Page 47 of Her Ivory Flame

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She heard Silas leave the next morning without a word, her eyes fluttering open to the sun barely lighting the sky. The second day he would leave her unguarded, but she didn’t care at this point.

The door opened almost an hour later and she knew it was Kaden by the sound of his heavy footsteps coming towards her. She had just fastened her belt around her waist when his towering figure appeared from around the corner.

“You’re late” He barked.

“You know, I’m getting really tired of you treating me like a subordinate,” she snapped at him. “Stop treating me like I’m lesser than you.”

He just stared at her and then glanced around the room.

“When did he leave?” he barked back.

“A while ago.”

“Left you unguarded again?”

“What does it look like?” she gestured around the empty room and she saw his maroon eyes darken.

She just shrugged and walked past him to the main area to grab her boots by the bathroom door. He followed and stood restingagainst the table staring at her intently, his hair up in his usual half ponytail.

“Go ahead.” She scoffed.

“What do you mean?”

“I’m obviously an idiot and you told me to be careful.”

He just shrugged his shoulders and watched her finish lacing up her boots, a weird chill going down her back.

“I know what it's like to want love and make bad decisions to achieve it.” His voice was soft and she glanced back at him in surprise. “You’re still stupid for sleeping with him though.”

She glared at him before striding to the door and grabbing her sword. He was close behind.

“Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to run it by you anytime I want to sleep with someone because apparently I need your approval,” she barked and started towards the training area, her ears hearing a faint chuckle from behind.

Chapter 19

“You’re such an ass!” she snarled and tossed her sword on the dining table a few hours later.

“Get your head out of the clouds and maybe you would have blocked me.” Kaden barked back behind her.

She headed straight for the bathroom to examine the large bruise she was going to have on her ribs from his blow he landed on her today.

She lifted her shirt and could already see the skin changing color, the bruise taking up over half her ribcage. She stormed back out in the main area and saw Kaden leaning against the table with his eyes watching her.

“Sorry that you are an emotionless prick, but I tried my best considering what the last twenty-four hours has thrown at me.”She walked past him and went to get some clean clothes to change into so she wasn’t covered in mud.

“I have emotions, just not for stupid stuff like this.” He yelled towards her.

She stepped out from around the corner in a new shirt and cotton pants with her hair let down from the bun it was in.

“You didn’t think my situation was so stupid this morning.” She stopped a few feet from him and crossed her arms in annoyance.

“That was this morning.” he barked at her.

“Now who is the moody one?” she huffed.

“You need to be more careful who you let into your life!” he barked again, his hands gripping the table harder. “You might have been around this guy a few days a year, but as a royal you really need to pay attention to who you allow around you.”