Page 20 of His Siren Prince

Azul

If I ever had to describe peace, it would be this.

Lying in bed, wrapped in Carrion’s arms, with his cock pressed deeply inside my womb. He didn't need to thrust or grind; I just held him inside me as the life of our daughter pulsed between us.

With his face buried against my neck, his warm breaths were gentle against my soft skin as he slept, and I was perfectly content.

I didn’t realize how desperately I wanted this feeling until Carrion laid me down and held me like a jewel.

I watched the window, my sharp teeth worrying my lip as the orange sky turned blue, and the sounds of the armies preparing for the long journey home echoed up to our room.

I pressed my hand against my stomach. Even though Carrion was my mate and he’d bred me so hard that my daughter now lay undermy palm, it didn't mean that he’d stay in the Sapphire Shores to raise her. He’d only promised that she’d be strong, not that he'd teach her that strength.

“Are you awake?” he murmured next to my ear, and I sighed back into him.

My spine molded perfectly with the hard muscles of his chest, and his hand moved to my stomach, threading his fingers through mine

“I’m here,” I replied, caution in my voice. I couldn’t see his face, but even if he was smiling, it was easier not to trust him. If he really was going to leave, I didn't want to hope that he'd come back.

“Your Majesty… Azul…” I knew what he needed to say, but part of me wanted to kick him out before he had the chance.

The pause stretched out so long that my whole body was tense with expectation. I let myself give too much during the night, and this was the consequence.

“I must return to my kingdom. They are waiting for me.”

“You never made me any promises, Carrion. I got what I wanted from you.”

He lifted himself up on one elbow to look over me.

“Don’t you care about what might happen to us?”

“There is no us. We spent one night together. I needed your cum. That was it.”

“If that’s the case, then why won’t you look at me?”

I sighed as he stroked me with his thumb, and that was enough to calm me down.

Especially when it felt like he was connecting with our daughter as well.

I couldn't believe I could really feel her. There was a spark of light in the darkness behind my eyelids, like she was reminding me she was here.

I finally saw what my mother meant when she said I would understand how much she loved mewhen I had a child.

“What about your queen? What about the Sun Nation?” I asked, sounding like a grumpy child.

Carrion just laughed in reply as he ground his ass against me. “You talk as if I'm abandoning you. I'm returning to tell my queen I have a new nation to serve.”

I twisted my head so I could meet his confident eyes. “She's only just been created, how could you say that? You're just a human.”

He bent closer, and I instinctively rocked my chin back as he kissed me. Life bloomed between us, and the pulsing star that was our daughter strengthened as I opened my heart to him.

“Can’t you feel this too?” he murmured against my lips. He sighed as he smiled at me, looking nothing like the hardened man who had prepared to take the troops to war against the demon lord, or the rough lover who promised to fill me until I was swollen.

“Azul, the number of wars I’ve fought, the number of friends I've lost, all the sacrifices that I've had to make for my queen and my country… What has it ever gained me? But here, with you, with our daughter, I’ve found a new reason to live. I found a princess; I found someone to serve.”

How could I resist him now?

“You’re speaking a lot of big words for the commander of another nation,” I said.