Glaring at him, I pushed open the double doors, but immediately regretted it as everyone's attention turned to me, and we'll be the King whose hands found their way back around my waist. I mumbled profanities under my breath as we made our way through the room and back. Over to Xander. His face held a frown as King Lucien let go of me, not before leaving a lingering kiss on my cheek and reminding me to "think about his offer." Xander's arm immediately went around my waist, almost possessively, and pulled me into his side, taking in a breath of my scent. "Where did you go?" he mumbled, annoyed. "King Lucien wanted to discuss some things with me." I kept it blunt; I couldn't find it in me to say the king wanted to use me as his baby-making machine. That's just embarrassing. "About?" "R