All Chapters of HER ARRANGED MARRIAGE : Chapter 41 - Chapter 49

49 Chapters

Little fire

Chapter 041CASSIANShe was running really fast. I knew I would not stand a chance if I stayed at my normal pace, so I added speed and chased her down the long corridor. Her laughter echoed off the walls as she glanced back at me, eyes bright with challenge. She turned sharply and cut towards the garden doors. I knew once she got in there among the trees and paths, catching her would not be easy. I pushed harder, legs pumping, heart already racing for an entirely different reason now.Just as her feet touched the grass of the garden I caught her around the waist. She burst out laughing, loud and free, the sound hitting me straight in the chest. I spun her around and kissed her hard. She kissed me back without hesitation, hands fisting in my shirt, body pressing into mine like she had been waiting for this exact moment.“I caught you,” I said against her mouth, breathing heavy.She smiled, cheeks flushed. “You did. So do anything you want. I won’t stop you.”The words sent heat rus

Needs and Passion

Chapter 042CECILIACassian stepped closer, eyes locked on mine with that dark, hungry look that always made my knees weak. He cupped my breasts in both large hands, squeezing them gently before lowering his mouth. The moment his tongue ran lightly over one nipple I gasped sharply. He circled it slowly, teasing, until it tightened and puckered hard under the wet heat. Then he drew it deep into his mouth and suckled.“Oh… Cassian,” I moaned, the sound slipping out before I could stop it.Pleasure shot straight down to my core. My stomach tightened and my back arched towards him. He moved to the other breast, licking and sucking with the same slow intensity until my breath came in short, shallow gasps and I was gripping his shoulders tightly.He was so good with his tongue. I had thought letting this happen again might be a bad idea, but he kept proving me wrong every single time. I felt stupid trying to keep myself away from him. And I'm just realizing, I needed it. I needed him. H

Wrong smell

Chapter 043CeciliaI woke up first the next morning. Soft light filtered through the curtains of our room. I blinked and looked around, realizing we were back in bed. Memories from the garden last night flooded in — his hands, his mouth, the way I had moaned his name without shame. I bit down hard on my finger to stop myself from smiling like an idiot.How did we even end up back here? I remembered pieces of him carrying me, my legs wrapped around him, both of us laughing and kissing as we made our way inside.I turned my head. Cassian lay beside me, his hair falling messily over his face. He looked peaceful, completely relaxed in sleep. I shifted closer and gently brushed the strands away from his eyes with my fingertip. His face was calm, almost boyish without that usual cocky smirk.I chuckled softly and rested my head on my hand, just watching him. No doubt about it, he was ridiculously handsome. My eyes drifted lower to his bare chest and the sheet that barely covered his

The contract

Chapter 044CECILIAI kept walking.Darcy fell into step beside me and the silence between us was the loaded kind, the kind that had words in it that had not been released yet."I am fine," I said before she could open her mouth."I did not say anything.""You were about to."She pressed her lips together and walked.After a moment she took a breath and I cut across it."Darcy. I am fine. If I want to tell you something I will tell you. Do not push me and do not be sensitive about it."She stopped walking.I stopped too and turned.Her face was steady but her jaw was tight. "I am not being sensitive. But I am also not going to be spoken to like that." She met my eyes directly. "If you do not want to tell me then fine. But do not be harsh with me for caring. I am not one of the pack members you need to intimidate."I looked at her.She was right and I knew it and she knew that I knew it.I turned and kept walking. "Come on. We are going to be late."She came. We walked the rest of the

Roses and rogues

Chapter 045CASSIANI was halfway down the corridor toward my chambers when Lincitius came around the corner from the opposite direction.I had noticed recently that he had been spending a lot of time near the library wing. Enough that it had registered as odd without me having the time to look at it properly. He was a man of routines and the library had not previously been one of them.He smiled when he saw me. "Alpha.""Do you need me for something?"He held out a folded set of papers. "The elders finished going through the orphanage report the Luna submitted and have approved it."I took the papers and looked at them briefly. "Good.""It needs your signature before it goes to the treasurer.""I will go through it and sign it this afternoon. If I do not find you before evening I will pass it to the treasurer myself."He nodded and then did not move, which meant there was more."What else?""Two things." He straightened slightly. "The new wolf coronation is two weeks out. The arrang

The Consummation Conversation

Chapter 046CASSIANI stepped closer and slid one hand to her waist and the other to the side of her neck and kissed her.Not quickly. Not the kind that was just a response to what she had asked for. I kissed her properly, slow and deep, my thumb moving along her jaw, and felt her hand come up and grip the front of my shirt and hold on.When I pulled back she was looking at me with slightly unfocused eyes and I smiled at her."Dinner," I asked.She blinked. "Sure, Yes."Grey had set it up exactly as I had asked. One table. Two settings. No other staff hovering except the maids who came to serve and left immediately after. Just us and the food and the quiet of the room.Cecilia sat across from me and looked around briefly and something in her face settled at the privacy of it.We ate.I watched her more than I ate and she noticed and did not say anything about it for a while. Then I reached across and held a piece of food out toward her mouth.She looked at it. Then at me."I am not a

Kattie Escalates

Chapter 048CASSIANGrey brought him in just before midday.The servant was young. Younger than I expected, barely past his first shift by the look of him, with the kind of face that had not yet learned how to hide what it was feeling. He stood in the centre of my office with his hands at his sides and his eyes moving between me and Grey like he was trying to calculate which one of us was more dangerous.I let him stand there for a moment.Then I sat on the edge of my desk and looked at him."You have been leaving through the eastern gate at night," I said. "Multiple times. Who have you been meeting?"He swallowed."I am going to ask you once more," I said quietly. "And then Grey is going to ask you and he asks differently than I do."The servant looked at Grey.Grey looked back at him with absolutely nothing on his face."A man," the servant said quickly. "In the alley behind the grain store in the eastern market. I do not know his name. He never told me.""What did you give him?"

Between Us

Chapter 049CECILIAI had barely stepped through the chamber door when he came in behind me.I turned around and he was already inside, closing the door with one hand, looking completely unbothered by the fact that he had followed me without being invited."The judgement is this evening," he said, moving toward the table. "Dress well and make a presence.""I was going to anyway.""I know." He leaned against the table. "Also send for the seamstress when you have time. The wolf induction is next week. You need something made for it."I looked at him with the particular expression I reserved for when he said things that were entirely correct but delivered like he had just thought of them himself."Are you the Alpha of the house now?"He grinned. "And you are the Luna of the house. We both give instructions here."I pressed my lips together but the smile came through anyway and he saw it and looked satisfied with himself."Are you not going somewhere?" I moved further into the room. "You

The judgement

Chapter 050CASSIANWhen I woke up, Cecilia was completely spread out on me.One leg thrown over mine, both arms wrapped around my torso like she had decided in her sleep that I was not going anywhere and had taken precautions. Her cheek was pressed flat against my chest and her hair had come loose and was everywhere and her breathing was the deep even kind of someone who had not slept this well in a while.I looked at the window.The light outside had gone orange and low. We had slept through the entire afternoon without either of us noticing it happen.I looked back down at her.I kissed her forehead and kept my lips there for a moment."Baby." I shook her gently. "Wake up."She made a sound that was not a word and pressed her face harder into my chest."Cecilia."Nothing."The judgement is this evening."She stirred, shifted and turned her face up toward mine and yawned. Wide and completely unguarded, directly in my face, and then blinked at me with those half-open grey-green eyes

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