“The fact that you're still standing is impressive.” Adele giggled, and Birch nodded.
“Have a good night. Though, I’m sure you will.” Birch smirked.
“You too,” I murmured as Thorn scooped me up in his arms, and my eyelids fluttered shut.
“I’m proud to be your brother, Birch. You and Adele will make waves with our kingdoms, and I can't wait to see what you do.”
“Thank you, big brother,” Birch said in a soft voice as Adele said her thanks, and my stomach flipped as Thorn phased us to the fae portal in the forest.
He sat me down on the ground, and I gripped his shoulder. “Wait.”
“I know, Kit. No more phasing. I felt your nausea when I did it.”
“You said you’d make a contract with me.” My eyelids were heavy as my pheromones exploded around us, and I made no move to suck them back in.
His gaze dropped to my lips before he ripped them away again. “Wren,” he warned. “You're drunk. I'm your mate. I'm never going to take advantage of you.”
“Even if I beg you to?” I arched an eyebrow and attempted to step myself out of the gown but frowned as I realized it had no zipper or any way to get out of it.
“Sorry. I can take it off of you once we get home.”
I huffed and stomped my foot like a toddler. “But Thorn, I just want you. It's been too long.”
“And I told you, it's only been a couple of days. Plus, you and Kian just made love before we came.”
“But I needyouright now.” I threw myself at him again, wrapping my arms around his neck and dragging my lips to his, brushing them softly. “Seeing you stand up for our bond with that woman just makes me want to be with you fully again.”
“Wren.”His voice was strained as he shook his head. “I can't. Not when you're like this. Do you even remember the coronation?” He pulled me closer and rested my head on his chest.
“Not particularly.” My cheeks burned in shame.
“That's my exact reasoning.”
“Okay, fine. I get that.”
He scooped me back up in his arms with a relieved sigh.
“But will you fuck me tomorrow?”
He sputtered, choking on his own spit, snapping his head down at me incredulously. “What did you just ask me to do?”
“Fuck me tomorrow.” I blinked up at him. “Damien said he liked it when I said those kinds of words. Do you?”
He swallowed hard and glanced back at the portal. “I like whatever you say.”
“The desire pulsing through our bond tells me that you do like it.” I tossed my head back with a giggle as he shot ice into the fae portal and stepped through it.
I barely remembered the walk from the fae portal to Rowan’s office, but when the door shut behind us and the scents of my mates filled my nose, I lifted my head back up, and Thorn sat me down on the floor.
Damien's fists tore through the wall next to Rowan’s bedroom door. “I'm going to fucking squeeze the goo out of the fucker.”
“I love it when you talk like that,” I purred, stumbling forward as my mate’s gazes swung toward us.
Damien tore his hand out of the wall as the magic in the building fixed the hole immediately. “Little bird?” he rasped.
I rushed at him with little warning and threw myself at him. “Will you fuck me?”
My pheromones seeped into the room and thickened the air as all of them either gave a sharp gasp or growled.
