The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 86

Fiona

Sunday morning brought with it a feeling of dread.

It was hard to ignore the reality that Alexander would be walking out of the palace with me the following morning, heading off for the airport while I went to work. Especially since the itineraries that Kayden had just sent me for their travel plans did not include a return flight.

idea, Alexander told me, was to spend one day traveling and one to two days searching for this witness he and Kayden were attempting to track down. Then t

ld not hear from him until he’d touched down at the city airport on a return flight.

ossibility of an early return. It was easier to just assume Alexander would be gone all week,

yself lying in bed a while, thinking deeply and watching the regul

eek fall against his shoulder, breathing in the scent of him and wishing dreamily that he wouldn’t do this. Wouldn’t take this long and maybe even ill-advised trip, and leave me here alone all week.

nt to him, though.

something terrible that had been huge in his life. I could see that this was something he needed to do. Especially knowing everything that Kayden had told me about the impact his mother’s death had on Alexander when they were away at war.

ought and was not fully conscious of the fact that my eyelashes were batting against his skin every

to look at me with sleepy eyes.

eous,” he said, his lips curling into a little smile.

“Morning.”

ed over with his other hand and stroked my hair, his fingers combing th

” That was

great,” he said. “Come here.”

ing onto his side. I adjusted my head up on

remained there, breathing deeply.

good, everything about that

dread crept in, mixed itself up with the good feeling, and left it ting

Alexander

hime sound that woke us both easily. We’d hardly slept, but I wasn’t tired and it did not look like she was, either.

to do, and we made some plans. The only one we wound up sticking to was me making her break

d the afternoon and evening went forgotten. Fiona soaked in a bubble bath in the evening, and I used the break to take a walk with Kayden and go over our plans one last time. Then I brought dinner back to the room and we ate in bed. And stayed in bed.

thought upon rousing to the windchi

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sorry about this, Fiona.”

“I know. And I do understand. I know this matters to you a lot.”

t to the parking lot where both our rides were waiting.

. Fiona’s car was idling at the curb. Her driver hopped out when he saw us approaching, hurried around and began to open the back door for her. I gave the man a curt shake of my head to send him away.

fell to her waist.

Then she fidgeted with the collar of my shirt, pressing it straight, before her hands came to rest at the base of my neck.

kiss her lips.

he rules.

ingle down my spine.

a could get me started quickly with a touch like that.

too. A real kiss.

een wrong.

anted a little kiss on her forehead

f recalling an afterthought, and reached into her purse.

ded it to me.

r to her car.

soon.”

an goodbye.