Chapter 0149
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I’m always tired or unwell. Some days, I can barely do anything but lie in bed. I feel like an invalid as my body betrays me. I’m not used to feeling so weak, and it frustrates me. “I keep wondering why I don’t have that pregnancy glow they talk about,” I tell him. “I feel like a wilting plant. I look like it too.”
“You’re beautiful.”
“You need to get your eyes checked. I haven’t showered recently. I haven’t even brushed my hair.”
He smiles and gently runs
and through my messy red locks. “You’re beautiful to me, always. Even
when you don’t feel like you are.”
I swat his hand away and lie back down in bed. “It’s unfair for you to say that. You look perfect all the time.”
I glare at his handsome face. He always looks good whether he has just woken up or is sweaty from sparring with Rainer. He is even more attractive when he’s in disarray, less god–like and touchable. If there is ever an example that the world is an unfair place, Kane’s good looks are proof.
He looks amused as he lies down beside me, wrapping his arms around me. “I’m sorry?”
“Don’t you dare apologize for being hot. That doesn’t help anything.”
He laughs, his warm breaths tickling my skin. “I can’t help it.”
“Whoever made vampires really made sure you could entice victims by being so pretty. It’s ridiculous.”
“We have to eat somehow.”
I roll my eyes as he laughs again. I watch the mirth on his face and let myself bask in the relief of having him back with me. He was gone for less than two days, but I missed him like a widow whose husband had been lost at sea. Even Lola commented that I was moping around the castle.
“I missed you,” I confess. “Never leave me again.”
He smiles and kisses the top of my head. “I missed you too. My trip might’ve been better if you were with
me.”
“Are you allowed to take me with you next time?”
“Allowed?” he repeats. “I’m a king. No one ‘allows‘ me anything. I can do as I please.”
I roll my eyes and slap his shoulder. “You know what I mean.”
“I’ll take you with me next time,” he promises. “My Uncle It’s a coastal town and very picturesque.”
us wants to meet you. You’d like Cerise Port.
“Queen Agatha told me about her birth kingdom. Did you spend a lot of time there when you were younger?”
“My mother would take Lex and me to visit, especially in the summers. It’s a smaller kingdom, and they’re Jess formal there. We could be amongst the common folk without anyone batting an eye.”
“You just got to be like everyone else,” I tease him.
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“It was nice. When we got older, I would send Lex there when he was being a bother here in court. Uncle Cyrus was good at keeping him out of trouble. Lex actually listened to him.”
The reminder of Lex makes me wonder how Kane’s brother is doing at Scarlett Thunder. Kane has told me that Lex is keeping his head down, and I hope he is safe.
“You said your uncle wants to meet me,” I say. “Does he know about the pregnancy?”
“He knows, and he’s supportive,” Kane replies. “We should go visit him soon. He’s always been one of my most loyal allies.”
I smile. “I can’t wait to m
