Page 75 of Queen Takes Queen
I didn't turn to look at him or his brother, but I reached up and laid my hand on Rik's fingers, still on my shoulder. Closing my eyes, I brought up the tapestry in mymind.
Mayte's nest gleamed like her eyes, sparkling crystals and drops of liquid moonlight and soft, pink petals. Her jaguar Blood looked at me, their eyes flashing like predators hidden in the underbrush. But I saw them clearly. All five of them, even her god guarding herdaughter.
Xochitl was like a colorful rainbow shining in the sky after a devastating tornado. I touched her shining dot in my mind and felt her power. She would be a queen to be reckoned with, ripe with power thanks to her father. I tasted sweet, pure rain in her gift and the sharp crack of lightning. Her eyes glowed golden and fierce, a jaguar, like herfather.
Bracing myself, I let my mind drift to the twins. They blazed like the rest ofmyBlood. Bonfires in the darkness of my mind. One of them was a giant monstrous-looking dog, growling and slobbering at the mouth, snapping viciously in the air. The other was some kind of dragon-type creature, only instead of scales, he wore green, gold and redfeathers.
:He's no fucking dragon,:Mehen retorted in my head.:He's a cross between a chicken and asnake.:
:A fucking dog,:Ezra muttered.:Toss him a stick in the ocean. That'll get rid ofhim.:
Oh joy. I could only imagine the fighting and jostling to come. Though hopefully there would be jokes and laughter too. If nothing else, the twins had already put my two grumpiest Blood on the sameside.
:A feat indeed,:Riksaid.
He laughed, but I felt a heaviness in his bond. He expected problems. The twins had already made comments about challenging him or eliminating himentirely.
Gently dislodging Mayte's grip on my neck, I turned in my chair to look at them but didn't stand.:Let them come closer,:I told myBlood.
Guillaume dropped his hand and the two brothers strode to me, though they stopped a respectful few steps from my alpha and dropped to theirknees.
"As I said before, I don't take Blood just to increase my numbers. I love my Blood. We've become friends and lovers in a very short time. I'm here because of them. I'm accepting your sister's offer so that I can keep us all alive, because I'm willing to do anything to protectthem."
Rik squeezed my shoulder, pressing closer so that his thigh pressed to my side. "And we'll die for her.Gladly."
"I'm willing to die for you, my queen." The brother with the black sun tattooed on his face said. "We'll obey you. We'll swear to you. We'll do anything you ask for the honor toserve."
He said the right words, but I still wasn't sure. I didn't feel drawn to him or his brother. I couldn't imagine having sex with him, or asking him to join me and Rik in bed. For all I knew, he'd only want to come to my bed with his brother, and how weird would thatbe?
:Test him,:Rik whispered in his rock troll rumble.:Give him an order. See if his ego will bend to yourwill.:
"Rik's my alpha. Nothing's changing that.Ever."
The black sun brother's eyes flicked to Rik and back to me. "As you say, my queen, so it shallbe."
"That's not enough forme."
He looked at his brother with a bit of panic spreading across his face. "What else can we do to convince you, myqueen?"
I touched Guillaume's bond.:Are you comfortable with a smalldemonstration?:
:Absolutely, without question, myqueen.:
"Surely you know of Guillaume de Payne'sreputation."
Both brothers nodded, but their eyes tightened, and the brother with the red spiral on his cheek gripped his thighsfirmly.
"When the last living Templar knight came to me, he did something very significant to show his willingness to submit to me and my alpha. Guillaume, would you please show themnow?"
My knight strode into the room, inclined his head to me, and then lowered himself to the floor on his belly, hands flat against the floor, his eyes down. "I come in peace, my queen. I'm yours. Use me as you seefit."
The twins mirrored his movements without me saying a word, both going flat on their stomachs withouthesitation.
Keeping my voice soft, I continued. "The great Templar knight who's famous for beheading alphas has gladly and willingly fucked me at the same time as my alpha. Even though Rik could have refused him access to me at all, he follows my alpha's orders to theletter."
"I obey my alpha without question because he guards my queen’s heart," Guillaume said, his voice carrying through the room even though he was on hisstomach.
"Leviathan, king of the depths." Mehen came closer and dropped to his knees before me. "Tell them how we welcomed you to mybed."
