Chapter 70 01

She woke up in his arms, and that seemed to be the most loving gesture of her life. She closed her eyes to tame down the chaos her Dru mind was trying so hard to pull off. She spent her time staring at his face. At the well chiseled bones of his jaws, how handsomely he had been created and she thought of how she had always never seen him as what he was, who he was. She didn't even know what she thought of him as before, he certainly wasn t ugly in her eyes before but not this desirable either. She smiled at her, how iconic life was. If someone had told her that someday, she, Queen Dru would have the most passionate yet intimate night with Ezra and she would wake up the next not hating herself for having being lured by desire, instead she would begin to admire how handsome he was; she would kill that person right where he spoke those words. But here she was today, she thought-as she absentmindedly ran a finger over his lips and thought of all the places she had felt those lips yesterday, which forced a blush out of her face.? Maybe he wasn t just the only one that had lost his hatred for her. She might ve not realized it until now, even though his hatred still lingered in some parts of her body, Danika knew that she wasn't hating him as intensely as she did 500 years ago and if things kept going the way they did now, she would certainly have no hatred for him in her heart.? She was deep in thoughts to realize that he had woken up too and was staring at her face until he placed down a loving kiss on her lips and she jerked back to reality. Seeing those dreamy eyes fixed on her what a turn on and she ducked her head down to blush at the memories that flashed through her mind. Danika realized no matter how she wanted to be so strong and act as the Queen she once was, she was a human now. And she ought to behave like humans too, it was only natural if she did.? Ezra smiled before he brought her closer to his body. "Good morning, Danika," he whispered and could feel her head on his chest nodding at the greeting.? It took them some time, with her feeling the rhythmic beat of his heart while he appreciated having her embraced to his body, skin to skin as she breathed over his chest. It was the most peaceful morning he had ever spent since he woke up and he wouldn t trade this for nothing. She slightly looked up and met his eyes, "I need to go back to my chamber, Lisa can t get into an empty room, Your Majesty." He realized that she was so stubborn to still be using the formal names even when they were alone. But he smiled at that while she sat upright on the bed and tightened her hold on the blanket to cover her chest. "What are you doing?" He asked, forcing his laughter back at how she was trying so hard to hide everything from him. This human, he was thankful he had gotten married to her. Where would he have gotten this subtleness and softness from? "What does it look like I'm doing? Do your magic and have my clothes back on me please, I need to go back to my chamber, take me there also." She turned with eyes filled with innocence that for once, he thought she wasn't once such a powerful Queen. It seemed to him that she had always been a human, so soft, so delicate and innocent. The most beautiful human he had ever laid his eyes on. "Don t fret. First, I'll remind you, you came to my chamber for a supposed dinner along with your court lady but I'm certain they left without you. So everyone knows you slept in the King s chamber yesterday. Second, I can order them to bring your outfit today and have you get ready in my room, wouldn t it be lovely to take gifts to the Queen Dowager together? And third, I think you ve forgotten what you ve done with those..." He pointed at her full chest and seductively smiled at her, "Bunch of ecstatics to me yesterday." He scrunched up his face in a pouty way and tilted his head, "I've seen and touched everything, Danika, stop hiding it from me." The next thing he felt was a punch on his naked chest and he groaned in pain but later burst into a peal of laughter of how flushed she looked. "What have I done wrong, Your Highness?" "I was trying so hard to forget everything and now..." She ran her hand roughly through her hair and softly screamed, "I think I'd just kill myself. What do I do now?" She looked up yet again at him, even though she knew she would certainly get no precise answer from him but it was good to know that she wasn't alone with her thoughts. "About what? Your maids or what you ve done to me yesterday?" "Ezra Covenbleeder!" She screamed out his name and he pulled her to his body while he laughed and no matter how much she tried to wriggle out of his hold, she stopped struggling and rested her head on his body, feeling the way his hands were moving around her.? She looked up at his face and he still held a smile on his face, "What was that about the Queen Dowager? Why do we have to take gifts to her?" ? He slightly pulled a bunch of hair away from her eyes and spoke, "Didn t you hear the bell sound yesterday at midnight?"? He seemed to have caught himself mid sentence, "I forgot, you were so engrossed..." She abruptly took a hold of his erected length and he surged in a breath, he knew she meant to torture him but this was a torture he was willing to accept in thousands of years to come. He chuckled softly, forcing down a moan from his lips, "It s her birthday and we re the first people that should take gifts to her." She was about to reply him when he flipped their position and had her laying on her back while he hovered over her with a cocky smile. "I believe we ve got more time before the Queen Dowager is up for accepting visitors, Your Highness." She rolled her eyes, but there was a pleasant smile on her lips. "You re hellbent on having me get ready in your chamber, Your Majesty." "I promise to make it up to you by spending the nights in your chamber for a month from today, to prevent you from the shyness of 'oh yes, I made love to my husband at night! Helpful, right?" She rolled her eyes yet again and groaned at his choice of words, "Have you always been this incorrigible? And who said you could visit my chamber at night for a whole month?" He kissed her passionately and amidst breaths and replied, his eyes already getting filled with lust. "I guess we ve spent the better years of our lives as enemies to know what we are like, time to change that. And about that..." He made some funny yet arousing moves to her body before he said, "You did, and not just a month; forever. 'You should ve come to me, Ezra! Doesn t it sound sweet? And a bit jealousy, I must say." She was about to open her mouth and when she did, he knew what she was going to say wasn t going to be favorable to him so he sealed her lips with a kiss and Danika had no choice but to return back the kiss in even greater flames of desire.? ? She had never thought that he was as naughty as stubborn as he proved himself to be until today. Maybe this would ve been the way would ve acted to her in the forest if only she had been patient enough to wait until they got back to the palace before she began her spree of hatred and revenge. But she didn t hate herself for doing so. As much as she enjoyed his naughty little comments and those smiles, she knew what she had known of during the hunting competition was too huge for her to act as thought wasn t something.? They had breakfast together and today when Lisa saw her for the first time, she smiled and nodded her head approvingly that Danika wanted the ground to swallow her whole. But she kept a straight face and continued with what they were doing. They were in the car as they drove to the Queen Dowager s chamber, their hands entwined.? She turned to look at him, "I met Acheron in the garden yesterday." She casually mentioned and she could feel how he had went still with an obvious anger. "I was there alone when he came even though I gave an order of being alone in the garden. He made an excuse that he teleported into the garden without knowing of my order." "I should warn him to avoid you at all cost, that damned guy!" He said through gritted teeth and she softly smiled. "You of all people should think highly of me, Your Majesty. I'm not just the plain and innocent Danika now, I'm a deadly combination of a vampire and human, and that vampire happened to be one of the greatest Queens that had ever lived on earth, do you think I won t be able to handle all kinds of tricks and stupidity?" "I know you can, but what I'm worried about is what if he tries to hurt you? You re a powerless human that can't beat up or fight against a vampire no matter how powerful you are." He turned away, "I have to warn him deadly." "You can t do that, because if you do, he ll know of your weakness and would love to bring you down through that, don t you think? We can find a way out, but warning him is certainly not an option here." They debated on whether or not to warn Acheron that Ezra had to let go and agree with her for she was talking more senses than he was.? Their door were opened by the royal guards and they walked out of the together. The maids carried the gifts they had prepared for her before their arrival was announced and they were ushered in at once. They met her drinking tea and she smiled sweetly, even though they both knew that it was, but a pretense. "Greetings to you, Your Highness. And happy birthday." They slightly bowed their heads and through the cloud of her eye lashes, Danika could see the look she had flashed towards him. "Greetings to you too, Your Majesty." She gritted her teeth before she turned to Danika, "You too, Your Highness. And thank you for the gifts." They spent less than five minutes, hence; not giving her enough time to say or so something ridiculous. On their way back, Danika bite at her tongue before she spoke, she knew he would likely not agree, but she wanted to. "I need a favor from you, Your Majesty." "If it s about you going out of the palace and coming back only to embark on days of fasting, don't even bother to ask." She whined outwardly and he was forced to look at her due to the sound she had met and found that she had a pout on her lips with puppy eyes staring at him. She looked so cute that he knew even before she spoke again, he d certainly agree to what she wanted, just that he might play hard to get a little.? "Please, Your Majesty. I promise to make it as quick as possible, and we can have dinner together when I'm back. Pretty please?" "Pretty please?" He mimicked her voice and she laughed, urging him to agree with her eyes. "Where are you going this time?" "To the market, I miss Faline. And no, you can t summon her here because I also miss the market and the normal life I used to lead. I promise to stay as discreet as I can, no one will now that the Queen has went to the market, please, Your Majesty." "Danika..." He began with a weighed voice and she softly shook his hand. "I promise to do whatever you want for a month, please. I feel suffocated here, I need to go out." "But we can go to Rotherham," he stated and she shook her head. "I ve missed my normal life, please, just this once." Tears unknowingly pooled the brink of her eyes and he softly knocked the crown of her head before he pulled her to his body. If she wanted, she would just have to act this way and he would certainly hand over the throne to her. "You must keep up to your promise, okay? A month, and no going back." She giggled happily and snuggled deeper into his chest. Finally, she was going to see Faline! She had a lot of things to tell her!