Eric
She had nothing on inside her robe. Her nipples were erect begging for my mouth. Her scent had me in a frenzy to claim her, mark her. My shifter base instincts were almost at the brink of controlling me.
The Knowing was described as a fifteen minute incident. It was turning out to be the longest hour of my life. My training had always been my shield from such emotion and now I was in an ocean of feeling.
Please Eric... she whispered. I knew she was not herself and anything I did to her in this moment would be blamed on the mate bond.
It was a miracle I could rationalize the current situation. A true testament of how much being a part had stunted my emotional growth just like it had stunted her abilities.
The burning intensified and my claws shot out. Quick reflexes had me jumping off the bed in a flash. The electricity in my body spiraled out of control until all the major power sources in the Royal Kindgdom went out. I immediately got telepathed by the king. Unable to answer I sent mother an empathic message only she could decipher.
My mind was a buzz of current and control failed me. Reyna murmured, I just had to be mated to a Royal Prince who gets tepathed in the middle of The Knowing. Hold me or I swear I'll make you pay.
Amidst pain, I chuckled, and I got the one who swears vengeance when I'm trying to protect her.
Eric all I need is that iron control. You had it when we were kids, at the Harmonica and you even had it earlier today. I know I'm being selfish but I'm not going to be those mates that scream and beg..
Her back arched as she held her waist. Her whimper called to me.
Who is she Darling? The queen's voice whispered in my mind. Can we help?
My pain and anguish passed down the telepathy line.
We could get a healer. She murmured.
Mom stay out of my Knowing. I felt her roll her eyes as she dropped the path. I panted as Reyna held my shoulders and sat on my laps then wrapped gorgeously long legs around my waist. Rock hard was an understatement for my response to her nearness.
Her fingers played with my hair as her eyes devoured mine. I held her gaze as i burned for her. My mate. Her chest rose with each breath she took. Reyna unbuttoned my shirt one button at a time as her lips trailed a line from my temple to my bared chest. The raging need to claim her, completely own her throttled me. To hell with waiting for the knowing to pass.
Reyna
As I held his gaze my body sung with tunes of desire. Warm fingers caressed my neck and I felt my core burn. I knew the moment he decided to claim me for his eyes lost the pain and only raw male dominance remained. You're mine Reyna, he groaned.
Strong arms carried me to a bed. I saw glowing lights come to life along the gray cave walls and quickly realised we had teleported. The painting above the bed was of mates. It was slowly enticing me to give in to him, my life mission to stay away from the Prince forgotten. My dreams, fantasies and wishes about him had all been exposed thanks to the Knowing. I lay bare before his glowing eyes. His lips curved,
"Here we are in this very spot just like you wanted..."
"You did too..."
"It's your cave...even though as children it was ours."
His power buzzed as I got to my knees, kissed his forehead then scrambled to get my teleportation necklace.
"Reyna... I..."
"You just had to mention this place being ours as
children. "
I looked through the stone drawers Keith had made for me a few years ago. His ability to bend rock into any shape or melt it made them exquisite. I searched for a spare necklace as he clutched his chest in pain.
"It appears the burning sensation you feel has a mind of it's own." He drew me into his arms even as I tried to leave.
"I will make this right Princess."
"Make it right? You have no idea how hard it is to be ordinary among unrestrained."
"You think leaving didn't affect me? You seem to imagine the past few years were bliss. I didn't ask for this but it's my call. I had to leave... I didn't know you were my mate. I didn't stand a chance at knowing with how dysfunctional my emotional state was. You were the only person I let in. You still are... You always made my barriers inadequate. You melted my shields leaving me bare exposed to the one person who could destroy me from the inside out. You have my heart Dimples. I am so sorry I caused you inexplicable pain."
He held my gaze as he fingered my hair.
"I always dreamed of meeting my mate, knowing what he thought about me, discovering what he loved and enjoyed and knowing that I wanted it to be you so many times that I drained myself. I lay in a healer's pool weak and incapable of healing. They said it was a mind and heart illness. My mind blinded and burned anyone who tried penetrating it. Only my mate could penetrate my mind, they said. Only he could heal me. Only he could return my heart rhythm. But then I stopped hoping."
He placed his forehead on mine, kissed it and murmured, "I realize how much we needed each other. Allow me make something new and better with you my Royalmate."
"Eric, I have changed so much. I don't think I'll be a good mate to you. I am insecure, extremely angry and I'm so afraid of feeling so helpless it makes me unable to trust anyone. At times I miss the girl you knew."
Realizing I had given him hope, said too much, I almost smacked my head. Reyna get it together! The bond pulsed between us demanding to be acknowledged. I felt so good and so bad at the same time. Heart Royals were taught to accept the bond with abandon. To completely give themselves over to the bond and their mate. Some heart Royal I was turning out to be.
"Reading my thoughts again?" I asked with my eyes on his broad chest.
"Shy and unable to meet my eyes again?", He searched my eyes as soon as he lifted my chin up. His gaze dropped to my lips and my face reddened. The glow returned making his lips curve.
"I think you will give us a chance. I promise not to touch you until you come to me. However, I won't be a very understanding mate. I will make this season very hard for you until you give in." He gave me the boyish grin I missed. I mentally groaned. Trouble was an understatement for my predicament. My Royalmate was everything I had dreamed of. Longed for. I wanted it to be him and my wish came true a long time ago.
"Has the burning stopped? Is our Knowing officially over?" I murmured. Tenderly kissing my glowing Royal mark, he drawled, "With us, the Knowing will never be over Princess." My heart hammered against my chest. Blue electric waves sparked to life around us and I was in my home again. I tightened my robe as I heard my mom running down the stairs.
"Can we not tell everyone yet?" I spoke into his mind.
"I want everyone in Royal and beyond aware that I found my mate.Ashamed of me?"
"I just need time to process all this...", I bit my lip as he leaned in and kissed my forehead.
" I'll give you time but after the mind Royal whose body I dismembered...", he let it hung so calmly I realised he must have totally lost control and with witnesses it was almost obvious...
Oh no! Everyone will remember him going feral. I thought.
"Reyna...Your Highness", my Mom breathed.
"Inaya", he bowed . "It's always a pleasure to see you."
She looked at me and just smiled as she saw my chagrin.
"Have a lovely night Inaya. See you at training Partner."
As I watched him go, I suddenly wanted to swing into his arms and go with him.
His arms wrapped around my waist, I melted in his arms as he thoroughly devoured my mouth. His kiss left me panting and bothered. I held onto him as my knees grew weak. I heard myself moan as he backed me against a wall.
Reyna... Reyna... I snapped out of the vision he sent and glared in his direction. He was long gone but his power still lingered. He had probably put wards to alert him of anything unusual.
Tell me everything Reyna. I can't wait. She nearly teleported me into the house in her haste.
"Drink this." A reddish sweet smelling tea was placed in my palms before I could object. When did she even make it? Oh healers could sense faster than most...
"What does it do?"
"Helps with the Knowing effects."
"Effects? Like?"
"You might teleport to your mate unconsciously. Project your thoughts to your mate. Have intense heat waves that only your mate can assuage to mention but a few."
I took the tea in big gulps as I pictured Eric's amused grin as I sent him graphic images of us in his bed.
"Reading you, I don't think this tea will help...", Inaya bit her lip.
"What do you mean Mom?", I paced around the foyer wondering what would happen at training in the next few hours.
"Amoralles have the strangest Knowing effects."
My eyes widened as she explained,
" Amoralles are soulmates who meet and form a bond before they come of age.Their mate bond is unlike any other bond. I've met only one other Amoralle couple.
My baby is an Amoralle." She seemed so happy it did not make sense. My powers were all over the place. Lights flickered to life and Eric's mind caressed mine.
It was like a searing kiss reminding me of how the Knowing had messed up his abilities and taken out all Royal power sources. I ran up the stairs, to calm my racing heart as my mom celebrated a mated daughter.
Training was going to be fine... "I got this", I mused.