Chapter 47
Between the intruder and the mention of his mother, my palms begin to twitch and ache. Both my palms splay forward.
A red shockwave, a perfect oval the size of the door flies out of my hands, and I watch as the intruder goes flying back into the tree that is in front of our cottage.
“How excellent, Elena!” King Harvey praises me with a wide grin and a twirling hug.
Looking down at my warm trembling hands, I gasp. Is this the power I hold in me? This is my awakened luna power?
My power keeps us up all night. King Harvey puts us to bed at four in the morning and before I know it, it is noon.
Right now, I stare at the clock in front of me. I have never slept in this late. King Harvey remains snoring softly beside me, with his arm draped around my waist. His sleeping face is always so smooth and peaceful. He looks as if he was carved out of stone with his high cheekbones, strong, masculine square jaw, and powerful presence.
Even in his sleep, he seems to be lethal.
“King Harvey…” Whispering to him, I lean in and begin to litter soft kisses all over his face.
He rouses awake within the first kiss and pins me to the bed. “Good morning, Elena. Are you waking me to mate?”
“No, King Harvey. You told me to think of a new training method and I have one.”
“Mating is a form of training and bonding, Elena.” King Harvey whispers to me as he starts to kiss my neck. Stretching my neck to accommodate his kisses, I shiver when he drops down to kiss my bare shoulder.
We must focus.
“Yes,” I agree. “But King Harvey, we can wait. My training idea is to practice hand to hand combat again. Faster my reflexes are, the faster I will be able to control my luna abilities and I can make shields faster.”
I lightly shift so he can lift off me and he does, yet the desire brewing in his eyes is a good promise of what will happen tonight.
“I thought of this idea too. I think it is a good idea, Elena, let’s go. The bed will be waiting for us, Elena.”
I blush as he drags me out of bed by my hand. “Yes, King Harvey.”
In a couple blurs of orange, King Harvey has us in the back spare room of the cottage, by a massive open window. The balmy air is fresh, and the sun is still up high.
King Harvey looks around. “There is no boxing equipment here, unfortunately, Elena. Well, we can shadow box.”
“What is that?”
King Harvey laughs softly. “We will punch an imaginary bag. No, Elena, it is not fun, but the motion is excellent to get the body going.”
“Okay, King Harvey.”
King Harvey stands to my left and puts his guard up and begins to punch at nothing. As silly as it is, I understand it is the motion that makes the most sense.
Copying him, I punch and jab when he does, and switch feet when he does. It is rather lackluster, and I know he is bored too.
“I can send for a punching bag… but that may add rumors that you are not a fun wife… or I am bored, they are so stupid, Elena.” King Harvey sighs, running his hand down his masculine face.
“Why not go outside for a little walk? It is very beautiful day, King Harvey.”
“Excellent.” King Harvey snaps his fingers and offers me his arm.
King Harvey guides me out of the cottage and through the forest that surrounds us. The smell of pine, fresh running water and sweet air fills my lungs. This is so refreshing and beautiful. All the green around us is lively and so healthy.
The lust forest seems to sing with peace and fills me with so much hope.
“This area is so beautiful, King Harvey.”
“I shall name the forest after you, Elena.”
“Oh, no!”
That is more than I deserve and more exposure than I want. Being King Harvey’s wife is a blessing, but I don’t need any unwanted attention to be drawn to me, or my sister, or our future kids, everything will be a matter of security.
I need to master my luna powers.
King Harvey laughs. “I do own this forest, Elena. What would you like then?”
“For you to love me forever, and our children and to have a long, lovely marriage.”
King Harvey’s eyes soften, and he smiles at me tenderly, adoring me. “You have my heart, Elena and all of that, I promise.”
“Is that what you want?”
“Yes! And no wars to separate our marriage.”
“What?” I breathe slowly. “War? Why?”
“Well, I am the first of my royalty to marry a human, wouldn’t that cause an uprising of annoyance?”
“I hope not! People should mind their business!”
King Harvey kisses me on the cheek, and I automatically kiss him back to watch a brilliant smile form on his face. I’ll get used to heels to reach and kiss him freely.
“Life is not so easy, Elena. Well then, let us spar. I want to see if your powers have grown.”
“Sure.”
King Harvey stands opposite of me and throws two punches at once, back-to-back. Ducking both, I spin on the balls of my feet and punch him in the ribs.
King Harvey stumbles backwards and lets out a roaring laugh. “Who taught you that, Elena!”
“Just popped up in my head…”
“It is my signature move, Elena! Our bond is becoming synchronized. This is fantastic!”
“You mean I can fight like you?”
“My motions, yes! Let’s keep going, Elena.”
King Harvey charges at me and I duck under his open arms, but he catches me in the back swing, doing what I just did. He spins on the balls of his feet and grabs me, dragging me back to a tree and pining me to it.
The shock of what is going on gets to me and even though I feel dizzy, my palms feel hot. King Harvey leans in to kiss me, but my palms are starting to ache and feel so heavy. Focusing on that feeling, I press my hands onto his chest to stabilize them, but suddenly, he jumps back two feet.
On his expanse stone chest are the faint outlines of my small hands. The outlines are smoking.
“I am so sorry! King Harvey, my hands just hurt so bad, and I thought your power would calm them down!”
King Harvey is all smiles. “Elena, you are progressing wonderfully!”
“It… doesn’t hurt?” I ask haltingly.
“No! It was just a spark! I am so proud of you, Elena! There is so much promise in the flow of your abilities! Mother had nothing until the second year of her marriage This is your Fated Power!”
“Oh! That is extremely promising, King Harvey!”
“The trick is to picture a sword or shield in your mind, Elena, then to bring it out through your hands. That is how I do it, Elena.”
The air suddenly stills, and King Harvey moves to step in front of me.
“Promising, Harvey?” King Harvey’s mother asks as she appears in front of us.
Her taloned hands appear sharper as she places them on her hips.
“Do not make me choose Mother.” King Harvey warns hotly.
“Ah, so you will not pick your mom? Good to know, Harvey.”
“Why are you here?” I ask behind King Harvey. Watching him, I see his hands flex with every drop of blood in his body and he opens his stance wider subtlety.
“That forcefield you shoved at one of my bodyguards, Elena… wounded him. Was it really you? It smelt of werewolf energy.” King Harvey’s mother speaks clearly and coldly.
“Yes. I did it.”
King Harvey’s mother laughs icily. “Show me, human!”
