly not wanting to waste any more time.
I reach for his neck and pull his mouth to mine and he sinks in deep. We both groan and soon he’s pounding into me with a rhythm that sets my body on fire, and when we both come together, our bodies shaking as one, my heart calls out to him with happiness.
Three minutes later, we’re walking hand-in-hand downstairs and into the dining room, where the royal family is all seated. But I barely notice them, my eyes are immediately drawn tomy other three knights as they come to greet me. Ranger tries that same finger-kissing nonsense, so I grab his face and pull him down for a real kiss. The other two catch on and greet me properly.
“Come sit down,” the queen says excitedly. Ranger pulls out my chair, and I notice the table is set more formally than usual, which is saying something, because I already thought their everyday china was the fanciest thing I had ever seen.
While we eat, the queen talks about strange topics like which flowers will be in bloom soon and which garden has the biggest space. The princes smirk in amusement, and my knights just wink at me whenever I look at them in question.
Eventually, the queen makes some excuse about needing to get to bed and ushers her husbands, the princes, and Princess Freya away.
Once they’ve cleared out, it's just the five of us. I glance around at them and ask, “Okay, someone, please tell me what’s going on? What was all this about? Why was the queen being so weird?”
Blaze clears his throat before answering. “I’m not sure how it works where you’re from, but for royalty, they like to have an engagement dinner with the family before the relationship moves forward.”
My eyes widen in surprise. “We’re engaged?!” I mean, I knew the contest was for marriage, but I hadn’t really had a chance toput two and two together yet. Then I frown, realizing I missed out on the best part.
“Why are you upset? Do you not want this?” Arrow asks, looking hurt.
“I just realized I’m engaged, but I didn’t even get a proposal!”
His hurt melts away as he laughs. “Well, that’s because you’re not engaged yet.”
“I’m not?” I ask in confusion.
“Nope. But the night’s still young, who knows what could happen?” He pushes his chair back and offers a hand to me. “Shall we go for a walk?”
My mouth drops open, stunned into silence. That was a lot to take in at once. So I’m not engaged… yet. I snap my mouth shut and place my hand in his as we follow Ranger down the hall to a door that leads into the garden.
It’s lit with lanterns like the one we visited at the festival, and I take a deep breath, enjoying the peace that surrounds us for once. We enter a part of the garden with some trees that look a bit like cherry blossoms, their tall trunks reaching over thirty feet high.
We turn a corner, and as soon as we are out of view of the castle, I’m suddenly moved around, my back to Arrow, who’s leaning against one of the large tree trunks, with Ranger in front of me.
He strokes a finger down my cheek, looking down at me with a predatory gaze that makes my heart beat faster in excitement.
“Let’s make one thing perfectly clear, baby.” He steps in close, pressing my body between him and his brother, as Draven and Blaze step up on either side. “You will marry us and let us spend the rest of our lives taking care of you.” My eyes widen in surprise. Not exactly the proposal I was expecting, but Ranger acting so dominant is a major turn-on and I’ll do pretty much anything to keep his attention on me.
“Do you understand me, Elora?”
“Y-yes,” I stutter, my wide eyes fixed on him as his fingers trail across the bruises on my throat. “I won’t allow anybody else to ever touch you again. You’re ours now. You know that, right?”
“Uh huh.”
He shakes his head in disappointment. “I need to hear it, baby.” He leans down and sucks on a spot below my ear, making me moan with need.
He pulls back and sighs. “I guess we’ll have to do this the hard way.”