Their Hidden Princess (Zora) novel Chapter 198

Chapter 198

Zora

Despite almost fucking Valentin on his desk the afternoon before, wasn’t nervous at all to train with him the next morning. In fact, going to the gym, I felt more at peace than I had in months.

Sure, my other two fated mates were in the hospital after fighting one another. Sure, the vampires were still a threat. Sure, I had no powers capable of killing a vampire resurgence. But Valentin had chosen me. Not fucking Bella. I had won him over.

I changed quickly into my training gear and left the locker room for the gym. The sun was starting to rise a little earlier than it had in the deep winter. As a result, gold light was flowing into gym and illuminating it. None of the fluorescent lights had been turned on that morning. The light was coming through the windows in a precise way that lit up the sparring mat. It was hitting directly in the middle, exactly where Valentin was standing.

He wasn’t paying attention to me as I walked in. His eyes were cast on the clipboard in his hand. A stray lock of ashy brown hair had escaped from his bun and was falling in front of him. The way the sunlight hit him, he looked like a God. He was illuminated in the halo of the sun. It made my heart ache even more than usual.

I padded gently across the floor of the gym, trying not to disturb him. When I pushed myself up to the raised sparing match his eyes jerked towards me. I gave him a soft smile before standing up on my feet.

“Hi,” I said.

“Hi,” he replied with the same soft smile. “How did you sleep?”

I shrugged. “Okay,”

If by okay you mean the very naughty dreams, then yes, it was okay, Mona chimed in.

I blushed despite myself. Valentin noticed and frowned. I offered him a weak smile as I addressed Mona deep in my mind.

Shut. The. Fuck. Up.

You know I’m right, Mona answered as she licked her paws.

“It’s just us today,” Valentin sighed. I prayed to the Gods above in thanks for the change of topic. He put the clipboard down and then turned to me. His hands bracketed his hips.

He looked so handsome.

“Okay,” I squeaked. I cleared

y throat, trying to refocus. “How are…the others.”

“Moonraiser and Wolfham?” Valentin raised an eyebrow. “They’re okay. Still in the infirmary. The nurse has cleared them to return to classes next ”

“Right,” I nodded. “So, what’s the plan?”

“Usual,” Valentin said. “Start with a warmup then we’ll get into sparring.”

I nodded and took off towards the track for my warmup routine. The rest of training went pretty…normal. There were only a few moments when I was stuck staring at Valentin for too long. Or when he’d let his hands linger on my waist for a beat too long. The real issue occurred when I was going to leave.

The damn piece of ashy brown hair had been falling in Valentin’s face the entire session. We’d finished our final spar and were standing up. As we stood, I noticed the stray piece of hair. It was right across his left eye, shielding it from me. My fingers twitched and I was dying to move it.

So, I did.

I pushed it off his face and folded it behind his ear. My hand lingered near his cheek. His eyes were darting from mine to my hand and back. Then, as if he was suddenly overcome with intense ust, he moved and bent down to kiss me.

Fire bloomed within my chest and exploded. I didn’t even realize was moving my hands until they wound up tangled in

AT US

Valentin’s hair. I opened my mouth and allowed him to explore the inside of me. His hands immediately cupped my ass and I jumped into his arms. My lips never left his.

He spun us around to press against the back wall of the gym. His mouth was savage as it attacked mine, nipping and sucking and licking me. I ground my lower half against his, moaning as soon as I felt his length against my cunt. He grunted against my mouth and ground back against me.

I keened off the wall. My body felt like it was on fire. Every thread of me was yearning for Valentin in a way I’d never experienced. Something about him was in my bones and in my soul all at once.

I was hot and bothered and beyond needy. I was almost about to fuck another man in the gym, when there was a violent bang.

I gasped and pushed Valentin away from me. My feet thudded against the floor. I jerked my head around Valentin’s broad shoulders and was met with the smoldering glare of Maximus.

His eyes were rimmed with bruises, his nose set in a cast after being broken by Kairos. The rest of his face was pale beside for the bright red slash through his left eyebrow. His nostrils were flared as he seethed at me. He turned and stalked out of the gym.

I immediately darted around Valentin and ran after him. I sprinting across the gym and into the locker room where he’d disappeared. My feet slapped violently against the tile. I skittered around the corner and “oof“‘d as I ran into something hard. I stumbled back and realized I’d ran into Maximus himself. He turned and glared down at me.

“Don’t even try and explain,” he snapped before I could speak. “I see you’ve made your choice.”

“Max, wait!” I screamed before I grabbed him. He shook his arm out of my grasp.

“There is no ‘wait‘,” he seethed. “Besides the fact you’re chasing after someone who will never want you, you couldn’t even bother to tell me.”

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