Page 57 of Queen Takes Queen
It tasted even better. The pork was so tender it fell apart. I ate a few bites, enough to settle my stomach, but I couldn’t stuff my face while my alpha stood at my back unfed. Especially after he’d let me feed for so longearlier.
:I’m fine, myqueen.:
I rolled my eyes and sat back in my chair, tipping my head up in his direction. “Would it shame you to come down here beside me so I can share a fewbites?”
He dropped down to one knee between me and the other alpha, using his massive shoulders to block out the other man. “You could never shame me, my queen. But there’s noneed—”
I lifted the spoon toward his mouth.:Please. Let me do this foryou.:
Eyes smoldering, he opened his mouth and let me feed him a bite. I scooped another bite onto the spoon, knowing full well he’d eat better with less argument if I ate some at the same time. So I alternated bites until the soup was gone. Then I gave him a drink of my wine, carefully turning the rim so that I could press my lips to the glass where his hadbeen.
:My queen. You undome.:
My lips quirked in a smug little grin.:That was my plan all along. Can’t you guard me as well down here as you can standing at my back with a wall behindyou?:
The servers removed the soup bowls and placed small colorful plates of salad beforeus.
He shifted closer, sliding his arm behind my back so I was cradled into the crook of his shoulder.:I’ll stay here on onecondition.:
:Yes?
:You let me feed youagain.:
I stole a quick glance at Mayte beside me to see what she thought of my alpha breaking the formal dining rules. She met my gaze, her lips curving in a laughing smile. “If he can do it, you can too, Eztli. Iinsist.”
:Isn’t it rude to feed like that during a formal dinner?:I askedRik.
:No more rude than an alpha going down to his knee beside hisqueen.:
Grumbling beneath his breath, the other alpha went to his knee beside his queen, positioning himself to protect her from Rik if need be. “There’s no precedent forthis.”
Mayte shrugged and pushed her salad plate toward him. “We don’t live by precedent here anyway. I don’t know why we even tried to be so stiff and formal. It’s notus.”
She looked up at me, her eyes softening, gleaming in the soft lights hanging above. I was struck again by how beautiful her eyes were, even though I couldn’t pinpoint what color they were, exactly. They reminded me of crystals or prisms, faceting light back in all the colors of the rainbow, luminous and unshadowed. Could a queen lie and cheat and plot devastation while having such crystalline eyes? I didn’t want to doubt her. I didn’t want to spoil the vision of her shining eyes pulling me through Skye’shurricane.
“Would it offend you or your court if my alpha fed meagain?”
Her eyes flared wide, and guilt slipped across her face, tamping down some of their brightness. “Of course not. We’re in your debt. If you’re still feeling the aftereffects of breaking the geas, then you must feed. Iinsist.”
:G.:
My knight stood and came to lean across the table, knife inhand.
“Why does he cut for you, Your Majesty?” The other alphaasked.
Mayte squeezed his arm. “I’m sorry my Blood are so curious. It’s none of ourbusiness.”
“When Rik and Daire first found me, I didn’t even know what we were. I didn’t have fangs for several days, and when they finally came in…” I gave her a rueful shrug. “Let’s just say that my bite is great for sexy times but not so great outside the bedroom, if you know what Imean.”
“Oh.Oh.” Mayte arched a brow, staring at me with a speculative look on her face that made my cheekswarm.
Then she dropped her gaze to my mouth, and I would have fallen out of my chair without Rik there to steadyme.
“Does this magical bite work onwomen?”
I opened my mouth. Closed it. Shrugged wordlessly. I had no idea. They’d told me that Mayte would want to offer her throat tome…
But it’d never dawned on me what that would mean. Especially for an orgasmic bite likemine.
