A farewell and an unexpected greeting
Jai groaned as the envelope landed on her lower back, the sheet wasn’t covering much more than her legs as she lay dozing across Baen’s chest. She was a little surprised that they had ended up here like this, pleasantly though. Baen hadn’t seemed all that hurried about moving them along to the next level but in the space of an hour he’d brought up loving her and made love to her. Well okay so maybe it was more than an hour.
Jai raised her head off his chest and looked at the time. “Dammit” She growled rolling over, the letter slipping from her back and gently floating down to the floor forgotten already.
“What is it princess?” Baen’s voice was a heavy sated, sleepy sound.
“I should have been gone three hours ago.” She leaned over and kissed Baen again with a smile. “Someone distracted me.”
“I’m not the one who was offering me free parking.” Baen grinned, his arm looping around her drawing her in for another kiss. Jai blushed and giggled knowing she should be extracting herself from his embrace but finding herself quite happy to be where she was.
“I said only if you landed on me.” Baen grinned in that adorably cute way of his and pushed her back down bringing his weight down onto her again. She groaned as his lips gently moved down her neck.
“I do believe it’s happened again my princess.”
“I’m never getting out of this bed if you keep that up prince.”
“As you wish.” His lips started to trail lower and it took a strength she didn’t think she had for Jai to port out from under him into the shower, she could hear him groan in the bedroom. She emerged in one of her best gowns, she couldn’t go to the Summer Court wearing just anything.
“Come back to me.” Baen whispered as he pulled her against him for a final goodbye kiss.
“I will.” Jai replied with a smile. Two kisses later she vanished from his arms without even looking at the letter. She ported into the Lady Lily’s room and immediately felt her wrists clamped in iron. “What the hell?”
Jai spun around and found herself looking into dark eyes, like the depths of a cave drawing her in. It had been many decades since she had even been in the presence of a dark Fae and she’d never been this close to one. It was the last thing she expected to be confronted by in the royal apartments of the Summer Court.
“Summer has fallen.” The dark Fae hissed. “So nice of you to come and ignore the warning. You as hostage will help strengthen our position with your realm.” A series of curses flooded Jai’s mind, many spilling from her lips as she thrashed about. But the manacles were not just iron but magically enhanced too and her power and energy were being rapidly drained. She had no idea what warning he was talking about.
“Take me to the Queen.”
Filed pointed teeth gleamed at her. “With pleasure.”
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