Nadine Book 4

48. My Story

We spend the whole day cuddled up watching the water. We eat and take naps. We make love so many times.

The next day, we wake up in bed and make love again.

After we take a bath and get some lunch, he gets out the human dress for me.

"Let's walk on the beach. There's a village not far. Maybe you can find a souvenir."

We run to the water and I throw my shoes off. I run up and put my toes in it. It reminds me of finding the water when I was so lost and alone.

"What are you thinking about babydoll?" He pulls me against him and kisses me. Then he waits.

"When I ran away. Before Omar found me, I ran to the water. I never thought I would see it. But I put my toes in. It was all I wanted. It made me happy even then. After that, I walked. I didn't even know where I was going. It could have been across a whole country for all I know. I saw a horse in a field. I thought it was wild. I never touched or seen a wild horse. I touched it. Then Omar popped up out of nowhere and asked why I was touching his horse."

We sit down by the water and cuddle.

"What caused you to run?"

"Life I guess. It was a different time. A different life. My dad was the king. I had no mate, but I was under contract with Tre. My brother tried to beat me to death the first time. I had such strong feelings for Dipak. That was different. Tre was the only boy I had ever kissed. I was under so much stress. I pretty much had a breakdown and took off. Dipak followed me. We found the cave but it was dark. We ate and fell asleep there. I woke up and panicked. I had stayed with Dipak. I was so scared of what Tre would think, or my dad would kill him. Even though nothing happened. Dipak said he wanted to see the cave. You know this part. I ran from him, ended up in Ronion's village. He covered for us. Said he had Dipak locked up all night, so it didn't look like we spent the night together. Then we went home. I made it through the whole day. At dinner, it came out that Tre was talking about breaking the contract." I shrug my shoulders. "I ran. I couldn't take anymore. He was the one person I never thought would leave me, he was always my best friend. All of a sudden, I had no one. I was alone. Why should I stay?"

"How long were you with Omar?"

"6 to 8 weeks. Something like that. He fixed me. At the end of me staying with him, he would take me to the village there. They had a festival. It was the first time I saw the arena. I met girls my own age. We talked about boys a lot. I met Johen."

"Yea, I've heard that part."

"We've kissed a bit, but nothing more than that ever happened between us."

He kisses my head. "Thank you for that."

"Were you worried about that?"

"I see the guy all the time. And it's not my business what happened between the 2 of you before me. But still..." He kisses my head again. "I feel better knowing nothing serious happened. The way Tre talks about him, you 2 were serious."

"Only some kissing, sir. But one time, I really did like someone. He kissed me and asked me on a date. I was so excited. He showed up at the castle to pick me up." Tye nods at me. "Tre pulled his sword and killed him right in the king's office. For no reason whatsoever. Other than he was taking me on a date. I was furious."

He tries not to laugh. "So how did you end up taking the throne?"

"That was after Thora's accident. She broke her neck. We found old injuries and accused Frode. He was innocent. But anyway. We sent Thora to Omar after her neck healed. I escorted her with Dipak. We spent 4 days together. 2 of them alone. At some point, I asked him about red eyes. Cause I would see red. He pretended not to know anything. The next day, I woke up in Dipak's office. Tre was there too. Somehow, the red eyes came back up. I asked Mary about them. She told me the whole truth. Everything. Everything they hid from me. Right up until the day before. Every bond I had with everyone snapped on the spot. I was so heartbroken. I hid in my room for 10 days or something. Then I got mad. So mad I was able to control the dragon. I stormed out of my room and took the throne. I asked if anyone wished to challenge. My dad handed me the king's ring. I dropped it and then kicked it. I said if I ever found a mate, I would kill him."

"How did you get to be mates with Dipak?"

"I was furious after I took the throne. But also completely incapable of leading all the meetings and sitting in the office all the time. I made Dipak the commander because he was the best option for the job. And it gave me a break. Put more of the work on him. Once things started settling down. Everyone figured out that we really worked well together. But we were fighting one day... he said it hurt him having to look at me and pretend he didn't love me or something like that... I flew off the handle. I started screaming at him about having my heart ripped out by him. But let's talk about how much it hurts him. Omar caught the argument. He called in the witches, he said they were going to run the test. Because we work so well together. It came back purple right away. But neither one of us knew what it meant. All we knew was that we were fighting. We managed to work everything out. I fell in love with him at your castle. That first ball. I fell in love with him. Awhile later, there was going to be a war. It was going to be in the morning. We knew it was coming. My momma and Asa sat us down and told us we were soulmates. They told him how to get the dragon. The next morning, we were crowned, and he had the dragon all before the war."

"And Tre?"

"Kane kept saying Tre was my mate and not Dipak. He said the way I react to the 2 of them isn't right. That Tre is my mate. So Omar called in Ylle and the witches again to prove it to him. But Kane made them run the full test. They both had purple. I passed out and woke up 3 weeks later. The boys were fine. I was lost for a long time. I had no time to understand. They had classes and meetings about it. I woke up with them being with it. It was so strange. I didn't want to cheat on Dipak and I felt like I would be. It took a long time, of me and Tre spending time together, before I could even kiss him. Then I just felt guilty. I remember the first time Tre kissed me in front of Dipak. I think I passed out. You know how Dipak is, he's so possessive. And he was ok with me kissing Tre. It was really confusing. I really thought Dipak would kill him."

"And what about me?"

"They would have killed you."

He smirks. "How did they take me being around you?"

"Not well. How would you take it if someone new was trying to get my attention?" He shakes his head. "A prince even. Who knows how to dance, and fix jewelry? Who is very sexy and likes touching me. Someone who wants to cuddle me and love me. Likes giving me hugs. Who keeps finding reasons to show up."

He chuckles. "Yea, I'd kill him."

"The odd part of it all, is that you came in the castle. You made your intention clear. They didn't hurt you." He gives me a funny look. "Did you miss the story earlier about the man who wanted to take me on a date?" He laughs. I give him a kiss. "That man wasn't the only one they've killed." He raises his eyebrows. "But they never did anything to you. I think they knew somehow. It is the only thing that could explain it."

He cracks up laughing. "You think they could sense I would be your mate?"

"I don't know, maybe. You're still alive."

"Well, if I ever sense that about anyone else, I will let you know."

"Oh hell no. You keep that to yourself and get me the hell away."

He smiles. "You just going to stay with 3?"

"Yes. I like 3. I'm happy with 3. I don't know what I would do with 4."

He hugs me and laughs. "You use to say that about 2."

"3 is better. I know that now. And we are also stopping here."

"I want you to be ok if there are 4. I don't want you to panic."

I give him a dirty look. "Do you sense the 4th one? I knew it. You guys can sense them."

He laughs for a second. "I don't sense anything babydoll. I don't like it when you pass out from shock. I want you to be ok if it happens. I mean, you passed out with me and I didn't think it was all that shocking. We were already having sex."

"You being my mate wasn't shocking. I expected that. But when Thora said, I have 3 mates. That was very shocking."

"You expected it?"

"As much as I cared for you, yes. I wasn't sure it would show purple though. I figured it would probably be all blue, and we'd have to wait before any purple showed up. But there it was."

He hugs me. "I knew you'd be mine. I can't imagine life without you. But I was scared to death of all blue. I knew they would send me away, and I wouldn't get to see you for a very long time. The thought of that scared me so much."

I snuggle into his side. "We would have found a way."

He pulls me closer to him and kisses my head. "Yea, we would have."

We watch the water. Then he looks at me. "Don't have s*x with someone until you know they're your soulmate."

I laugh. "That's what they told me about you."

He smirks at me. "I'm a bad example. But I sure as hell won't let you share a bed with someone else either. You waited for Dipak and Tre?"

I giggle and he rolls his eyes. "I was so in love with Dipak. I don't think I even cared if he was my mate or not. I would have made him take a potion if he wasn't. We were purple at the time. We didn't know what it meant. Tre and I waited forever. You know, the pass out for 18 days, 10 days of not leaving Dipak's side, then I had to ease into spending time with him. It was over a month before we even kissed and s*x did not come until later."

"Why did you wait so long with him?"

"I wasn't in love with him. I didn't trust him. He lied to me so much. And he kept lying. I beat the hell out of him with dragon strength. I told him he would never touch me again. But then we found out we were mates. We had to start over completely. And no one knew that I was holding his dragon. Momma said that if I give him the dragon to early, I'd spend my life believing that's all he wanted. Tre was scared of pushing me. The bond was broken. It was horrible. We agreed to wait. That way the bond wouldn't get hurt more. We waited until we were in love. About 8 minutes later."

He cracks up laughing. "I think it's dinner time. We only made it to the front of the inn babydoll."

"Maybe next time we can get further."

He helps me up.

"What's that say?" I walk over to a sign. "Oh, it's for sale."

"Nice spot right on the ocean. I bet someone builds a big house here."

"Tye, the sign is in front of the inn too."

"I hope they don't sell it. I love this place."

"You should buy it." He gives me a funny look. "What? We can staff it with a couple of servants. Make a couple of updates. Hell we could even make you a room on the roof. Use the roof as a big balcony. Put a bath on it. Call it the owners' room. All the other rooms could get rent out. But that one would be yours."

He pulls me in close and kisses my head. "Ours."

"You could put a breakfast and bar in that open area."

"You mean like come for breakfast and get drunk?"

"Most of the inns we looked at had breakfast in the morning. You could have a little outdoor kitchen/bar. It could serve breakfast in the morning. Put some flooring in and some tables for people to eat. In the evening, it could open for drinks. People wouldn't have to get drunk in the morning. But you know, vacationing people do like their drinks."

"I'll think about it, babydoll. It's a lot to take on."

I go up to the room while he orders us dinner.