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“What do you want from me?” I ask.

“I want everything from you,” Niko says, his hands skimming down my arms leaving goose bumps in their wake. “I want someone who will lead beside me. A queen. A partner.”

“And what about my coven?”

“I will lead beside you. We can figure it out, how to lead in my realm and yours.” He says this with so much conviction I feel it down to my bones. He wants us both to succeed.

“So, you want it all?” I ask turning to look out the window.

“Yes.”

“And if I say no?” I can feel the stiffness in my body. I’m pushing, trying to draw a reaction from him.

“Then, we work around what you are comfortable with,” he says placing a hand on my shoulder. “What we are doing here has to work for both of us.”

“I don’t even know what that would look like.” I sigh.

“Well, what have you always envisioned in your Consort?” Niko asks.

Shrugging out of his hold, I make my way back toward the bed and take a seat on the edge. I don’t know how to answer his question. I feel vulnerable and apprehensive. I want to be able to speak honestly to him without judgment or creating friction between us. We need to be able to communicate for this to have a chance at working.

But I am terrified of how he will react. Will he think I am naive and silly for wanting a Consort that loves me, cherishes me, and lets me do the same? It would break my heart to spend the rest of my life in a loveless partnership with a Consort that only tolerates me.

“Do you want me to tell you what I would like to get out of this?” Niko asks. I nod for him to continue. “I want someone to share my life with. Not just as the High Ruler but as a man. I want a queen beside me that doesn’t just sit there looking pretty but has an opinion and isn’t afraid to let me hear it. I want what my parents had.”

“And what is that?”

“A partnership. A family. And perhaps even someday, love.” He says the words so easily I can’t help but smile at him. Those words were pulled directly from my heart to spill from his lips.

Chapter Eleven

Niko

I watch her as I speak, and I see the moment her heart softens and accepts my words. Every word I have spoken is true. I want all those things and I want them with her.

It seems insane, even to me, but I cannot see myself with anyone but her. In the past twenty-four hours, I have felt more emotion with this woman than I have in the past hundred years. She brings it out in me. Making me feel and want. Longing for things I never knew I wanted. And arousal. Dear God, the lust this curvy little witch inspires in me is something that would scare her if she knew what I was thinking.

I may not believe in love at first sight, but I fully believe in lust at first touch, especially after touching her hand. Sitting beside her on the bed, I cup her face in my hands staring deeply into her eyes. Slowly I lower my head, giving her a chance to pull away before I whisper my lips over hers. When she doesn’t stop me, I press my lips to hers more fully.

I wasn’t expecting the raging inferno that swept through my veins chasing all sanity from my mind. Slipping my hands into her hair I draw her closer, our lips fusing, her hands gripping at my shirt.

Pulling away after we’re both breathless from our kissing, I stare down at her. The beautiful pink blush on her cheeks, her chest heaving as she tries to catch her breath, her pebbled nipples pressing at the front of her sundress.

“Damn,” she whispers with a smile.

“Yeah,” I reply, kissing her lightly. “I wasn’t expecting that either.”

A giggle escapes her, and I instantly fall in love with the sound. I swear to myself at that moment I will do everything in my power to ensure she does it as often as possible.

“Do you really believe we can lead your realm and my coven? That we can have it all?” Cassandra asks softly drawing my attention back to the moment.

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Cassandra

“Why not?” He tilts his head as he watches me. “I already know you don’t have a problem speaking your mind when given the chance. We get along just fine when we are on the same team, and I don’t think sexual chemistry will be a problem for us. We can work on the rest of it as we go.”

“You think we will have good sexual chemistry?” I tease.

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