Page 46 of Court of Rivals
Uncertainty flickers in his face. “I embarrassed her. Humiliated her.”
My breath is coming in and out so fast that my vision is starting to wavier. “You showed every horny bastard in that training area her breasts. Her breasts!Mybreasts! You fucking piece of shit!”
He looks shocked. “Your breasts?”
Did I say that?I didn’t realize I said that. “No one is to see any part of her ever again.”
I don’t know what’s going on in his head, but I can see his thoughts turning. “Do you like her?”
Air hisses between my teeth.I don’t like anyone, least of all that arrogant woman.“No. But she’s the only female dragon rider. Whether we like it or not, right now sheissomething precious, at least until we can be rid of her. Something that belongs to the crown. To us. We’re supposed to convince her she’s not meant for dragon riding, not give every asshole here something to jerk off to later!”
His gaze is calculated as he studies me. “I think it’s more than that for you.”
Fuck. I don’t need this right now.
I go on the defensive. “Andyoudon’t feel anything for her?”
There’s a flicker of doubt in his eyes. “If I felt something for her, would I be helping you get rid of her?”
“We’re both on the same page, she has to go,” I tell him, finally managing to step back from him. To draw in a full breath. “But her body… don’t fucking mess with her body again.”
A vision of her flashes in my mind again, and I have to bite down a groan of arousal. I’m already rock hard. I have been since I caught sight of her, rolling around on the ground with my brother. His dick pressed up against her.
“You know,” he tells me slowly. “Just because we’re going to be rid of her, doesn’t mean we can’t sleep with her…”
“Stay away from her,” I snap.
Lucien can get any woman he wants. Women fall at his feet like flies. I’ve personally watched him break the hearts of half the ladies in our court. But me? It’s rare that I connect with a woman. Rare that I respect a woman. And I need connection and respect if I want to fuck someone.
Unfortunately for me, I both connect with Harper and respect her. I feel it every time I talk to her. A desire to talk further. To ask her questions. To get to know who this mysterious woman is beneath all the reasons we’re enemies.
My brother can’t have her. I won’t let him.
As we stare at each other, he seems to realize it. “Are you telling me she’s off-limits? You’ve never told me a girl was off-limits before.”
“I didn’t say that,” I mutter, too proud to actually speak the words.
“Alright then,” he says, smirking. “I guess I’ll put my sights on Harper. And you know what happens when I put my sights on a woman.”
As he walks away, I lift a hand, reaching out for him, trying to find the words to tell him not to touch her. Not to go near her. But I can’t say it. If I do, he’ll know just how deeply Harper’s claws are in me.
Instead, I turn and storm to my room, kicking the door open, then throwing it closed. I’m so fucking angry that I want to tear everything in my room to pieces. No, I want to tearLuciento pieces. With his blond good looks. With those rare green eyes that make girls swoon. No one turns down Lucien.
Shewon’t turn down Lucien.Unless she hates him after what happened in the training yard.But, fuck, even women who hate him, sleep with him.
Arousal and anger swim through me, so powerful that I’m left shaking. I sit on the edge of my bed, telling myself to breathe. Telling myself that I have to remain in control.
You want the female dragon rider.Sylvara would normally sound amused by my human suffering, but she doesn’t sound amused now.
I–I don’t know what I want, I tell her through my thoughts.
Well, I know what I want. I want Ebron. He will be my mate. I will beat the other females and take my place at his side.
This conversation does a little to ease the tension inside of me.Do you think you’ll really become his mate?
I am faster, stronger, and smarter than the other females. He would be a fool not to have me in his harem.
Harem?I ask, curious.
