Her Forever
(Book 3)- Chapter 27

Orion’s POV

“Orion?” The sweet angelic voice comes from our bedroom door. Her head is poking out, her long dark hair cascading next to the door frame. “Is everything OK, I heard some yelling?” Her voice calms me as I close my eyes, my hands still gripped on Onyx’s throat.

“Everything is fine, Darling.” I let go, causing Annan letting go a large breath he was holding.

“Thank you, Hera,” he prays. Onyx starts to cough and rub his neck while glancing back at Willa. Rage starts to fill me knowing he is sizing her up and a small smirk plays on his lips. He doesn’t know I can read his aura, his ill intentions, his hatred.

“I’m sorry, didn’t know we had company,” she starts to duck back into the room. “Come Darling, I want you to meet someone.” She blushes and looks back into our room.

“I’m not decent,” she whispers. My body can’t stand it anymore and I need her touch before I lash out and break Onyx’s neck.

“Please,” I said pleadingly, holding my hand to her. Hesitantly, she steps out and she is wearing a white, short silk robe. Her long legs were creamy and small bruises were on her outer thighs from me grabbing hold of her just a few hours ago. I smirked, looking at my handy work. Annan and Eamon drop their mouths in shock as her hair covered the front of her body as she played with it nervously.

She looked like a damn angel. Her bare feet padded across the floor and took my hand and I held her close to me. Her short stature didn’t go unnoticed by Onyx as he cleared his throat. He knew it would be easy to take her down, no super natural power, no protection spell, she couldn’t even defend herself in this world.

“This is why, she needs to be trained, Your Highness. A queen should be presentable at all times.” I rolled my eyes at his statement. I’m in my own damn robe and we are in our own f*****g chambers.

All the while, he’s staring at her, giving her a hard look and when I think she would cower away she steps forward. “We are in our living quarters, why the heck would I need to be donned in a dress? You were the one that came here unannounced.” Onyx’s face contorts from shock to anger while I beam with pride.

“Listen here,” he stated, “You are not queen yet, so I suggest,” I cut him off.

“Suggest you leave,” I growled. “Go to the Court, the Parliament to get your order but she stays with me and I will take care of what she needs to know.” Little does he know that by the time the Parliament assembles to conduct a ruling that it will be too late.

“Fine. Good evening, Your Highness.” Onyx stomped out the door while Annan shut it gently.

“Who was that goon? I’ve got the creeps from him. Why don’t you like, kick his butt or something? You are King right?” Annan on Eamon snort a laugh while I pull her to my lap and sit down. “I can’t just yet, at the end of the week I certainly will. I traced my fingers on her thigh as she leaned into me.

“Is that when you plan to take everything over? Take care of the Court?” I nodded solemnly. “We have to, there are too many variables and the quicker it’s done the more I can concentrate on you.” She hums as she nestled into my chest.

“I just want to make sure the orphanage is alright; I’d like to visit them again this week. They have been through a lot and I’d like to help give those women a break,” I laughed. “I’ll see what I can do.”

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Willa’s POV

The next morning, Orion wakes me at the crack of dawn. The suns were barely over the ocean as he started to get dressed. I g*****d into the pillow, not wanting to move my body. Orion decided making me o****m 5 times last night before we fell asleep would be a good idea. The fae has a stamina I’ve never heard of. His tongue, his fingers, his hands touching every part of my body made me shiver, the thought of one day finally giving me whole body to him gives me gives me tingles in…some places..

There was a point last night where I asked him to take me. I wanted to be his, fully. I wanted him to k**s up and down my body and thrust the beast inside me, but we have to wait. No one knows what will happen to me, we are going in blind once he bites me. My gut tells me everything will be fine but Orion doesn’t want to risk it, especially since he thinks I will be out for a few days either changing or accepting the bond in my human form so I can live for centuries like he can.

Throwing the covers back, I stepped into our closet and pulled out silk and leather riding pants and tunic. There was a tan leather bodice that goes on the outside of the tunic, giving me a very warrior princess look. The boots were tall and hit my knee and riding cloves that tucked into my belt. I loved the look, almost as much as the beautiful dresses that Orion likes to pick out for me.

There was a sting on my butt and when I turned around while rubbing the pain away, it was Orion. He was in his work-out gear. Loose tunic with an open chest, his lean muscles on display. Hair was pulled back and showed off his strong neck. He had a bit of blonde stubble to match his platinum blonde hair, he was more rugged than his normal clean cut, kingly look, and I loved it. This suited him so much more than what he appeared to be.

Once the Court is demolished and rebuilt with representatives, I hope he would keep it this way. I licked my lips unknowingly and he gave me a smirk. “Enjoying the view, Darling? Because I am really enjoying mine.” His hand slithered around my waist and gave my butt a tug. “Your arse is so damn plump; I can’t help but want to spank it until it’s red.”

I giggled and planted a chaste k**s to his lips. “Maybe later, we need you focused!”

The training fields looked a lot like Violet’s pack. There were a few stadium stands, large tires but no screens to strip out of clothes to shift. Some ladies liked a bit of privacy back home. Orion brought me with him, he said I was never to leave his sight which I’m sure will bed difficult for him since he still has meetings to attend. I guess my afternoon naps are over with.

“Willa! Over ‘ere!” Brenden waves me over. He’s swinging a battle ax and throwing it at some targets while Orion sets up Asland for some riding practice with Annan. Brenden takes a large ax and swings it towards the target and hits dead center.

“Nice shot!” I clapped. Brenden does a mock bow while I run to the large, wooded target. It consisted of three large tree trunks stacked together with painted bulls eyes in the middle. Something I would expect of the Red Fury. The axes were thrown so harsh I had to use my full weight to pull them out. I could only carry one ax at a time back to him, they had to weight at least 80 pounds apiece. Brenden laughed and took the one from me while he pulled the other three out.

“Are you here to train or just watch your destined and his rippling muscles?” That didn’t even deserve a response. I pursed my lips and wiggled my mouth back and forth. “Both,” said confidently. “Can you train me?”

“Sure,” he said brightly as he threw the ax down. “What are your strengths?”

“Orion says I’m pretty stubborn,” I laugh.

“We all know that.” he rolled his eyes.

“Alright, I’m an excellent swimmer. I’m wicked fast.” Back with Violet, there were many times we would all race across the lake, I’d beat everyone, every time. Now that I think about it, they were wolves and I kicked their tails with their stupid doggy paddle. Maybe werewolves sucked at swimming.

“Well, the fight will be on land so, water training is out,” Brenden got a smaller ax that looked like a toothpick compared to his ax. “Let’s start with this.” For the next 15 minutes Brenden talks about the aerodynamics of the ax, the position, how you throw, and a mini-history lesson on who created them in this realm. I was bored out of my mind. I finally grabbed it out of his hand and got in my stance.

“The hell is she doing!?” I hear Orion dismount his horse, his light armor he had on looked like it was paper thin, but Brenden said it was light as a feather and made by the gnomes South of the kingdom. They work with the metals of the Earth, I mean, Bergarian. They had perfected the perfect suit of armor for the king himself and his royal armies and with the perfect armor comes with a price. It was expensive but Orion did nothing for the best for his armies.

“She said she wanted to train!” Brenden shouted to him as Orion continued to walk up with long strides. His walk was powerful, the rippling of his muscles beneath the armor, his large gate and his flowing hair that escaped the band that held his hair. My mate was a fine piece of meat and it was all I could do to keep my tongue in my mouth. How in the goddess did I ever deny him, I’ll never know?

“Like hell she isn’t,” he growled. “You will not be anywhere near the fight, Willa. Not on my watch.”

“I don’t need a dang babysitter! I took care of myself all my life and I survived. I don’t want to be some damsel in destress!”

“I said no! I will not move on this, Darling you must see reason. You are human.” I bit my cheek. I was nothing but a porcelain doll, or a bird in his golden cage. One could reason that I was weak, I was human but he could at least see that I wanted be useful some way.

I strutted up to him and whispered to him, “If you don’t at least let me train, I won’t let you spank me anymore,” I crossed my arms and smiled.

“Darling,” he bent over to whisper in my ear, “I think it is you that likes it, so you are really just punishing yourself.”

“Tell that to your d**k that was twitching while your hand trembled at my flesh,” I whispered seductively back. Orion’s breathing was heavy, his eyes growing darker by the second as he g*****d.

I turned to walk away and grabbing the ax that Brenden set out for me. I knew I wasn’t going to hit the mark but dang, I wanted to hit something to let out the frustration. One swift throw and my ax flew and landed straight in the middle of the target. My insides were bursting with excitement how I nailed the bullseye, but I kept my cool. I couldn’t let them show my surprise.

Keeping my face stoic, I turned to Orion and Brenden that looked dazed and tilted my head in amusement. Bring it on now, bitches. Of course, Orion could see right through me and see my aura of excitement, he let out a hearty laugh as I finally cracked my smile.

Walking back over, felt a tickle in my hand and held it up to look and found a gigantic black spider sitting on it. I. Lost. It. Screaming as if my butt was on fire, I flung my hand around only for the spider to squeeze tighter, it was huge, it was holding my hand! Orion frantically came up to me and held me tight screaming at me what was wrong. “SPIDER! OH, GODS IT IS ON ME GET IT OFF!”

Orion grabbed both my hands and grabbed it with is bare hand. Brenden, Fionn and Eamon were looking on in worry as they had dropped the work out stations they were manning. Orion opened his hand to find a tiny spider, no larger than a pea. “Would you look at that, it shrunk! Do they do that here?” I asked worried, still shaking from the encounter.

The Red Fury started boisterous laughter while Orion put it down in the grass. My l*p wobbled as people were laughing at me. Maybe I can’t take care of myself and I’m just a joke. “Darling, come here,” he held out his arms and I buried my face in his chest to hide my face. He pets my head and was chuckling along with everyone else. “It was just a spider. A small one, but just know I’ll always be here to protect you.” I nodded into his chest and he kissed the top of my head.

“I just don’t want to be the frail, useless human,” I mumbled.

“You are in a different world, Willa. You weren’t bred to be the strongest physically, but mentally you are. You already helped an orphanage on your first day out of the palace. You can spot trouble a mile away. We balance each other out, you will help the kingdom grow in ways I would have never thought of. The Goddess of Pairing chose you for me. Just because you can’t fight, doesn’t make you weak.” I sniffed and I hugged him a bit tighter.

Orion always knew the right things to say. I could help other ways, but the thought of him being alone during the fight troubled me. Where was I to go during all of this?

“You are handy with an ax, I say she keeps training,” Annan says proudly. “Have some self-defense training, that way if it is needed, she has it.” Orion nodded, and agreed.

“HEY WILLA!” Brenden yelled across the field. We all turned, waiting for him to speak. “How big was that spider again?!” Brenden started laughing and I narrowed my eyes. He was elbowing his brothers while they were laughing to themselves.

“About as big as your d**k!” I snapped. There were howls of laughter while Brenden put his hand over his heart. “Harsh,” he mouthed.