Her Royal Mate

Chapter Six

Hunter



It would be easier to toss her aside and forget about her, but I couldn't do that. Saige has taken over every thought in my mind, driving me crazy! My uncle won't be happy that I'm running late, and I'm going to be even later now that I have to resort to bringing Lauren with me.

I knocked on the door to her dorm, making no effort behind it. She answered on the second knock like she was waiting for something.

"Uh, what do you want? Where is Saige?"

"Saige is fine, but she won't be attending the dance. I need a date, someone that could appease my uncle. As much as I would love to bring someone else, you fit all the requirements in such a short amount of time."

Lauren rolled her eyes before settling into a smile. "Okay, but if I do this for you, I get something in return." I just knew she was going to ask me to f**k her. "You have to let Saige go."

Wow. That was unexpected. Maybe there was more to Lauren than I initially thought. "No chance in hell. Saige is my property now, and I do with my property whatever I want when I want."

She crossed her arms, showing off the pure hate in her eyes for me. At least it was better than the lust she had before. "Then at least let me see her and make sure she is okay."

I stepped through the doorway, making Lauren back up. "How about you get yourself dressed and ready to go. You have ten minutes. I don't make negotiations with anyone, especially you. If you're a good girl by the end of the night, I'll see about taking you back to see your friend. If you're bad, I'll take you back to your dorm without speaking another word to you. That's the deal on the table. There won't be another one."

Lauren quickly raced off into her room to get ready. While she was getting ready, I decided to snoop around her dorm. I know that Saige was bummed that they couldn't room together, but I'm sure that wouldn't stop the two from hanging out all the time. I found exactly what I was looking for when I stepped into the kitchen. Right there on the refrigerator were countless pictures of Saige and Lauren together. In all these photos, Saige seemed so happy. One day, I would make her smile like that. What the hell was I thinking? This girl wouldn't be anything other than someone to warm my bed. Even as the thought crossed my mind, I knew it wasn't true. I've never felt an attraction to someone like I do with Saige, and I'm struck by it every minute when I'm not with her. This sort of thing has never happened to me before. Maybe if I could get her in my bed with me and bury myself inside her, that attraction would go away. Yeah, that's it.

Half an hour later, Lauren was coming out of her room dressed in an elegant gown that wasn't too revealing. That was surprising, considering all she usually does is dress in skimpy little outfits to get attention. The thing about fairies was that they had to be different to win over a male's attention more so than any other species. That was because fairies were most common around here, and the male fairies were picky as hell about who they got together with. Honestly, I was pulling for Lauren and my friend Max to hit it off. Sure, he was a werewolf, but it's been known for different species to get together and be happy. He wouldn't be as satisfied as if he had found his mate, but close enough. I could see that envy in his eyes when I took Lauren upstairs at that bar. He likes her, but I was the asshole that took advantage of the situation.

"You look great. Now can we go? We are already late, and my uncle is not going to be pleased."

She batted her long eyelashes at me and did a little spin. "Great? That's all I get? I pick out this specific outfit to please your uncle, and all I get is a great. I'll just turn around and dress in something more to my liking."

When she spun around, I grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the dorm. "You look beautiful. Now, let's go."

By the time we got to the dance, it was in full swing. Couples were already taken to the dance floor, breaking out their best moves. My uncle was at the head of it all, overlooking the dance like the leader he was, making sure no one was acting out of the way. When he spotted me, he ushered me over.

I brought Lauren with me and whispered to her to be on her best behavior. He didn't look as pleased as I hoped he would. Maybe he had heard about Lauren and how easy it was for me to get her into that room. I wouldn't put it past Max, who was jealous that I got to her before he did.

"Uncle, I would like for you to meet Lauren. She will be accompanying me tonight."

Lauren bowed in front of him and gave him a sincere smile. "It's a pleasure, my king. I hope that I am capable of meeting your standards tonight."

"Doubtful," my uncle responded. "Lauren, can you please give me a moment alone with my nephew."

She bowed again with a pissed-off look and took off out of sight. My uncle was not pleased when I turned back around to him. Damnit, Max! I'm going to hurt him for this.

"You brought a fairy to tonight's dance as a means to try to impress me? Could you have not found a nice young female werewolf to accompany you? When I made it clear that I needed you to step up, I meant every word of it. A man in your position shouldn't be caught dead with a fairy like her. You can do much better."

"I can, but Lauren was the first person that introduced herself and one that I had a connection with right away. Don't worry, uncle. I have no intention of having a serious relationship with her. Still, I thought if I could use some of her qualities, I may be able to find a suitable young female werewolf here that would be more to my liking."

My words seemed to impress him, which is what I was aiming for. I'm just glad it worked because most of the time, he could tell when I was bullshitting. "Fair enough. Go enjoy yourself. If you should need me, I will be in my office for the remainder of the night."

I just noticed how pale his face was, making him look older than he truly was. "Are you feeling okay?"

He stood and nodded. "I'm feeling a little under the weather, but don't let that keep you from having fun tonight."

As he walked away, I went off to find Lauren. There was this eagerness to get back to Saige, especially knowing that my uncle wouldn't be staying for the dance. When I found Lauren, she pulled me onto the dance floor before I could protest.

Lauren began moving her hips to the beat of the music, showing off how great her figure really was. I should be happy to have this woman next to me, but all I could think about was Saige.

"I'm sorry, but I need to retreat to my room for the night." I saw Max in the corner of the room with a drink in his hand, staring us down. "My friend Max is right over there. I'll see to it that he makes your night very special."

"What? That isn't the deal! I get to see Saige right the hell now!"

I growled and grabbed a fist full of her hair, making her squeal. "I'm not sure who you think you're talking to, but I promise that I'm not the one to be running that mouth of yours to. If you recall, I said if you were a good girl, then you get to see Saige. Just from running that mouth proves that you can't be a good girl at all. It's okay, Lauren. Max knows exactly what to do with bad girls."

After getting Max's attention and waving him over, I pushed him onto Lauren. "Take care of her. I'm bored and want to retreat to my room."

"For that girl that you have locked in there? Yeah, I tried finding you earlier, but those roommates of yours have been doing things you wouldn't particularly like. If I were you, I'd hurry up."

I took off in a full run, getting to my room in record time. I kicked in my door to find two of my roommates with Saige naked on my bed. Oh, f**k no! I slammed my fists into the first guy, making him cry out in agony, breaking his nose. For the second guy, I took a chunk out of his arm, making them leave the room screaming in pain.

When my eyes landed back on Saige, I couldn't help but drink in the sight of her, but my need to make sure she was okay was stronger. I pulled her into my arms, checking all over her body.

"Did they touch you?" She cried out instead of answering me. "Answer me, Saige!"

"No. You got here right before they did anything. They only just got me out of the cage. Are you happy now?!"

"What? Why would I be happy about this?"

She sniffled, and I could feel it tugging at my heart for some strange reason. "This is your fault. If they had touched me, taken the one thing I truly have left to myself, it would have been your fault for locking me away in here like some rabid dog!"

I knew she was right, but I've never admitted when I was wrong. I wasn't about to do it in front of her, that's for sure. "Stop whining. They didn't touch you, and what I did to them will keep them away from you forever. You may not accept it, but all the guys in this academy want you for what is between your legs. Sure, I'm no different, but at least I'll protect you. They won't even care to do that."

Sighing, I stood up and removed my clothes, making her squint her eyes. I smirked, picked up one of my shirts, and threw it at her. "I'm not going to force myself on you. I've told you this already. You need to put that shirt on because it's still very tempting to look at your untouched body. Do you even realize how f*****g beautiful you are, princess?"

"What?"

"Nothing. Forget it. I need to take a shower to get this smell of Lauren off me," I said, winking. She didn't need to know that all we did was dance. "You can stay in here. I'll lock my door this time."

As the hot water cascaded over my body, images of Saige flashed in my mind. I've never seen someone so sexy before. I carefully paid attention to every single curve of her body and the way she felt being naked in my arms. Thinking about her like that made me hard, parts of me craving her the more time I spent thinking about her. I wrapped my hand around my c**k and started pumping slow at first but picking up my speed with every flash of her naked body. I hadn't done this since I was like fifteen years old before I lost my virginity. I'd forgotten how good it felt. Obviously nothing like having another woman do it for me, but there was something about imaging Saige doing this that made me hornier. Before I could stop myself, I was painting the shower walls with my seed.

Without turning off the water, I opened the curtain to get my towel, and there was Saige, still naked, staring at me. She just watched me get myself off, and the thought made me hard all over again.