Page 140 of The Cursed Horde King
For me.
“You are my life,” she’d told me a few nights ago when we’d come over for the evening meal. “All of you. That’s all that matters. As long as we’re together.”
It had been Kiron’s idea for all of them to make their permanent residence in Grym as opposed to the Arsadia. I would be in the capital city most of the year, after all. At Alaryk’s side, where I longed to be. And instead of working at a hatchery, I would instead be working with the mature Elthika directly, which apparently kept the healers quite busy, my ability a welcome reprieve.
We would all be together. Though they wouldn’t live in the citadel with us, Alaryk had homes set up for my parents and Kiron separately, close to the bustling Market District. My mother liked the excitement. She liked people, activity, and shewas thrilled at the prospect of living close to all the noise. The Arsadia was too quiet for her, though I thought my father preferred it.
She had already packed her meager belongings two days ago, eager to see Grym. Alaryk had promised that she’d be able to raid the Market District at his expense to furnish her home, to replenish their left-behind clothes, her jewelry, her spices and cookware…and I thought her eyes had glittered at the prospect. She wasn’t used to getting whatever she desired. My parents had lived modestly and worked hard all their lives.
But now…everything was different.
Wewere all different.
In our warm bed, I settled back into Alaryk’s arms, my cheek pressed to his bicep as I skimmed my hand across his abdomen.
Across the bond, I knew he felt my excitement, just as I could feel his relief. It would be a change, certainly, starting a new life in Grym…but it would be a welcome one. A fresh start for all of us.
For now, I relaxed against Alaryk, in the quiet of our home, listening to the steady beat of his heart, turning off my mind from anything but him.
“No matter what comes,” I whispered, feeling his fingers tracing across my skin, “this is exactly where I want to be.”
With him. My pillar to lean on, my strength.
In this beautiful world of our own making, where our love was…
Simple,he answered across the bond.
