Chapter 34 #2
I glance at her, a smile forming. “Is that what made you all feral? Thinking he was here for me?”
“Well, it doesn’t make sense that he’d want to move here, where everyone hates Vylians, unless it’s for love.
And you and Jace both looked at his crotch.
And out of the two, you are clearly the one he’d fall in love with because you’re sexy and smart and amazing.
Well, maybe not as sexy as him because holy crap, that guy looks llike Aphrodite had a baby with herself hot.
” She shakes her head. “That’s not even an opinion; that’s just a fact.
” She looks me up and down, “But oh my gods, your two’s babies would be so cute.
Way cuter than ours. So are you sure he’s not here for you? ”
Unable to help myself, I lean over and kiss her.
She parts her lips immediately, and I stroke my tongue inside her as I pull up her skirts with one hand.
After undoing her chastity belt, I pull back.
She lifts her hips so I can remove the straps of leather.
Placing it on my lap, I peck her on the lips again.
“I promise he isn’t here for me.” I settle back in my chair, then I reach over to place my hand on her thigh. “If I had to guess, he’s here to kill Evangeline.”
“What? Why?” Disappointment and a flicker of panic fills her face. “Why can’t people just love each other here?’
“Well, for starters, we were on opposite sides of war.” I try to speak calmly as the servants bring out the first course.
My eyes search for any troublemakers along the table, but my heart is in my queen’s hands.
She has no real concept of war, and I do not want her to learn the horrors of it tonight.
I do not want this meal to be the first domino of me losing her.
My hand slides up her thigh, seeking connection as I continue to speak.
“Redric was the one in charge of taking the city of Hare from us. My younger sister and I were there defending it.”
I clear my throat, pushing memories of Aurelia down. Of her pleas for us to help her save the Vylians as well as the Razians whenever we went back for the wounded. Of her screaming into the night like some great abyss, her heart broken, her soul shattered.
“He was a feared witch hunter who had killed four of our witches already. So he sought out Evangeline, thinking she would be an easy kill due to how young she was.”
As our food is placed before us and the testers do their jobs, I don’t stop talking.
“But Evangeline is one of the strongest witches on Gaera. The way she can control magic… It’s not natural.
She can get it to do things, sometimes without payment, and that…
” I shake my head, reminding myself that my queen won’t know what I’m talking about considering there aren’t any schools in Brownston.
“Magic always requires payment,” I say. “Normally it’s in the blood of the user.
Use too much, and it’ll start to eat your organs.
There’s also a backwash of energy that occurs with every spell, almost like a poison.
Use too much magic too fast, and you can get infected with a deadly disease that is completely incurable. ”
“Loka,” she says, and I nod. “Have you ever seen anyone with it?” she asks.
I nod grimly. I do not tell her we would send those people on suicide missions. A witch who couldn’t use her magic was of little use to us. Better to let her go out with a bang rather than have her whittle away and become a burden.
As the testers move away, I pick up one of the cream-cheese stuffed peppers. I nod at my queen’s plate, and she dutifully does the same.
“Redric ambushed Evangeline while the rest of us were retreating.” I place the entire sweet pepper in my mouth, then chew and swallow.
“But she kicked his ass. And instead of killing him and giving him a noble death…” I pick up my glass of honeydew and take a sip as my lips curl.
“She used her magic to bind his feet to the branch they were on. Then she pulled his pants down and bound them too.”
“Oh my gods,” she breathes, her second pepper hovering at her lips. “What happened next?”
“She shrank his penis and enlarged his balls.” I chuckle. “And there isn’t a witch stronger than Evangeline in all the Seven Planes. Not when it comes to curse magic. He could not find anyone powerful enough to reverse the spell.”
“Oh no!”
My grin widens. “We crossed his path multiple times over the years, and every time, Evangeline didn’t bother killing him. She just grew his balls and shrank his penis. The last time I saw him, his balls were as big as a rat’s.”
She rolls her lips in, trying not to giggle. “And his penis?” she squeaks.
Jace laughs behind us.
“I didn’t see it.” I finish off the last of my peppers. “But rumour has it, it’s shrunk so far, it’s now inside him.”
She slaps a hand over her mouth, but she can’t contain her laughter.
As her chest shakes, I worry she’s going to choke on her food, but she manages not to.
Looking at her, her face lit up and so full of joy it hurts, I start to tease my fingers up her thigh.
She coughs, then blushes as she looks at me.
Her eyes such a beautiful tease, I spend all of dinner touching her beneath the table.