The Dragon Queen and her mates.
Chapter 126: Consent —

Chapter 126: Consent —

Picking up the clothes from the ground, Bree threw them behind her without looking back and said, " Wear your clothes and once you are done, tell me."

She heard a snort of a chuckle behind her and then the low groan of the cushion of the sofa as Cian stood up from the spot he was sitting, followed by the sound of clothes ruffling behind her. " I didn’t know that you were this shy when you are sober your majesty." With a click, he tied his pants around his waist and then looked at Bree whose back was still turned at him. " If I knew that you were this shy then I would have, definitely kept you drunk enough to forget everything other than me," he threw the robe that he was holding on to the sofa and slowly prowled towards Bree, his steps slow and deliberate as if he wanted Bree to sense that he was coming closer to her.

" I miss it, you know?" He said as he came to a stop behind Bree and trailed the tips of his fingers on her exposed shoulder causing Bree to shudder. " When you would ask me to take you anywhere, anytime, anyplace... you lost that wild instinct of yours and now I kind of feel like I have lost the spark in my life."

Placing his hands on her waist, he turned her around so that she was looking at her and said, " You don’t remember right? I know you don’t. I don’t expect you to remember, you were so drunk and high back then but if you did," he clasped her wrist and placed it on his chest, softly caressing her skin. " If you did then you wouldn’t have let me in at all, because you see that couch you were sitting on was where I took you hard and fast, do you remember moaning my name? I bet you don’t but I do remember the feel of your tight little pussy clinging hard on my thing as if it wanted to infuse it inside, once and for all."

He let his gaze roam all over Bree’s body before letting it come to a halt at her face, as he smiled. " I really miss you, your majesty."

"’If you want to lie to me then do it better," said Bree taking her hand away from Cian, as she tipped her chin at his chest. " Your heartbeat is picking up pace and your entire skin is covered with goosebumps. I have already told you that I do not need to listen to your excuses or lies so you shouldn’t bother yourself with it."

After saying that she pushed Cian away and walked inside the room, taking a seat on the chair that was far away from the couch. Though she would have loved to say that his words didn’t make her heartbeat accelerate, they did. She felt as if her heart was going to jump right out of her chest and almost get her in trouble, what was more there was something really embarrassing pooling in the bottom of her stomach. Something that she would rather not address at all.

" I can smell that you are aroused, your majesty," said Cian with a smile, he stared at her and walked toward the couch at a languid pace. " I don’t see why you are holding back yourself like this, isn’t it has been like that, if you want I can satisfy you here and now. What do you say?"

Raising her head, she looked at Cian, his half-naked self glittering under the moonlight as if he was an angel descending from the heavens and calmly said, " Speak what you want to say and if you have nothing to say then you can go away."

He raised a brow and snickered. " What if I don’t?"

" I will have to ask someone to escort you of course," she shot back with appropriate sternness in her voice, looking away she stared at the wall opposite her and continued, " My body responding to those crude words is one thing and me saying yes to those things is another. The way my body reacts to a situation doesn’t necessarily mean that I want that or I like what’s happening to me. Do not confuse reactions with feelings, fourth consort. After all, there are times when someone might be sleeping next to you yet they might have feelings more dangerous than your enemy."

She turned her head back at him and using the authority as the Empress and An alpha female said, " Unless I say ’yes’ do not touch me because a touch without consent is nothing but forcing someone to be with you. I hope you are better than that fourth consort."

Cian stayed silent for a long while before chuckling. " Your words are still as sharp as ever your majesty, Jesse was right. You don’t need a sword to defend the Empire, if we were to send you to the war zone, you will be able to defeat the enemy with your sharp words alone. They will run back home while crying tears of blood."

"It’s just a little service that I provide nothing much, if you want to get another chance at this service, you might try to act rude to me again, fourth consort."

" I do not, your majesty," said Cian as he sat down on the couch and raised his head to look at Bree. " Why don’t you come and sit next to me your majesty? That way we can talk nicely."

" I wish to stay where I am," said Bree, she needed to get those out of control hormones back under her reign lest they made trouble for her.

He stared at her for a while before smiling. " Come and sit next to me your majesty, I am not here as your subordinate but as your husband, I believe that you can at least sit next to me if you don’t want to give me what you call ’consent’?"

" Did you not hear me, I said that I am fine with where I am. Why do you have to insist that I come and sit next to you?"

The two of them looked at each other for a while before Cian stood up from his seat, stepping closer to her causing Bree to jump to her feet and take several steps back. " What are you doing?"

" Sit down on the couch your majesty, or else I will have to make you sit on it, I bet you won’t like it will you?" He said taking another step closer to Bree.

" Stop! Stay where you are, or I will call the guards." Bree didn’t expect him to act in such a thuggish manner, didn’t they say that Cian was far more gentle and elegant when compared to others, then where was that gentleness? Where was that elegance?

He didn’t stop and chased after her, unlike her, who was scampering around the room like a little rabbit, he was completely at peace. Striding towards her at an unhurried pace like a panther in wild. " I hate to break it to you, your majesty. I am much stronger than the knights in your palace and the army, if you want to stop me then——" he looked around and then fished out the fruit knife from the fruit basket and threw it at her. " You can come at me, with that——" pointing to his chest, he added, " Stab right here, but I think that it’s really an overly excessive reaction. I mean I am asking you to sit next to me, not sit on me right?"

Bree clutched at the fruit knife and stared at Cian, her eyes narrowed in suspicion.

Seeing that she still looked at him as if he was going to take advantage of her, Cian raised his hands and said, " You are much stronger than your knights, your majesty. If you think that I am not behaving then you can take care of me, on your own. There is no need for you to be so defensive towards me now, is it?"

She took a breath and thought over his words, he was right. She was indeed stronger than the guards and her strength was at par with the consorts, if he tried something then she can always teach him a lesson. " Very well, then I will take a seat but if you make a move then just do you know, you will find out just how awful someone’s roasted balls tastes."

" What is that supposed to mean your majesty?"

Bree paused and then turned to look at Cian with a smile that smelled like nothing but trouble. " It means that if you tried to make a sneaky move at me when I am sitting next to you, I will toast your balls for you and then pluck them out nicely for you to taste, got it?"

She has once used this threat on one of her stalkers who kept badgering her —— once she said those cold-blooded words, the man stopped chasing after her and from the pallid complexion of Cian, she was sure it worked on him too.