Page 9 of Rix & Val
We have to get out of this room because if he keeps looking at me like that, I’ll have to have my way with him, and I’m not sure if my body can take any more sex right now. Finishing tying my boots, I stand up from the bed and walk towards the door, looking at him over my shoulder as my hand turns the handle to open it. I’m amused to see his eyes trained on my ass. Amused and turned on.
“Ready?” I ask, eyebrows raised in query.
“For you? Always,” he assures me. “Meeting your sisters? I’ll let you know.”
Throwing my head back, I laugh, walking out of the room, and I’m still chuckling when we get to the common room and find a pacing Vena. I can hear the others in the distance, so I know they’re around. But out of all my sisters, Vena and I are most alike. That she’s been worried has my heart doing funny flips again.
Not that you know she’s worried with the way she turns to look at me and says with no expression, “Glad you’re alive.” Her eyes flick to the male behind me before she continues, “We’re wanted in the kitchen.”
She may not show it, but I can see everything she doesn’t say in her eyes. We can read each other like a book, and as our gazes hold, I know mine is telling her I’m fine and I’m happy. Hersis saying that she’s relieved and glad she doesn’t have to kill anyone.
Rix is silent as Vena and I stare at each other, but I can feel his heat at my back, and it’s a good feeling knowing that I’ve got someone there that I can trust. When Vena looks away, my gaze moves to the grumpy old man that has taken us in and loves us like we are his. He’s watching us but hasn’t said anything. Walking away from Rix, I walk up to Kragor and surprise him by enfolding him in my arms, squeezing him quickly before letting go.
“Thank you,” I tell him. His gaze softens, and he cups my cheek. “You’re welcome,iníon.You found a good one.”
Rix moves to the bar and pours two cups of kafe, handing me one. “I have, haven’t I?” I say to Kragor.
Vena lets out an aggrieved sigh just as Vex and another male come into the room.
“Prospect,” he barks, and the two males that are behind the bar jerk to a stop. “In the kitchen—my female says you don’t know how to clean, and she’s going to show you.”
The look on their faces has Vena and me biting our lips to stifle laughter. That doesn’t stop Kragor, though; he laughs long and hard.
“Ah, you lot are in for a hard morning. I’d get moving if I were you. My daughters are slave drivers.”
Chuckling, I watch as they hotfoot it out of there in the direction that Vex had come from.
The male with Vex turns towards me, introducing himself, “You must be Val if this is Vena. I’m Stron.” He holds out his arm in a warrior greeting. Behind me, Rix rumbles, and his arm snakes around my waist as he pulls me against him.
‘Okay then, he didn’t like other males noticing me.’
I can’t say that I hate his possessiveness.
“Relax, big guy, he’s Lyra’s mate,” Vena reassures Rix as she takes a drink of her kafe.
“Good to meet you,” I tell Stron, but I don’t move from Rix. “Vex,” I greet and give him a nod.
He tilts his chin at me.
Vena tilts her head back, draining her mug of kafe with a sigh of happiness. There isn’t much that elicits an emotion from her, but kafe’s one of them.
“Come on,” she tells me. “Let’s give them a hand in the kitchen. The quicker we clean it, the quicker Suki and Lyra will feed us.”
She’s right, so I finish my kafe, then pick up the dirty mugs, knowing that we’d need clean ones for breakfast, and follow Vena from the main room and down another hallway, with Rix following us.
We get to the kitchen to hear Suki tease Lyra and Luna about their night, questioning if they’d had a good one.
Luna laughs as she tells Suki, “Probably as good as yours.”
“Very,” is Lyra’s reply, and she sounds so happy. In all the time I’ve known her, I don’t think I’ve ever heard her sound as happy. I’m not sure who she ended up with, but I’m glad that he treated her well.
Suki sounds thrilled for the two of them, but when she comments that she’s starving, I can’t help but tease. Behind me, Vena chokes, and Rix chuckles. I know I’ve got a wide smile on my face when I drawl out, “A night of good sex will do that to you.”
“Oof,” I grunt, and Rix presses closer, steadying me when Suki throws herself at me. Enfolding her in my arms, I return her embrace. Over the weeks, we’ve got used to Suki’s affection. It isn’t something that I’m used to, but I’ve found I love that she’s so open with it. You never have to wonder what Suki’s thinking. Her face is an open book, easy to read, and she isn’t shy at voicing her opinions either.
Rix's scent envelops me as he presses his lips to the crown of my head, telling me, “I’ll see you soon,mo cuishle.”
Turning my head, I look at him over my shoulder. “Soon,” I promise. He winks and saunters away, leaving me with my sisters, who, other than Vena, who's rolling her eyes at us, want to know every little detail of my night. Although I notice she doesn’t walk away, instead getting stuck into cleaning the kitchen to Lyra and Suki’s standard.
