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The Hidden Luna Queen (Maeve and Xaden) novel Chapter 83

Chapter 83 

MAEVE POV 

Whenever Xaden k*ssed me, it was like I was enveloped by my own little slice of heaven. His touch, his voice, his scentI couldn’t get enough of it

His hands roamed underneath my shirt, spreading across my bare lower back, digging gently into my skin. I shuddered, gasping against his m*uth and inadvertently breaking the k*ss. His forehead pressed against mine as he caught his breath

He was so intoxicatingand so mine… 

Do you want togo to bed?I asked, peering up at him through my lashes

Xaden dragged his thumb over my bottom lip, his eyes glued. I can’t even begin to tell you how tempting the thought is,he murmured, his voice dripping with heat and hunger, but I have so much work left to do. I’m a bit behind today.” 

Ohis there something I can do to help?” 

He pressed one more k*ss, gentle and sweet, before pulling away. All you need to do is enjoy your afternoon,he said, sweeping my hair behind my shoulder. Alright?” 

All I wanted was to be by his side, but I knew his work was important

If I have to,I murmured, pretending to be reluctant. I helped him adjust the collar of his nice buttonup shirt, making sure there weren’t any wrinkles I might’ve caused during our k*ss

Well, do I look presentable again?he teased, waiting patiently for me to finish

Gently, I rubbed my hands down his arms. As you always do,I answered, looking up at him. I’ll see you when you’re done.” 

And not a moment later.He left a soft k*ss against my forehead before turning on his heel and making his way to leave the room

As I watched him walk away, I once again pulled out my mother’s necklace from its pouch. It was still warm from when he’d held it. I think that was what prompted me to try to talk to him one more time

Xaden-I called out

He slowed to a stop before reaching the door, and looked back at me

I swallowed, clutching the pouch tightly in my hands. Are you sure everything’s alright?” 

Xaden smiled, and the sight did wonders to warm me up inside. How beautiful he was, despite his coarse exterior. Everything’s fine. Don’t you worry.” 

And then he was gone

I wanted to believe him, and I didto some extent. But there was something different that lingered in his eyes. Something uneasy. Oh, what I would’ve given to know what it was that bothered him so, but if it was something he felt he could share with me, I believed he would

Xaden wasn’t a liar

At least, not the Xaden I knew

But where on earth did all of that come from

Ever since the day we’d reclaimed the necklace from Moonstone, we hadn’t talked about it. I honestly didn’t even think he remembered it since it had been overshadowed by memories that wereless favorable

Was it possible he was only curious? He’d mentioned something about wanting to spoil me with new jewelry, which was not unheard of 

for him

Slowly, I raised my fingers to touch my lips, still damp and tender from that k*ss mere minutes ago. I could still feel him there, savoring and treasuring me like I was the most precious thing in the world. Like he always did

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Maybe he really did just want to learn more about me, where I came from. Maybe that wasn’t such an impossible thing to believe

At least he was curious enough to ask in the first place, and I had swelled with excitement to be able to talk about my mother with him

No one had ever wanted to before… 

I rubbed my thumb over the curve of the purple gemstone at the pendant’s center, along the smooth silver of the thin chaina gesture I always found soothing to the soul whenever I felt brave enough to hold the necklace

If Father could see me nowI thought wryly, he would throw a fit

Wait

I blinked, as if to awaken myself from some sort of stupor

Why did such a thought still make me feel so uneasy

It had only been ingrained in me because of Father and his constant worry about outsiders somehow discovering the truth about meabout the dark secret of our family. So dark and deep the secret ran, that he even kept me out of it when I was the one trapped at the center of it all

II didn’t even know my mother’s namelet alone what pack she might have come from. Was this what she’d wanted, or was it all my father’s doing

I let out a short laugh. Even I could hear how ridiculous that was. Of course, only Father could have been so dubious, so cruel to decide such a thing

Perhaps it really was just another tactic used to control me. To inspire fear inside my heart and to keep me from whatever I pleased. Knowing Father, that was a very real and very likely possibility

I swallowed, holding onto the pendant ever so tighter, feeling my pulse reverberate throughout the small trinket

Neither Father nor Victoria could hover over me and dictate the way I lived my life. Not again

Never again

More than anything, I just wanted to- 

Put the necklace on… 

and wearing- 

I disappeared into our private ensuite bathroom and held my gaze strictly on my reflection. Slowly, I reached behind my neck to close the clasp and watched as my mother’s necklace, proud in all of its majestic, purple glory, settled against my chest

It really was beautiful, I thought in the still silence of the bathroom. For a moment, I wondered if this was what my mother saw whenever she looked in the mirror

Was there a chance I bore even the faintest resemblance to her? Was this the only way I could ever truly feel connected to her

I felt my eyes start to wet. My body, growing warm, trembled with every beat of my heart, and yet, when I pressed my hand against my chest, it was as gentle as ever

And then slowly, I began to feel something oddlike my heart was skipping. Like it was out of sync, trying desperately to intertwine with something I couldn’t see. There was a strange rhythm to it, almost as if my pulse was beginning to race, but it didn’t feel like it was my own, anymore

There were two. Two heartbeats inside meand there was a familiarity that I couldn’t deny. A name jumped to the forefront of my mindI wasn’t sure how and I wasn’t sure why, but I knew it to be right

It was Xaden’s heartbeat that I was trying to connect with. Xaden’s heartbeat that I felt within my own

And then I felt it

Something that made the air around me start to tingle. A sort of reverberation that felt like magnets collidinglike an unseen energy was preparing to make itself known. The vibrations grew stronger and stronger, making my hair stand on end. My skin covered with goosebumps. There was something familiar about the way the air vibrated

Almost like, if I paid close enough attention. if I really put my all into listening as carefully as possibleI could hear it

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