There was no tingling sensation. Was it something to do with a girl’s first kiss or was it because Blake was a Dragonian?
Lucian trained to be one. Why wasn’t there a buzz? Nothing made sense.
I felt like an idiot. He was betrothed to someone and I have the Rubicon.
I already put one guy’s life in danger, and I couldn’t believe that I pulled in a second one, too.
I hated this arrangement so much.
The next morning,I woke up around eight.
Lucian was with his mom and dad sitting around the table. Dad was among them. I went over and kissed Dad and felt so stupid that I’d kissed Lucian last night. The vibe was so awkward around the table. I couldn’t even look at him.
He didn’t speak about last night’s yield and after breakfast; he wanted a word.
I hated this so much.
We walked toward the royal zoo.
“I said I was sorry, can’t we just forget about it?”
“Elena, you do not know what you did last night.”
“I did, I shouldn’t have done that.”
“Can you let me finish?”
“Sorry,” I whispered as hot flushes rolled off my body. We walked toward the maze. Patches of hedges were still busy growing, mending themselves. Apparently, the maze was a magical one and therefore magic couldn’t fix it. It made little sense, but I didn’t argue?
“If you weren’t his only hope, I wouldn’t think twice. I like you more than I should. It’s not that hard. You are light, and it’s easy to fall in love with you as you are extremely beautiful. It doesn’t matter which parent’s features you have.”
My cheeks reddened. Okay, I didn’t expect that at all.
“You are funny too and last night, believe me, I hated him with everything in my being. He doesn’t deserve you. It’s not fair.”
“Does it matter if I say I agree with you a hundred percent on all the above?”
He chuckled. “It sucks being royal, really. They do not know what they put us through. Sometimes I dream of being part of an opposite Dent so that I don’t have to marry Arianna. I don’t want her.”
“She is really beautiful, I mean, maybe you just don’t know that side of her yet.”
“I know all her sides. We tried to make it work, someone interfered, and she went for him as every fucking person goes for him.”
“There is someone more popular than you at Dragonia?”
He laughed. “Yeah there is. He messed up everything between us. The worst part is that he doesn’t even give two cents about her. For him it was just to find out her worst fears.”
“Her worst fear?” That didn’t sound good.
“Your dragon, Elena.”
I frowned. I tried to understand how that all fitted together. What I got from him was that he stepped between Lucian and Arianna romantically, like she cheated on him, but everyone kept telling me he was a little boy. That sounded wrong.
“I’m sorry. I’ll cross my fingers for you to find a Dent, and if not, lie your ass off that he or she is.”
“He?”
“Anything can happen. It’s a life better than marrying the skanky slut.”
