Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 29

Chapter 29 The Night Does Not End Kindly

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Cassian was lying straight on the bed, so when Eowen lay down beside him, a bit of physical

contact was unavoidable.

But they were married now, weren’t they? Sharing a bed or leaning on one another shouldn’t

matter.

With that thought in mind, she eased herself down, letting her legs rest loosely across his thighs.

If her hearing had been sharper, she might have caught the sudden quickening of his heartbeat. But Elowen was entirely unaware. She simply felt comfortable.

No wonder, she thought, recalling how her mother used to drape her legs across her father at night. This was just nice.

Gazing up at the gauzy canopy overhead, she began to murmur about the day’s events, “…I can’t outbid him, not with my money or my status. After all, Alaric has a throne to inherit.”

Cassian remained silent.

Two hundred? That was nothing more than pocket change to him. And as for lineage, Alaric wasn’t even the most capable of the King’s sons. His claim wasn’t as secure as he believed.

“But,” Elowen’s voice shifted, gaining a light, amused tone, “I came up with a little business venture with the shopkeeper…”

She described it in detail.

By the end, she chuckled softly. “It was just a bangle. It wasn’t worth more than thirty, fifty at most if someone’s feeling generous. Two hundred? Three hundred? That’s just idiotic. Money doesn’t grow on trees.”

Cassian smiled to himself in the dark. She hated being cheated.

After she finished, she lay quietly for a while, then reached up to feel her hair-mostly dry now. She sat up and, as usual, started to move to the inner side of the bed to sleep.

As she passed Cassian, her loose hair brushed lightly across his face. Soft and scented, it tickled his skin-and, somehow, his chest.

His breath hitched. Elowen lay down again, but something felt unusually warm.

“Did the temperature rise?” she mumbled.

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She sat up, glancing over.

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Cassian lay under a thin brocade coverlet. The weather had indeed warmed, and she thought perhaps it was better to pull the blanket down a bit, so he wouldn’t sweat too much and develop a rash.

With that in mind, she gently tugged the quilt down to his waist. And then, her

gaze dropped.

Under the soft glow of moonlight and candlelight, a noticeable bulge was very… apparent.

She blinked. “What’s that? A rash? A really big bump?”

Cassian was speechless. What kind of military household doesn’t teach basic anatomy?

Elowen, curious, poked it twice.

Cassian was about to lose it. Still unaware, she tugged the blanket a bit farther, pulling open his tunic. A loud gasp tore through the room.

As if she’d stumbled upon a viper or some feral beast.

Flustered, Elowen scrambled to pull the blanket back over him. Her cheeks flushed crimson, heart pounding in her chest. She sat frozen for several moments, unable to move or look at Cassian-or at that spot.

The image, unfortunately, was now etched deeply into her memory. Eventually, she lay back down, but this time far from him, facing away, her back rigid.

Cassian found the whole thing equal parts amusing and exasperating. Was it really that shocking? Didn’t all men have one?

When he recovered fully, someone ought to teach her properly.

No. He would teach her.

Elowen had a nightmare that night. In it, she happily went to the market, only to find all the stalls filled with massive, monstrous mushrooms Towering, grotesque, absolutely terrifying.

She turned and ran, but she tripped. Looked down-another mushroom.

When she woke the next morning and looked in the mirror, there were two dark circles under her eyes.

Mira came in to help with her hair, chattering as always. “Your Grace, the old man from the village brought vegetables this morning. I heard the mushrooms are especially fresh. Some

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