Page 100 of The Demon King's Destiny

“The same. Warnings. Clues. Explanations, perhaps. They seem to be more important for you than for Evelyn.”

“A blessing is what they are, Marrok,” Danil decreed firmly. “You deserve the truth about your wife. Fate delivered.”

Marrok wouldn’t concede the revelations were helping him get over the loss of Melena. It was Evelyn who was doing that. Yet Evelyn had been the one Fate had chosen to reveal the harsh truths of his past, and she’d suffered right along with him.

While he appreciated facts coming to light, he would rather it not be at his mate’s expense.

Evelyn took another sip of whiskey, thinking more would calm her nerves. It didn’t. “I feel like I keep asking this, but what do we do now?”

The guards and Evelyn looked to Marrok. It was up to the King what happened next.

“Theron insisted we come here. He didn’t say anything more on it. For now, we shore up the palace’s defenses. I’ve already made plans to send home any unnecessary staff and called for extra guards. There’s more than enough supplies and food here to last half a year. I assume this will be resolved much sooner than that. Hale will teleport back and forth daily with updates. Kellan and Viktor are searching their shared border tomorrow. Hopefully they’ll find the traitors and that will be the end of it.”

“Cheers to that! Hunting and capturing our criminal brethren is old hat for us. Let someone else take it on for a change,” Danil crooned and saluted the table with his drink in hand.

Marrok forced a smile at Danil’s toast. He didn’t share his friend’s sentiments. Marrok wanted to go hunting with the other kings, as was his right and duty. He wanted to lay waste to anyone involved in the plan to take Evelyn away from him.

He stared at her profile, at her pert little nose and plump pink lips. She threw her head back at something Danil said and Marrok stiffened. He didn’t want Evelyn to give Danil her attention. He wanted it for himself.

Marrok stood and held his hand out. “Come.”

“Where are we going?”

He pulled her up and led her out of the room without answering, half dragging her in his haste.

“Seems you’re off to bed, my lady!” Danil’s shout echoed into the hall just as the door closed behind them.

Evelyn stopped and pulled her hand from Marrok’s. “Is that true? You yanked me away from the table to take me to bed?”

“Yes. Is that a problem?”

Evelyn jumped up, wrapping her arms and legs around his large frame. “No. I was just double checking.”

“Cheeky female,” he purred, nipping her lip as she giggled. “You resisted me in the halls of the temple, but will allow me to carry you around in the halls of the palace?”

“You’ve shown me the error of my ways, demon. Maybe I’ll demand you carry me around everywhere we go from now on.”

She tightened her legs and pressed closer, meriting a low rumble from his chest. The predatory sound heated her core.

“Now,” she said saucily, “show me what else I have to learn.”

Marrok turned and jogged the rest of the way to their chambers, anxious to teach her what happened to sassy little mates who teased.

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