Filed To Story: Destined Bond with My Forbidden Alpha Novel (Alpha Alexander & Selene)
Galen shrugged, having even less of an idea than Bell herself.
“Do you two know each other already?” Clara asked with confused delight.
Before her stood the legendary Alice, a woman with computing skills that rivaled Nessa’s, and she wasn’t hard on the eyes either.
The surprise and excitement in Nessa’s eyes were the icings on the cake. Clara was constantly tripping over herself and acting childish around Nessa. It was nice to be the one witnessing the awkwardness for a change.
At least for a moment, it was.
“Lady Sentari!” Nessa said with absolute glee in her voice. She reached out and took Alice’s hands in her own.
Axel clenched his jaw, and Clara gasped.
Bell now looked between Clara and Axel, with a slight smile on her lips and raised brow. Galen glanced up and sighed.
“You are Lady Sentari? I can’t believe this!” Nessa laughed, squeezing Alice’s hands with delight.
Alice laughed. Behind her, Axel let out a soft growl as he saw the warmth in Nessa’s eyes.
Bell chewed her bottom lip, a light giggle escaping her as she watched.
“Me neither,” Clara whispered through a clenched smile as her eyes stared down where Nessa still held tight to Alice’s hands. “Who exactly is Lady Sentari?”
“She is one of the Kalashtar. She left her home in Adar to seek those in need. She became a cleric to heal others because she could not heal the dueling voices in her own mind,” Nessa replied as though she were reading a beautiful story.
The look she gave Alice became serious before she continued.
“When last we saw each other, she was trapped inside of a tomb. A trigger had been activated in the final chamber. She stayed behind, sacrificing herself to the Dreaming Dark to ensure the party’s escape.”
Nessa stared at Alice, her eyes filled with emotion.
“My lady,” Nessa whispered, bowing her head. She leaned forward to Alice’s hand. “I honor your sacrifice.”
Alice smiled with amusement as Nessa’s lips drew closer to her knuckles.
“Ok, that’s enough!” Clara growled.
Clara grabbed Nessa’s hand and pulled her back while Axel reached up, wrapped his arm around Alice’s waist, and pulled her into his lap.
Alice laughed and nuzzled against his throat.
Nessa turned to Clara with surprise.
Clara looked up at Nessa with an angry pout and crossed her arms.
Galen focused entirely on Ren while Bell watched the exchange as she munched on the remains of her salad.
“What’s wrong?” Nessa asked Clara.
Clara’s eyes widened.
“What’s wrong?” she asked with a scoff. “It took weeks to convince you to hold my hand even for a moment! But here you are just meeting Alice, and not only are you holding her hand but trying to kiss it!”
Nessa averted her gaze, her face flushing almost instantly.
“I… I didn’t mean it like that,” she replied softly. “I was talking to Lady Sentari….”
“Ok, I need more explanation on what exactly that means,” Clara sighed.
Nessa took a breath.
“Lady Sentari,” Alice said from her seat in Axel’s lap, “was the character I played for a few weeks in Nessa’s Dungeons and Dragons group.”
Axel pressed his lips to her neck softly.
“You played games together?” he asked, purposefully whispering against her throat. “Should we play a game?”
Alice took a soft breath and smiled.
“That’s hot….” Bell whispered.
A low growl brought her attention to Galen, holding Ren in his arms. Bell grinned.
“That’s hotter.”
Galen could not help the smile that formed on his lips.
“She came in as a temporary character while one of our normal players was unavailable. I never even met her; she was just a voice over the computer as we played through a side quest on our adventure.”
“She seems to have left quite an impression on you for only being a voice on the computer,” Clara sighed.
Nessa stepped forward, placing her hands on Clara’s elbows. Clara tried to hide her reaction, the sharp intake of breath, but she couldn’t help it. The rarity of feeling the warmth of Nessa’s touch made it that much more stimulating.
And that was precisely why she was so bothered by Nessa’s closeness to Alice. Clara pulled away.
“I’m sorry, Clarebear,” Nessa said sweetly with her own pout, but Clara seemed unwilling to listen. “I was just surprised.”
Alice observed the two of them. She turned and whispered into Axel’s ear before she stood from his lap against his wishes.
“Excuse me,” she said, tapping on Clara’s shoulder.
Clara turned and took a deep breath as Alice gave her a warm smile. Clara couldn’t help her own lips curling upward.
“Yes?’ she replied.
“I’m sorry,” Alice said sweetly. “I didn’t mean to cause any confusion between the two of you… I just thought it would be fun to surprise Nessa with our former acquaintance.”
“Heh… yea…” Clara laughed nervously as she looked up into Alice’s warm chocolate eyes. “I could see… how.. uhm… that would be fun. And she has really great reactions….”
Alice touched Clara’s shoulder.
“Thank you for understanding,” she whispered, leaning close and licking her lips with a playful smile.
Clara blushed as she took a deep breath.
Suddenly she felt herself moving back away from Alice with a warmth stretched across her chest.
Clara came to a stop against something soft. She glanced down and saw Nessa’s arm across her chest and suddenly realized that the warmth on her back was that of Nessa’s body pressed to her.
Clara’s eyes widened, and they met with Alice for a moment, who smiled and gave her a wink before returning to Axel’s lap.
Nessa laid her head against Clara’s and whispered against her ear.
“Only I can make your heart race like that.”
Clara’s heart was racing all right.
She licked her lips and nodded.
“I want to be alone with you,” Nessa whispered, pressing a gentle kiss just below Clara’s ear.
Again, Clara nodded, and the two of them quickly left the mess hall.
“That was kind of you,” Axel whispered.
Alice smiled.
He squeezed his arm around her waist. Pulling her against his body and nuzzling his nose into the crook of her neck, giving her a gentle bite.
“Don’t do it again,” he whispered.
“No promises,” Alice giggled in response.
Galen cleared his throat.
“You know we are still here, right?”
Axel looked up and shrugged.
Galen rolled his eyes, and Bell laughed.
“So… you played dungeons and dragons?” Bell asked.
“Sort of,” Alice replied. “It was part of an assignment.”
“To play a game?” Galen asked.
“Technically, most of what I did was play games,” Alice replied. “Flirting with you during the exchange was a game.”
Galen didn’t bother to look at Axel. He felt his imposing gaze on him.
“Look, man, I had no part and no interest in any of that, so stop murdering me with your eyes!”
Alice and Bell laughed.
“Actually, your dislike of my attention worked in my favor. You tried so hard to avoid me that it was easier for me to access the places I wasn’t supposed to.”
“So, you flirted with me because you knew I wouldn’t like it?” Galen asked.
New Book: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
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