Chapter 41: AHEM!

Onyx:

Soft knocking pulled me from a dreamless sleep.

Anna slipped in with her usual soft smile and warm blue eyes that was the only thing welcoming, well, besides Ben when he would stop in to check on me, but Anna was it.

“Morning Onyx.” Anna smiled softly as she pulled back the heavy red velvet curtains to the guest room that Ben managed to convince Kano to allow, since my morning sickness was morning, noon, and night.

“Morning Anna.” I grunted lowly as my legs hung gently over the side of the less barbarian styled bed with soft lilac linens and a more feminine fur blanket, which was much softer.

“How you feeling today?” Anna asked softly as she pulled a simple embroidered neck dress in a soft lavender velvet with long sleeves.

Laughing at the thought that Kano ordered Anna to make sure I was dressed accordingly just in case I managed to grace his presence with my own.

Couldn’t have his “Bride” making him look inferior.

“I’m actually starving and would like to get out of “here”, stretch my legs out.” I laughed softly as I pointed to my current “solitude.”

Anna smiled brightly as she exited the bathroom with a steaming bath ready as she helped me to my feet, which was strange because I was never this weak with the girls.

“I think we can manage that.” Anna smiled, slipping the cotton nightgown from my soft olive skin as the mirror reflected my once curvaceous body, now it looked malnourished and frail.

“Come on. You’ll gain the weight back.” Anna motioned to me gently, stepping into the steaming hot water as my body screamed in relief, sinking down into the copper washtub.

Closing my eyes as the honey and ginger oils, soaked into my skin relaxing my stiff muscles and swirling stomach. Anna was gentle as she scrubbed my silvery-purple locks with a delicate massage of her fingers along my scalp.

“Umm…you have such gentle fingers.” I hummed softly as Anna giggled, pouring water along my locks, rinsing out the honey infused shampoo she made herself.

“Many years of practice.” She laughed softly as she flicked her water coated fingers in my face, causing a small water fight between us as a dark rumble sounded from the bedroom.

“Seems to me, the servants need reminded of obedience.” Zek’s malice tone, echoed from the bathroom door as Anna quickly handed me a towel before helping me from the tub.

“Seems to me, you need reminded of boundaries.” I hissed back, wrapping my hair in another towel as my hand held tightly to the one wrapped around my chest.

Zek lunged quickly, back handing me with a goliath force as my body slammed into the stone wall, feeling at least two ribs crack on impact. Zek’s hand slipped around my throat before my legs had time to collapse, shoving my back into the rough limestone.

“There are “no” boundaries in this kingdom.” He hissed darkly along my face as his hot breath fanned across my neck, causing the swirling in my stomach to jump ship as heavy coughing gags erupted from my weak body.

“I know.” He whispered darkly in my ear as my heart skipped low gear, throwing it right into overdrive as my blood ran cold.

His dark blue orbs held mine as he backed away with a smug smirk, begging for me to filet it right off his traitorous ass. Forcing my legs to lock in place, denying this piece of shit the satisfaction of my weakened state.

“What do you want?” I growled lowly, feeling the hair stand on end as his cold blues scanned over my towel cladded body, licking his rose tinted lips.

His dark locks, falling over his shoulder as he ran his hand gingerly through the silky strains with a tilted smirk as his broad chest released a long purring growl.

“Guess.” He hissed deeply, turning sharply on his heel as he disappeared from the bathroom, hearing the heavy clink of the bedroom door.

“Onyx!” Anna whisper shouted as my legs collapsed under my body, sobbing violently as my hand clenched tightly over my mark.

Hissing darkly as Anna cleaned the open scratches along my shoulders and addressing the nasty split lip that coated my chest in a thin layer of sticky crimson.

“Come on. We’ll eat in the servants kitchen, far from them.” Anna snapped her eyes over her shoulder as the door clicked open, exhaling slowly as Ben appeared with a concerned expression.

“Kano requests your presence.” Ben exhaled darkly as he helped Anna clean my wounds with a delicate hand.

After a few minutes of cleaning my wounds, Ben stitched my lip to help it heal faster, dressed and promptly standing in front of Kano enjoying his morning brandy with a side of roasted ham and eggs.

“That dress is fitting.” Kano smirked darkly as he shoveled a fork full of eggs into his mouth, rolling my eyes internally as my stomach growled lowly at the smell of food.

Kano pointed to sit with his fork as Ben quickly placed a plate in front of me, filling my cup with fresh squeezed OJ.

“Thank you.” I whispered softly as my hand delicately picked up the fork.

“Anything else Miss Onyx?” Ben politely asked, causing my body to flinch at the sound of “Miss” hating formal titles.

I shook my head “no” as I finally tasted the rich, roasted ham with its salty maple flavor as it was accompanied with fluffy eggs. Kano scoffed lightly as his gray orbs scrutinized my every action.

“What?” I asked coldly, wiping my mouth with the burgundy cloth napkin, taking a healthy swig of the OJ.

“Look at you, all weak and frail.” Kano grunted lowly as he took a swig of his brandy, flashing a dark smirk as his eyes followed someone through the doorway.

Side glancing as Zek strolled in like the “King” of kings. Narrowing my gaze as he clinked his brandy with Kano, leaning his back to me as he and Kano shared a silent conversation.

Fuck them!

I silently growled as I went back to eating, minding no attention to the two bastards sitting across the large circular table, covered in a beautiful hue of golden cream silk.

Pregnancy changed everything about being a dragon, from the high-sensitive hearing to the super-sensitive touch like this fine piece of silk that glided delicately over my snapping nerve ends.

How this would feel with my trio.

It’s like being blindfolded, but times it by ten, no! a hundred as their delicious scents swirled heavily along my nostrils as their breathless whisps of hot breaths, tickled gently along the little hairs across my stomach.

Oh! So good, humming against my lips as my hot, slick tongue ran dangerously along my soft, salt tinged lip…

AHEM!

Jumping in shock as Ben stood next to me with a sheepish smirk.

“Miss Onyx, are you finished?” Ben bowed forward, extending his hand to my plates, flinching in panic.

I don’t know what took over, what, or what, took over what but Kano and Zek stood solidity in place with their goliath hands pressed firmly to the tabletop with dark glass-like orbs.

This is not good!

I need to get away from them.

Jumping back as the solid oak high-back, slammed to the floor with a monstrous bang as my feet carried me swiftly down the stone and wood beamed hall. My heart thundering in my ears as the echo of heavy wooden legs, sounded murderously along the stone walls.

Shredding the hem of my dress, so it would stop tangling around my heel, tossing my flats away as the tender flesh felt the cold, gritty stone braze against my nerves.

“Princess”

“Bride”

Kano and Zek’s dark timbered voices shouted with a sickening mock tone as their hollowed heels clunked against the stone floor as they gained distance on me.

Darting down the right hallway, not knowing where I was heading but my body told me to “Go Right”, so I went fucking “Right”. Hooking a quick left down a set of stone stairs as large, aged oak doors appeared with those large cast-ironed ring handles.

Glimmers of light peaked through the cracks as my feet landed on a soft plush Parisian rug, smelling freedom.