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“I will be here. I need another nap. There was something lumpy in my bed.” She sipped at her tea.

He grinned. “Just like that, my mood is lifted, but please be in the residence. Your fitting for your new wardrobe starts in an hour. I believe Ranna might be keeping you company.”

“I don’t need a nanny.”

“It is her or one of the grumpiest Sisters from the abbey.”

“Fine. Ranna.”

“I am sure she will be happy that you greet her arrival with such enthusiasm.”

“She’s seen me in the morning before, Rath.”

He laughed. “I think I am going to take to this new domesticity.”

“I hope so. With the baby on the way, there is no going back. You settle in, or I will think of a suitable way to end that threat.”

He leaned over and kissed her. “I have had a union without affection. This one might even contain love.”

“If you look closely, it might already be here.”

His eyes lit, and the stars flared. He set her on the edge of the table, worked inside her, and slowly fucked her until his adult daughter and the seamstress arrived. They slowly backed out of the room, and Rath smiled down between slow kisses. “The first day for you as Consort of Rath.”

She held tight to him as he continued to move slowly, and she shivered and jolted with each thrust. When the small stalk attached to her clit, sucking and squeezing, her climax struck, and she bit his bicep while he chuckled.

He reared back and thrust deep, eliciting a scream. She felt the heat of the spill inside her, and her body worked to take it in. She was still changing, but her height was now set. Riley hoped her body was saving up for some sharper teeth.

Rath kissed her softly. “That is a fun way to end breakfast.”

He withdrew from her and tidied her up with a napkin from the table. He folded it when he was done and tucked it into a pocket of his tunic. “I might need energizing later in the day.”

“You are not going to sniff a sex napkin.”

He grinned. “They are broadcasting my return. Watch me.”

He helped her get to her feet and laughed when she wobbled.

Ranna called out, “Is it safe?”

Rath snorted. “You are two hundred and fifty. You are old enough to know how sex works.”

“Yes, but she’s my best friend. It makes things odd.” Ranna chuckled. “And the last time she was that sweaty, we had been off at a spice tasting.”

Riley settled and managed to keep everything inside. She would get rid of anything left in the lav.

She grabbed a clean cloth from his place setting and dampened it in water, blotting at her forehead, cheeks, neck, and then in her cleavage.

Rath growled and grabbed for her.

Riley smacked his hand. “Stop it right there, Overseer. You have things to do today, and you can do me later. I promise to be somewhere you can find me.”

He grinned. “You just slapped a Hmrain.”

“Right. Does that get a punishment?”

“Life imprisonment.”

She smoothed his tunic and smiled at him. “I look forward to a long and confined life. Now go and yell at people. You know you want to.”