Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Eight
“What had Bailey wanted to talk to you about?” Axel asked.
“I really don’t know who she thinks she is,” I responded, taking a seat at the edge of the bed.
“Is common with the elders to feel entitled to things; pay her no mind,” Axel advised.
“Do you think Thane did the right thing when he made a deal with her?” I questioned
“No. Not really, but that was the only way we could get her to agree with our arrangements; she is indeed stubborn but also very calculative.”
“How exactly does Thane plan to sidestep her? I mean, she had gone through her part of the deal.”
“Are you sympathizing with her?”
“No, I just feel like Thane is playing a dangerous game, but again, when is he not?”
“Don’t waste your time worrying about Thane; he knows what he is doing.”
“Bailey does not love Thane; all she wants is the title,” I revealed. Axel didn’t look surprised to hear that. “You knew?” I questioned.
“It isn’t exactly surprising; the elders crave for power, and you would think all the power they have acquired through the years is enough, but the more they attain, the more they desire.”
“Bailey had been offering me the position of a mistress when she takes over as Queen Luna,” said to Axel, leaving out the fact that she knew about my relationship with him.
“That is a desperate move,” Axel said. “I think she have doubts,” he added.
“Make sense. You know what? I don’t want to talk about her and my very much envied title anymore; let’s talk about something else.”
“I do have something that might interest you.”
“Now I’m curious, what is it?”
“Is about ‘the book,” he says, giving me a look that implied he expected me to figure out which book he was talking about, and of course it just had to be ‘Barbara’s fantasies‘; that book had embarrassed me more times than I could count.
“So what about the book?” I asked
“Isn’t that your favourite book?”
“Of course it is not; I just… enjoyed reading it,” I said, and the blush on my cheeks gave me out.
“Would you love to meet the author?”
“Wait, is Barbara alive?”
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“Of course, and maybe you’ve even met her before,” he said. The sinister smile on his face wasn’t really convincing, he must be kidding.
“Come on, you are not being serious.
“I am. You met Thane’s mother, Freya, right?”
My mouth dropped open. “What? She is the author?, but that is impossible.”
“Why?” Axel asked, clearly enjoying this more than he should.
“She was the Queen Lama, and why would she title the book Barbara’s fantasies when that is not even her name?”
“Maybe because she didn’t want Slade finding out. Though some experiences had been purely made up, simply fantasies, but I must say, Freya did have her own fair share of men and cocks.” He say with a teasing smile.
I couldn’t believe it; the very same book I read and ‘enjoyed‘ was written by Freya Blackwood.
“How did you know?” I questioned, choosing not to believe him yet, even if he didn’t have
any reason to lie.
“I didn’t; Thane had always known:”
“And he didn’t tell me?”
“How would you expect him to tell you that your favourite erotica book, which you have ‘done it‘ to more than once, was written by his mother?”
“You could be very direct at times, Axel”
He smiled, “I’ll take that as a complement, so thanks”
“I didn’t mean it as a complete, just so you know”
“And that changes… nothing, so thanks still”
I let out an exasperated breath.
“Well, I would never enjoy reading that, book ever again; I feel like I had pried into something‘ private.”
“If she left the book in the library, it means she intended on it being read.”
“I bet not by her daughter–in–law”
Axel chuckled.
“Well, maybe not, but she wasn’t exactly hiding it.”
“So the ‘blonde guy, ‘the motorcycle guy,‘ they were all real?”
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The names might have been made up; I don’t think there was ever a ‘motorcycle guy‘; they were terms she used to differentiate each guy from the next.”
This is so… awkward.”
“It is not; you weren’t the only one enjoying It; Thane was too and that should be more awkward.”
“Well, I’m returning it now.”
“Riley, you need to rest; I’ll return it.”
“You don’t even know where the book is.”
“I’ll find it,” he promises.
Now that the initial embarrassment had worn out, it was indeed funny.
“I am glad you told me this,” I say genuinely. “But I want to hear more.”
“About the book?” he questioned, amused.
“No, about you.”
“What about me?”
“I literally don’t know anything about you I know you have a cousin, which I had mistake for your ‘intimate friend‘ once and I also know that you are really close to Thane, but that’s about it; you know for a very open person, you are quite secretive.”
“Maybe that’s because I am not proud of my family’s situation; that’s why I do not bring it up,” Axel answered, and all humour was gone from his eyes.
