Page 61 of Bonded By Moons

I place my hand on top of hers and reassure her. “I’m so sorry. If I'm being honest, I don’t know. We will find out though, I promise. Willow and Artie have been searching for hours in his library but haven’t found anything regarding the king’s powers, my potential primal bloodline, or how to fulfill the prophecy from the goddess.”

She sighs. “We should probably join them.”

“Yeah, we probably should. But if you need more time to rest from yesterday, that’s not a problem either. Whatever you need, just tell me.”

She drank the rest of her coffee and set it down on the bedside table. “Enough sulking. I think we need to do everything we can to solve the Decay, find a way to counter the king’s powers, and figure out a way to get your bloodline back on the throne as soon as possible. In the process, I hope we’ll be able to help Brooks. That is, if we ever see him again.”

I nod my head and whisper down the bond,“We’ll meet you soon. Are you still in the library?”

I don’t get a response from him. He must be really deep in research to be ignoring me.

Amara and I crawl out of bed finally and head to the bathroom.

We always get ready together and I’m so excited to dive into my closet after we’re done freshening up.

“Holy shit.” I gasp after walking into the bathing chambers. I call them chambers, because it’s the same size as my bedroom. This is larger than the price’s bathing room. What was he thinking? Why do I need this much space?

I laugh to myself and Amara finally follows me into the bathroom. “Oh my stars,” she inhales. “This is regal.”

A continuation of the rose theme extends into this private bathing room. There’s a large stone bath in the center facing the large white paned windows. The same ruffle curtains drape on each side of the window. The bath is surrounded in rose petals, candles, elixirs and oils, scrubs and luscious pink towels.

“I think he loves you, Em.” Amara finally breaks my stupor.

I cough and choke on my own emotions as I respond, “No, he’s just being pulled by the moon's powers. It’s just the moons.” But as I say those worlds, there’s a part of me that wishes it to be true. I hope he loves me, because there’s somewhere deep in my heart that I know I love him too.

Or atleast, I’m finally starting to allow myself to feel that emotion. I’ve never felt it for anyone other than Brooks and Amara. They’ve been my everything and I’ve lost one of them.

The grief sneaks up on me again as we start to undress and step into the bathing pool. We relax in silence and take full advantage of the products Willow had set up for us. The rose scented oils and soaps are to die for.

I could live like this forever.

After thoroughly cleaning ourselves and enjoying every second of the pampering process, we finally climb out of the bathing pool and wrapped ourselves in the thick, fluffy towels that were set out.

With our hair wrapped up to dry, we head to the pink and white vanity and find a selection of creams, oils, and powders.

“Oh my,” I whisper to myself.

“I could get used to this.” Amara sighs as she starts to spray rose water on her skin.

I laugh and agree with her. This is pretty amazing. For the first time in my entire life, I really feel taken care of and… loved. It makes me nauseous to admit that, but it's these small acts of kindness that wrap me around his finger.

I can’t wait to see you, my flame.Willow finally whispers down the bond after being silent all day.

What happened? I haven’t heard from you since this morning.

I start to apply creams to my face and pamper my skin with rose infused waters and oils.

Did you miss me?

No. I just wanted to tell you we’re coming to help search soon.

Ahh, well I know I’ve missed that pretty pussy of yours.

I inhale a small gasp as his forward response sparks a sudden warmth in my core. My toes curl and I bite my lip just thinking about the way his mouth feels on me. I crave that now. Fuck, he did this to me.

Amara leaves me in the bathroom and steps out to get dressed. I told her to take full authority over my new closet. She was jumping up and down with the news.

Don’t tease me like that. I can’t control how my body reacts with these moons influencing us.

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