Page 72 of Hidden Kingdoms

“Nanna does?”

I nodded, and he traced his finger along my cheek that had my magik racing along the path his skin made on mine. My heart gave a sharp tug in my chest and Kaius’ eyes flicked down as if he had sensed it, swallowing hard before we locked eyes once again.

“What does that mean?” Right then I didn’t know whether I meant Nanna’s magik or that pull I felt.

“I don’t know.”

We walked in silence the rest of the way and Kaius’ body remained tense as he escorted me through the maze of corridors. I didn’t ask what had gone on in the room once he had left me outside. I didn’t need any more reasons to be pissed with Big Man right now.

Sooner than I thought, the guard standing sentry at my door came into view, head dipping at Kaius’ approach.

Kaius opened the door, fingers lingering on the frame before turning to the guard. “Who else has been here?”

“No one has been here since I started duty, my Lord.” Kaius must have believed him, because he pushed the door wider to let me inside as the guard took a step away to give us space.

“What’s happened?” I asked, moving into the room, and hoping he would, too.

His face was creased with a frown, and I knew he was deciding what to tell me. He had promised not to lie but that didn’t mean he would always tell me the whole truth.

“Someone was here. I can sense their energy.”

“And it wasn’t the guard?”

“No.”

“It was probably the tall woman.”

“The tall woman?”

“The woman who brings the food. Short, blonde hair. Tall. I don’t know her name, so to me, she’s ‘the tall woman.’” I shrugged.

He barked out a laugh. “I might use that myself.”

“What? Why?” I asked, suspicious despite the brightness now filling his eyes.

“Nothing,” he said, leaning forward to place a small kiss on my cheek. Energy leapt between us at the connection, and I raised my fingers to the place his lips had been.

I wanted him to do it again. I wanted him to walk through this door and kiss me until I was dizzy. To feel that energy in all the places I wanted his lips on me.

But I knew it wasn’t a good idea, so instead I stepped back, gripping the door to draw it shut even as heat pooled between my legs, and it took everything I had not to ask him to follow me inside.

“Elodie.” Our eyes collided and I tightened my hand on the door. “It wasn’t supposed to be like this.”

“Then tell me what it was supposed to be like.” I challenged but he sighed, eyes closing for a second.

“I’ll see you soon.” With that, he turned, leaving me standing in the doorway to watch as he walked away. He had disappeared from view when the guard turned to me, an apologetic look in his eye as he nodded slightly towards the open door.

How silly of me to forget that being a prisoner meant a locked door.

The door closing sealed out the rest of the palace, and I exhaled a breath as magik swept over me in a rush of sensation. My anger against Bastian along with the frustration of my stolen touches from Kaius crashed through me in a confusing mix of feelings. It was a desperate thing, aching for a release.

I’d swallowed it down too many times, pushed it and forced it away from what it wanted, and now it was giving me little choice but to allow it to run riot across my skin.

Igniting my nerve endings in a delicious caress, I couldn’t help it as my hand once again reached for the place Kaius’ lips had touched my skin, wondering what would have happened if I had pulled him into the room.

Heat flushed my body, almost painfully, as the thought of his lips on mine filled my mind and my pussy pulsed with desperate need.

Moving to the bathroom, my hands grasped the cold porcelain of the sink as another wave of magik grazed across my nerves, a moan fell reluctantly from my mouth as my grip tightened, and I hoped the sound barrier went both ways.

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