Page 28 of Realm of Flames (Reborn 3)
“I feel like it’s a bit distracting,” I mumbled, my eyes tracing the way that the walls themselves, a white marble, were embedded with glittery gemstones. “And beautiful, really beautiful.” I couldn’t help the smile that broke onto my face at the excitement fluttering in my chest in reaction to my surroundings.
“That look on your face makes me want to spoil you,” Marco warned while narrowing his eyes at me. I think he may still have been mad at me about the shopping incident and saying that I only needed some of the stuff, not all of it.
“What look?”
“You’re smiling,” Henry translated.
I blushed. “You guys do spoil me. You buy way too much for me as it is.”
“I disagree completely, for the record,” Sai called out.
“Maybe we should just start buying shit, then she’ll have to actively reject a gift,” Anani pointed out, his lips pressing into an amused smirk.
My brows went up as I offered him a shocked expression. “I would never.”
“Point made,” Ledger agreed.
“So that’s the solution?” Croy flashed a smile, his magic brushing over mine. “Just buy her things as a present so she can’t say no to spoiling her?”
“I could get behind that,” Atlas agreed while petting Bella. The kitten jumped onto the floor and began exploring as I watched her with affection.
“No gifts.” I knelt down to pick Bella up as she crawled up my lap.
“Right,” Marco mused. “No gifts, ever.”
I didn’t say ‘ever.’Plus, did that mean I couldn’t get them gifts?
My head snapped up. “If you buy me gifts, I get to buy you guys stuff. Especially for birthdays… Oh! And holidays. When is the next holiday? I’ve never really celebrated them before.”
“Never?” Croy asked, his voice softening as his eyes turned darker.
“Never.” I shook my head.
“Next on Earth is Halloween,” Atlas explained, a sad look running over his face before offering a warm smile. “Then Thanksgiving and Christmas. We can make sure to celebrate all of them, fully.”
“I love that,” I hummed happily.
Henry began talking about plans for the holidays and something about traveling as I continued to play with Bella on the cool marble floor. My eyes traveled across the room, from the doors we entered to the massive archway that led to a ledge directly across from it. Clearly it was made for shifting and flying out of in dragon form, but it made me a bit nervous that Bella would get too close to it if we left her alone in here by herself.
The rest of the room was covered in gold gilded furniture that was decorated in light, comfortable materials, and the rugs throughout were plush and contrasted the tables and large bookshelves that were scattered along the perimeter. There were doors along the sides as well that I had to assume led to bathrooms and bedrooms, but I’d yet to check. Honestly, the room was beautiful, but it was very clear they had yet to be back for some time, because there were no personal artifacts here. Nothing to show that this room was their home.
“Atlas,” I called out as my mate came over and crouched down, his eyes running over my expression while he tugged on a wave of my hair.
“What’s up?”
“I’m worried while we are gone that Bella will get too close to the edge,” I admitted softly. Warmth saturated our bond, and he nodded in understanding.
“We can put her in one of the bedrooms while we stay here. It won’t be for long,” he promised, and relief filled my chest.
“Good,” I murmured as he helped me up and I carried Bella with us towards a large set of doors. When we opened them, I found a large room that featured three beds, all of which were set perfectly, except for where Anani and Ledger were sitting on one of them and Sai stood near the window. I let Bella down and she scampered across the floor, interrupting their conversation only slightly.
“Do the rest of you stay in the other room?” I asked. Atlas easily led me from the room, closing the door and showed me another multi-bed room.
“This was for Henry and I, and then Marco usually slept in the third bed, but that should work for Croy. Each of the dorms also feature a large suite for the alpha, so luckily, we have enough room for everyone.” His tone was relaxed, and I looked at the smaller bed and frowned.
“I think we should all sleep together. Those beds don’t look large enough,” I pointed out as Atlas flashed a dangerous smile that had my cheeks heating.
“I love the idea of sleeping together,” he mused, and I let out a small giggle as he easily swept me up into his arms. I wrapped my arms around his neck, my legs pressed together in a princess hold.
