Chapter Twelve: Ash

"Gods they're so loud," I mutter.

Jax chuckles, turning over in my lap to look at me. "Do you want me to close the doors?" he asks.

"No," I sigh. "It's nice with them open I just wish they would all go to sleep already."

"It's their break, they're not going to go to sleep for another week at least," he says.

I make a face, my shoulders slumping a little. "Could we send the guards out? Make them at least stay far away from the palace so we can't hear them?"

"I suppose, though there's a chance they consider this payback for all the noise we make," he smirks.

I feel heat rush to my cheeks. "Right, they probably don't appreciate that at all," I mumble sheepishly.

He grins up at me. "If they have a problem with it, they're welcome to complain to me."

I roll my eyes. "Yeah like they're actually dumb enough to tell the dragon king to keep it down."

"True. Well they're starting to get on my nerves too so I'm going to try to send