Her Forever
(Book 3)- Chapter 39

Orion’s POV

Luke let out a low growl as he realized the culprit. “Easy brother, we will deal with this accordingly,” I assured him while I nodded to Brenden and Eamon to fetch the pair. Annan was waking up from his drunken stupor and was looking much better.

“What did I miss?” He rubbed down his face with one hand. “A lot, meet me in my chambers,” I ordered.

I carried Willa along with Fionn who was standing watch for any other unmated males that could be following who did not hear her command. My tiny mate went from human to half siren and had a large amount of wolves and fae at her beckoning call. They were trying take her at first but now that we know she can command them and release them from the call this could be used as a protective tactic later if the need arises.

My anger began to swell thinking how careless her friend was. Gripping my mate tighter she let out a whimper as she buried her head into my chest again. A smile graced my lips as we entered our living chambers as I sat down with her on my lap. Pulling a light blanket over her to make sure her skin wasn’t on show too much, Alexo and Violet were corralled into the room.

Annan sat beside me and put Willa’s feet on his lap. If I wasn’t so close to Annan as my brother, I would have ripped a new hole for him to breathe from, but he truly cared for Willa like a sister. Willa was sweating and shivering at the same time as I continued to pull her damp hair back from her face.

Luke walked into the room and slammed the door and got close to Violet’s face. “Do you want to tell me what you gave her?” he roared as she cowered into her mate’s chest.

“Watch your tone, fish!” Alexo growled out and shielded his mate.

“You just about caused a full out war on the Moon Kingdom if anything had happened to her! You do know she is princess of one of the most lethal armies of Bergarian!?” Violet sobbed again and Alexo stood stoic trying to comfort his mate. “It was an accident; she didn’t mean any malice by it!” Alexo replied.

“That’s enough, Luke,” I commanded. “Violet is Willa’s best friend, I’m sure there was a reason behind this behavior of hers?” I raised my brow at her while she nodded profusely.

“She said she was so nervous earlier, about completing the mating and she didn’t want to do it with her father under the same roof because it made her anxious. I was trying to get her to loosen up! I didn’t know it would cause this much of a problem!”

“For a wolf, you sure are an i***t!” Luke hissed. “You knew she was half siren, she has the ability to seduce the entire room with her voice, did you not think?” Violet couldn’t look at anyone in the eye while she took her chastising. Alexo mouthed a quick, ‘sorry,’ to me but I continued to glare at them both. Alexo has no balls to deal with his mate. Might as well chop them off and place them on the mantel.

“She never sings!” Violet cried. “I thought it would be OK!” Annan sat his head back on the couch and mouthed a big, “oh,” as he put the pieces of the puzzle together.

“I’m never drinking again, I missed too much,” Annan scoffed while Brenden slapped him on the back of the head. “This is serious you a*s.” Willa stirred in my arms and tried clutching the sleeves to my tunic..

“What did you give her?” Not bothering to glance at the two idiots. “A seduction potion,” she whispered. “There was a potion vendor in the marketplace earlier today.”

“From a witch?” I spoke harshly while she nodded. “f**k,” I whispered looking at Annan. Love and seduction potions were prohibited in the Light Kingdom, it states as plain as day once entering our lands for any merchants coming to sell at the local marketplace. The only coven that would dare go against that order would be the B***d Coven, the same one that was helping Onyx and the court trying to overthrow me. We had yet to deal with that issue of lack of evidence.

“f**k is right,” Annan spoke louder. The Red Fury’s hands went to their swords and gripped them tightly. We weren’t done with this war yet. We may have Onyx and the traitors in the dungeon but there were more people out there wanting the throne or to see me suffer.

Cupping Willa’s cheek I left a chaste k**s on her forehead. The sweat was slowly drying, and her eyes fluttered as she began to go into a deep sleep. “Alexo, Violet, you are not to leave tomorrow with your pack. You are to stay here until further instruction. I will ask Violet what she would like to do and with some insight from her and then I will plan on your punishment. You are both to go to your room and two guards will stay in place to make sure you don’t leave. You are lucky you are like a sister to Willa otherwise you would be in the prison for harm upon the future queen,” I spoke sternly.

Two guards who were posted outside the chamber door came in and led them back to their room while Luke stood with his arms crossed. “Their fate should be death. She could have been raped, imprisoned, or even killed by one of those damn men. Her singing was only heightened because of the seduction potion, she reached clear to mid-dance floor, which was unbelievable.” Luke plopped down on the couch with his elbows on his knee and his hands on his head. “Who knew having a sister would cause so much stress,” he chuckled.

“Wait,” his head perked up. “Why weren’t you four affected?” Annan looked up and raised his hands in surrender. “I was passed out! I didn’t’ hear a damn thing.”

The red headed brothers looked at each other and then looked away. Brenden mumbled something and while Fionn had turned bright scarlet. “Men, did you find your mate?” I asked hopefully. They had been without a mate as long as I had, they certainly deserved it and I had seen the mournful looks in their eyes when they saw Willa giving me loving looks.

“No, uh, um, well we weren’t paying attention to her singing,” Eamon rubbed the back of his neck while looking away from us.

“No, we weren’t,” Brenden shyly confirmed. Fionn stepped away from the group and grabbed a glass of scotch from the table. If anyone was going to talk, it would be Fionn, he was always honest and forthcoming, but I have a feeling I am not going to like what they are going to say.

“We were, attending to… other things…” he cleared his throat while looking at me through the mirror.

“What things?” Annan sat cluelessly.

“Let’s just say, her highness had some moves that were pleasing to our eyes…” Fionn choked as he pulled at his uniform collar.

“What?” I still didn’t understand.

“Oi! don’t make us say it,” Eamon g*****d as he sat in the chair beside me. Annan’s eyes grew wide flabbergasted and let out a large laugh, startling Willa in my arms while she continued to sleep.

“You didn’t…” Annan continued to laugh while slapping his knee.

“What are you talking about,” I growled getting impatient, my fangs started to descend.

“Chill, chill,” Eamon spoke. “We kinda getting off while you both were uh…” I cut him off.

“WHAT? You were doing THAT out in the open? While watching my mate?!” I stood up with Willa in my arms and Willa’s eyes opened wide. Her eyes were dilated as she squeaked in surprise. Realizing my mistake I sat back down and rubbed her cheek.

“I’m sorry Darling,” I cooed. “Go back to sleep.” Her eyes immediately closed while I glared at the brothers and sighed heavily. “Listen, we all did things we regret today. I say we forget it and never mention it again, especially to Willa.” Everyone nodded in agreement.

Luke stood up and punched a hole right in the wall. “Forgive and forget? What kind of king are you!? They have disrespected the princess of Atlantis, you have put her in a terrible situation allowing her to give you a damn lap dance in front of a crowd, you are supposed to protect her! Not treat her as a s*x doll!”

Calmly I stood up and had Annan take Willa from me to put her to bed. Once she had left the room, I walked to Luke silently as everyone watched in the room. “I am the King of the Light Kingdom, ruler over this land. I don’t trust people easily and the faes in this room are my brothers in spirit. They have risked their lives for me, and their nation, and they have given me nothing but honesty. If I had found out from another source that this was done without my knowledge, then I would have their heads. We are bound to each other as we are to his country. I will decide who gets punished.” My voice was low and unwavering as Luke’s breaths also began to slow.

“Ruling a nation is not about killing or torturing people. It is about understanding and trust. They have not broken my trust; they did not lay a hand on her like the others tried to do. It was my fault that I couldn’t get her to stop but f**k, she is my mate, and I haven’t been allowed to mate with her yet and I was under her spell. Of course, my primal instincts are going to not want her to stop. She was protected by my finest men as you saw them fight off the unmated male. If I punish them now it would be cruel and unjust and I would lose my best brothers. If anyone should be punished it is Violet and her mate.”

Luke nodded his head. “Then good, make sure she is punished. Anything less than 20 lashes I’m sure our father will see to it he does something about it.” Luke stood up straight and walked to the double doors and marched out.

“Damn who does Willa belong to?” Annan said with a laugh. Running my hands through my now messy hair I sit back down and let out a frustrated sigh. This was supposed to be a celebration and it has turned into a complete disaster. Now I have two more people under watch including a full prison of-ex court members, a traitor, and her mate that I have yet to meet.

Violet is like a sister to her, I can’t just punish her, but Girard will come to find out and really put a noose around my neck if I do nothing.

We all said our goodnights and I headed into the bedroom. Willa was still in her dress, laying on our love seat. Annan must have known I would want to bathe her before bed. Dirty bedsheets were a pet peeve of mine, if I could have them changed daily, I would.

I stripped myself bare and gently took all the pieces of pearls and starfish out of her hair, along with her jewelry her father had gifted to her and put them in a newly acquired jewelry box I was going to show her today. If we weren’t interrupted so frequently, she would have been able to appreciate it.

Her naked body made me have wonderful thoughts of our dance just an hour ago, but she was sick from the seduction potion as well as mixing it with alcohol. That could have been deadly if she really was fully human. Shaking my head, I pull her to me, and she automatically clings to my neck. The bathwater was done running and was filled with rose and gardenia petals that the maids had left, I’ll have to thank them later. We both emerged into the warm water as she let out a sigh, her eyes fluttered open, and gave me a small smile.

“You are so handsome,” she played with my face with her index finger. “So pretty too… such a pretty face,” she giggled again. I chuckled as I took the cloth and poured the washing oils on her body. The smell of vanilla and lavender filled the room as her eyes tried to defy gravity.

“We will have pretty babies,” she mumbled, and my heart grew ten times the size. Having children with her wasn’t on my current to-do list, but one day we would have beautiful children. Once she was bathed and washed, I picked her up to dry her off and laid her on the fresh, clean sheets. My body was already tired and trying to wrestle a barely conscience Willa was not something I wanted to do. Naked in the sheets is what it was going to be. Climbing in bed with her, she immediately rolled over and pressed her naked body to mine.

Normally I would be rock hard but seeing her sleep so peacefully on my chest as she intertwines our legs was too precious to screw up with an e******n.

There were so many things we would have to discuss tomorrow. Her friend, the prisoners, Molly, and I wanted to throw it all away and just spend time with my Darling. We hadn’t had the most peaceful courtship but tomorrow night I will be sure to give her the date she deserves.