Forbidden Honor (Dragon Royals #1)(100)

“You’re killing me,” he said. “But what’s worse is that you’re killing yourself.”

I let my lower lip pudge out slightly.

“Are you pouting at me?” he asked, his voice amused but his gaze still smoldering, giving him away. “I wouldn’t try that with Jaik, Jaik will smack your ass.”

I would love to get the chance to play those kinds of games with Jaik, but Talisyn couldn’t resist my power, no matter how silly it might make me look. I turned my face into his jaw; he was smooth-shaven for now, unlike the sexy stubble he grew out during our hunting trip, and his aftershave smelled spicy and delicious.

He let out a groan just before he kissed me again.

I intended to have as much fun with Tal as possible before, for propriety’s sake, we had to rejoin the party. Now that he had finally broken, he seemed just as eager.

He grabbed my hips and swung me around. I gripped the vine covered stone wall in front of me as his hand slid across my back, raising sparks. His hard length pressed against my thigh, then I pushed my hips back determinedly into him.

His hands rucked my dress up, slid between my thighs and I groaned, seeking his cock eagerly. As sparks traveled through my body, I ripped the vines away with my hands, unable to stop myself from acting like an animal, until he finally pushed me over the edge. He plunged deep inside me and stopped, wrapping his arm around my waist, his lips against my throat.

He shuddered inside me as my channel tightened and tightened rhythmically around him. His lips grazed my ear when he whispered, “You feel so good.”

“See,” I said, “it’s worth a little risk of death.”

He froze.

I’d said just the wrong thing.

As he withdrew, my skirts fell back around my legs, his cum still dribbling down my thighs.

I turned to find he was already buckling his belt again, paying far more attention to the task than it required. I touched his broad shoulder. “Talisyn. Don’t be angry with me.”

“I’m not angry with you,” he corrected. “I’m scared for you.”

“I can take care of myself.”

That was nonsense and we both knew it. He met my gaze evenly. “You know the deal. You go to the north retreat where we can protect you, or I have to pretend I don’t give a damn about you.”

“What about my sister?”

“We’ll find a way to protect her!” he exploded. “You know Jaik, you know me… do you think we’d abandon her?”

“If she runs away, she loses her inheritance. This house is supposed to be hers.”

“Does someone else’s fortune matter more than your life?”

“That’s easy to say when you’ve always had a fortune,” I shot back. “I’ll do what I have to do to protect her.”

“Fine. But I’m not going to sign your death warrant, Honor.” His voice came out icy calm, unreachable. The dragon royal mask was back. “If this is what you choose, this is what you choose.”

“Talisyn, please wait.” My voice came out too soft. I wasn’t enjoying the feeling of vulnerability anymore.

But he left me there in the garden alone.





Honor



We continued our mission to find the hybrids, far too early the next morning. I’d left the party as soon as Alis would let me escape, after seeing Hanna safely locked in her bedroom. I told her that she needed to keep the doors locked at night. I hadn’t wanted to dwell on why, but I had a feeling she knew far better what I was concerned about than I would like, even though Henrick hadn’t gotten handsy with her yet. The way he acted with me made me worry that he would target my sister.

An evil man had entered our house.

Someone perhaps more evil than my stepmother. And I had to find a way to deal with him.

I made my way back along the dark streets, feeling groggy, but not from wine. I felt as if I had a hangover from my emotions. I’d never felt the way I felt with the royals, and I didn’t like it at all. Having Talisyn reject me had hurt worse than anything had hurt me in a long time.

I knew he was doing it with good intentions. I wasn’t stupid, I understood why he didn’t want to take the risk of angering Jaik’s father.

There was something about their protection that seemed so infantilizing, though. The way they were trying to order me around, send me off to their house in the country.

And I reacted with so much rancor because their offer was tempting.

If I could bring Hanna with me and know that she was safe, then the idea of being kept by the dragon royals, safe and cozy, was intoxicating. But I knew it would never be that easy. Since I was a dragon shifter, the elders would come after me. They might even send Damyn. The thought of the man that I’d come to look up to, with the dangerous gaze and quick smile coming after me, sent a shiver of anxiety down my spine. He was one of the good guys, but I didn’t want to know what he was capable of when he stopped being good.

I couldn’t tell my dragon royals, but I knew that there was no easy happy ending for all of us.

The next morning, bright and early, I staggered onto the rooftop, still bleary eyed.

“What were you doing last night?” Jaik looked me over with a critical eye. “You look like you’re in terrible shape.”

“He always looks like he’s in terrible shape,” Branok said, “Today he just looks like he’s still drunk as well.”