Waking up the next morning was calming. All the nausea I had felt from the day before was gone and Ryder had spent a majority of last night spinning me around in circles. When we arrived back at the castle I could tell that he was slightly drunk. The man pretty much turned into a giant teddy bear, his hands never leaving my body. Getting in to the bedroom his hands were roaming over places that they shouldn't have been with the guards still within eyesight. He didn't get very far because once I was comfortably dressed and under the sheets, I was nearly asleep. He had already worn me out. He wasn't getting anything, even if I wanted it, I was too tired. I fell asleep to him grumbling in my ear as he wrapped his arms around me. I expected him to be gone when I woke up but he was still wrapped around me, his face buried into my neck. "Don't you need to be with the alphas?" my voice was scratchy but I didn't care, I just wanted to go back to sleep. "I do but," He started, his voice clear, telling me that he had been awake for a while. "But what, I'm fine. Go do what you have to do. I'm not going anywhere today." I felt Ryder push up on the mattress, his eyes boring into me. "But..." "You know for a king, I would think you wouldn't use the word but. Go Ryder. Reynolds is going to be in the room all day." Ryder grumbled something in Jordenian, it was low and I didn't understand it but I knew he was swearing. "Fine, I love you." His lips pressed to my forehead and his weight disappeared from the bed. After Ryder had left, I slept until lunch time when he returned to eat with me. I was lying in bed reading another one of my books when he waltzed into the room and wrapped his arms around me. "Shouldn't you still be with the alphas?" Placing my book down I turn over to look at him. His hands move all over my mid-section, massaging every bit he can gain access to, his eyes following them. I was feeling better than what I was yesterday but I wasn't in the mood to do anything now. "No, I've given them all the afternoon off so they can spend it with their mates." His voice was husky, the noise muffled as he drops head into my neck. Hooking my leg over his hip I pull myself in closer to him, my hand slides up to his hair. Pushing his head forward I lock my lips onto his. He seems shocked for a second but he reacts quickly his hand pressing into the small of my back, his lips taking control of mine. A ripping noise filled the room and I moaned at the feeling of having the material of my shirt being removed. I could feel his fingers beginning to pull at the clasp of my bra but he soon grew frustrated with it and tore it off as well. His growl was felt against my lips as he pulled it away. "Ryder," My voice is breathless as his starts on a journey down the line of my neck. "We shouldn't be doing this now." Ryder's hand pushed me further into him at my words, his lips now sucking at my skin, leaving his mark. "The guys are in the other room." I continue trying to get him to stop. I didn't even know if I really wanted him to. "They shouldn't be listening." His voice was still deep and hinted to his mood. When his hand moved to hook into the side of my shorts, I finally decided to drop my hand and stop him. He growled lightly taking my hand and pinning it behind my back. His lips move over his mark now and a shudder moves through my bones. Oh f*ck. I couldn't help the loud moan that escaped his lips as his free hand started to slide down the front of my shorts. He smirked against my neck his hand tightening around mine, He was dominating me and I didn't care, it was turning me on. "Ryder," I heard the faint sound of a door closing from the other room and I groaned. "Not now." His fingers loosened and he pulled his head back to look into my eyes. "You're right." Releasing my hand he picks it up to push stray strands of my hair back. His eyes flick down my body and back up. "Are you feeling ok?" "You come in here and practically jump me, ripping off my clothes, and you ask if I'm okay." I chuckle, my hand grabbing his hip. "Sorry, it's instinct. You are feeling better aren't you?" Slipping my fingers beneath his button up shirt and run them over his soft and warm skin. "Still a little sore around my back but I'm not nauseous at all anymore." "Good," He sits up my hands falling from him as he does. His eyes darken as they skim over my half naked body. He opens his mouth to say something but quickly second guesses his words. "I'm going to get you a new bra and shirt then we can go get lunch."