The Rising Read online Kristen Ashley (The Rising #4)

Categories Genre: Dragons, Erotic, Fantasy/Sci-fi, Magic, Paranormal, Romance Tags Authors: Series: The Rising Series by Kristen Ashley
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Total pages in book: 161
Estimated words: 162269 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 811(@200wpm)___ 649(@250wpm)___ 541(@300wpm)
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“I wonder if he used his fingers or his mouth to teach her to explode,” Faunus said on a grin, referring to the earlier unmistakable noise.

Teddy grinned back, but did it shifting his hand to something else he wished to make explode.

Faunus made a sound like a purr and gently thrust into Teddy’s hand as he used his own fingers to unroll the narrow scroll of parchment and cast his eyes to it.

Faunus’s movements stopped and his brows drew together, so Teddy’s ministrations also stopped.

“What is it?” Teddy asked.

Faunus did not immediately reply. He simply stared at the strip.

Teddy squeezed his cock, thus earned his attention.

“What is it?” he repeated.

“My king orders Saturn and I to make haste to Sky Bay.”

But…

They were so close to home.

“No,” Teddy whispered.

“Yes, bello,” Faunus whispered back. He began thrusting again, at the same time commanding. “You will take Moira to Nyx and Lorenz.” He then switched to assuring, “And you will do so safe on your journey, Teddy.”

“We’ll go with you,” Teddy returned.

“You will not. This,” he lifted the parchment, “is an order to a warrior from my king as my commander. This is not a summons from my king as a subject.”

“We still will go with you,” Teddy retorted.

Faunus shook his head. “Airen is at war.”

“And I will not leave you, and Moira will not leave me, or, I suspect, in the now,” he tipped his head to the wall, “Saturn.”

“You do not take your mates to war.”

There it was again.

War.

Teddy released his still-plunging shaft.

“Teddy,” he growled.

“I’m not leaving you.”

“You, nor our sister, is going with us.”

“I feel safe with you and she feels safe only with us.”

“Our countries are now allies. You will have no issue getting home.”

“Faunus.”

“Teddy.”

They had reached a stalemate.

Teddy was the first to attempt to break it.

“What if something happens to you?” Teddy asked.

“It won’t,” Faunus stated swiftly.

“So, you would have me, and our sister, journey home in the same state of mind you were in the entire time you searched for me?”

This caused Faunus to keep his silence.

Teddy took heart.

“We will not be a bother and we will not slow you down,” he said hastily.

“I do not want you near danger,” Faunus bit off.

“I do not want you near danger either, but I have no choice, and I’ll add, tato, neither do you,” Teddy stated firmly. “You cannot simply tell me to go home and expect that to happen. If you leave, I am free to follow you. And this I will do.”

Faunus’s face grew dark, and seeing it, Teddy had to fight against grabbing hold of his cock again.

“Right,” he rumbled. “Then if you will not slow me down, you better hurry up.”

Teddy smiled victoriously.

“This is not hurrying up,” Faunus warned.

Teddy wasted not a moment hurrying up.

Queen Ha-Lah

Guest Bedchamber, Sky Citadel, Sky Bay

AIREN

“How many?” my husband asked.

“Three,” I mumbled, beyond sated, practically stupefied from his lovemaking.

“I only counted two.”

I studied his arrogant grin before I lifted my gaze to his and declared, “It is unbecoming of a king to seek compliments.”

Aramus started chuckling and dipped his head as if to take my mouth, but I pushed further into the pillows behind me and he stopped.

“You are sure that all is in order to thwart what they intend to do?” I whispered.

“I am sure.”

“If it is not?” I asked.

The question had excellent timing, for above us could be heard a great flapping.

My king’s eyes had gone vague in the listening to it, but they again focused on me.

“Cass is rather proud of the architecture of Sky Bay and as such is rather intent on keeping it just the way it is,” he stated.

It was then, my eyes went vague.

“My queen,” he murmured.

I pushed up to sitting in the bed, and as he had been leaning over me, held up by a hand in the bed to one side of me, he came up as well.

But I grasped his head behind either ear to keep him close.

“I do not have a good feeling about today,” I admitted.

“It will be well.”

“Something is very wrong,” I told him.

“If you are right, then we will see it through.”

“Darling—”

“Ha-Lah, I want to be home. I want to spend long lengths of time in my castle with my wife. And then I want a great number of other things, but as those are most important, I wish to start with that and do it without a great delay. I am not alone in wishing to be amongst my own, in peace, with the woman I love, guiding my realm to prosperity. Thus, we will see it through.”

I nodded.

He kissed me, pulled away and said, “I shall join you for a late breakfast.”

At his optimism that what was about to happen would not take very long, I shook my head, but did it smiling.

Yes, my king was arrogant.



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