“I love you too.”
“Are you sure you should have another glass?” Her mother glared at Nat, who took one anyway.
Tavos was making his way over to them now. “I’ll be back soon,” Saskia promised, and went to meet him.
“I just wanted to congratulate you, Your Highness,” he said stiffly, but there was a twinkle in his eyes.
“Please, just keep calling me Saskia,” she said, wondering how often she would be repeating that phrase in the future. “There’s really no need for such formality.”
“As you wish.”
Looking into his kind, familiar face, overwhelmed with gratitude for all he had done both for her and for Arius, Saskia threw her arms around him.
“Madam, I’m not sure this is proper,” he said, his whole body rigid, his arms still hanging stiffly by his sides.
“I just wanted to thank you for everything,” she said, letting him go.
“Just doing my job,” he said, but she could tell he was pleased.
A horrible thought struck her. “I don’t suppose you know what happened to Cerus?” Arius had been so busy, they hadn’t had time to discuss it.
“He’s down in the prison. He’ll be getting a fair trial.”
Relief washed over her. “Do you know why he did it?”
“That’s a question you should probably ask His Highness,” Tavos said.
“I suppose so.”
There was an awkward silence. Then, “I’d better go and see whether anything needs doing,” the servant said.
“And I’d better get back to Arius.” Saskia glanced over at her mate, who was deep in conversation with some people she didn’t know. Being in such a large crowd, all dripping with jewels and dressed in their finery, made her realize once again how much her life would change. But then Arius turned his handsome head and smiled at her, and her heart overflowed with love for him.
“My darling,” he said as soon as she reached his side. “Allow me to introduce you to some of my friends.”
For the next little while, never letting go of her hand, he worked the room, presenting her to one person after another, until her head was spinning with names and faces she thought she’d never remember.
“Please,” she whispered when she couldn’t take it anymore, “could we go somewhere quiet, just for a moment?”
“Of course.” He led her to an empty alcove and drew her into his arms.
Saskia inhaled his familiar, musky scent, smiling against his chest as he kissed the top of her head. “I’m so happy,” she whispered.
“I’m so glad. Gods, for the longest time, all I wanted was to find my mate. But even in my wildest dreams, I never imagined it could feel like this.”
Saskia wondered whether to admit that it had been the opposite for her, that she had never wanted to be claimed by anyone—that she had dreaded it, in fact. Not wanting to spoil the moment, she decided against it. “Me either,” she said instead.
As he tilted her face up for a kiss, she reflected on how strange it was that, after craving freedom for her entire life, she had only now really found it. After she had been claimed by her Alpha.
~The End~
Tabitha Black
USA Today bestselling author Tabitha Black has been writing erotic spanking fiction for over a decade, mostly in the ageplay and historical genres. More recently, she's discovered the joys of writing more contemporary, edgier books with a greater emphasis on BDSM – one of which, Sharing Silver, has been nominated for a Golden Flogger award and won the Spanking Romance Reviews award for best ménage.
Having lived in four countries on three different continents, and been an active participant in her local kinky communities, she likes to "write to discover what she knows". Her own personal kinks include anything and everything to do with spanking, fireplay, edge play, scarification, age-play, and too many more to count. Some girls like wood, some adore leather, but Tabitha is partial to big, shiny, ornate knives… nothing else makes her quite as weak at the knees.
She lives in Europe with her Daddy/Sir, and a lilac cat who likes to sneeze in her face.
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