Fae Rose Academy: Year Two (For The Purely Divine Book 2)

by Quinn Ashwood

  Does he feel I'm not ready or is it that he's not ready?

  I broke the kiss so the two of us could catch our breath. He returned his other hand to the side of my head. My hair was splattered across the pillow beneath my head and I watched him take me in at a slow pace.

  He was scanning me like a scanner would a paper, taking in every bit of detail so he could recall it again and again. I noticed how my breasts pressed against the fabric, and how hard my buds were poking at the thin silk while my panties were on display with my nightgown being lifted and resting at waist length.

  I pressed my legs together, fighting the ache that begged for us to continue. My eyes noticed the slight lift in the towel and I wondered if that was his cock pressing against the wrapped fabric.

  As I returned my gaze to Rainer, he whispered, "I should put some clothes on."

  "No fun," I grumbled, which had him smiling before he leaned in to whisper, "Trust me, Sweet Rose. I want you. Bad. So...fucking bad," he growled dangerously, which riled me up all over again. "However, my parents are home, as are Camilla and Alicia, and if we started what I'm craving to do, this whole kingdom would hear me ravishing you."

  That made my whole face blaze red as he leaned back to grin seductively.

  "Let's save that for when we have some alone time," he assured me.

  He was off the bed and heading to the bathroom the next moment, giving me the opportunity to breathe.

  I somehow fell in love with a sexy bad boy with a good boy exterior. Does that even make sense? His new exterior is nowhere near a good boy. Bad boy exterior? Sexy, hot, I-want-him-bad exterior? A camouflage exterior! Yes, yes. That actually somewhat makes sense.

  "Sweet Rose."

  I lifted my head to see he was now wearing a red t-shirt and white sweat pants.

  "I'm trying really hard here, but your thoughts are a little chaotic, at the moment."

  "My thoughts?" I questioned before I sat up and narrowed my gaze at him while my cheeks flushed. "You can read my thoughts?!"

  He put his hands up with a guilty expression before he admitted, "I'm not trying, Rosadette. They're literally slamming into my head and I don't know whether to laugh now or later."

  "Rain!" I huffed and picked up the pillow to throw at him. He stepped out of the way, the pillow crashing into the wall behind him, which only irritated me as I picked up another to throw at him.

  "Stop reading my thoughts!"

  "I'm not trying to!" he argued as I threw another pillow and he avoided it once again. I pouted in impatience before I grabbed the last pillow.

  "Then stop!"

  "You have to stop pushing them into our bond!"

  "Liar!"

  "I'm not lying," he whined.

  Damn sexy beast's fly is open!

  "What?" He bowed his head down to look at his sweatpants. "Rosadette! I don't even have a fl-" He didn't finish as I launched off the bed with the last pillow and collided into him. The two of us crashed with a loud thumping noise as I slammed his face with the pillow.

  "DIE!"

  "MJSJDKSDKMS."

  I didn't care what he was saying as he mumbled into the pillow. The door opened, and I looked up to see a tall woman, who stared at the two of us with a hopeless stare.

  "Rosadette. You're given the prime time to enjoy a frisky moment with your lover and here you are trying to kill him. Haven't we discussed the importance of taking advantage of prime opportunities when it comes to men?"

  I paused in my killing spree to gawk at the woman as I took in her magnificent features.

  She was 6'2" with a slim yet curvy figure. Her brunette ombre strands transitioned into red with multiple silver tinsel strands. Her lips were cloaked with red lipstick while her familiar eyes were a vibrant red. She wore a black dress that fit her body, showing her long legs and the black heels she wore with confidence.

  With her hair up in a ponytail, I knew one main thing: she was about to murder someone, and it thankfully wasn't me.

  The sight finally clicked in that I obviously knew who this person was, even with the shift in appearance.

  "Camilla!" I shrieked, and abandoned my conquest of killing Rainer to practically tackle my best friend.

  "Jeez. I thought you wouldn't recognize me," she groaned but accepted my hug as her arms wrapped around me. "Hey, bestie. Glad to see you awake."

  I don't know why hugging brought up so many emotions, but in seconds, I was sobbing into her shoulder. All she did was hug me tighter as her hand stroked my head.

  "There, there, Rosadette. You're okay. Don't cry. Everything is going to be just fine," she comforted.

  "Did I somehow make her cry?" Rainer questioned, his voice thick with worry.

  "No," Camilla calmly answered. "Rosadette loves to be a strong, tough chick until she can leave the sobbing for me in most circumstances," Camilla explained. "Plus, no one can think straight seeing as you're naked half the time."

  "I have clothes on," Rainer grumbled.

  "Ya. Probably after you were seducing her with your charm that's thankfully useless to me," she said with pride.

  "I feel the urge to invite your part-"

  "Invite that son of an ass and I'll freeze that cock in a block of ice so you know how my bestie feels," she seethed, which shut Rainer right up. It was pretty amusing to listen to, and though I was a crying mess, I actually giggled at the comment while tears streamed down my face.

  "You can't laugh and cry at the same time, silly," Camilla scolded but patted my back before she moved back to see my tear-stricken face. "You're safe here, Rosadette. I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you, or I would have."

  "I know," I whispered and lifted my hands to wipe my tears. "I should have never agreed to check on him after Monica came to tell me Xavier was losing it."

  Rainer moved to stand behind me, his arms pulling me out of Camilla's hold as he hugged me firmly into his bear hug. His lips pressed against my neck in comfort before he whispered, "Monica had good intentions. Alicia interviewed her. You know no one can lie to the queen's face when her fae magic is activated. She truly wanted to help Xavier during his breakdown but couldn't. She sought you out thinking you'd know how to help him."

  He picked me up suddenly, walking back to the bed and placing me down on the edge of the bed to sit.

  "I'm alright," I tried to reason, but he shook his head and pressed his hand on top of my thigh to force me to stay put.

  "Adjusting to awakened sight is draining to the body and mind. You'll be standing, feeling perfectly fine one minute and then be completely unconscious the next. It's best you sit. That way, if you feel suddenly dizzy or completely blackout, you won't hurt yourself."

  "Ya. Don't be an idiot like me, who decided to be stubborn and fell down the stairs," Camilla muttered and I thought about it. "You fell down the stairs only once when I first got to you know," I voiced.

  "Ya, when I was twelve and landed myself with a concussion. Good times." Camilla sighed.

  "Does that mean you've been seeing the world like...well, like this since you were twelve?" I inquired in shock. Camilla nodded as she snapped her fingers and a chair appeared right behind her. She sat down and crossed one leg over the other while she rested her hands in her lap.

  "It's scary at first, isn't it?"

  "It is," I admitted quietly as I took in the room alone. "The sky is red."

  "In this kingdom, yes. It can obviously be whatever color you wish, but red seems to be the theme," Camilla elaborated.

  "Any color I wish?" I pondered, and Rainer squeezed my thigh just slightly, which only sent shivers down my spine as the warmth between my legs grew slightly.

  "Let's not change the color of the sky yet," he suggested.

  I flicked his hand with my finger, which made him look at me in question.

  "You're being a tease," I grumbled.

  It took him a few seconds to get it, but he merely gave me a smug smile and returned his hand right to that very spot. "Am I?"

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nbsp; Camilla rolled her eyes. "Turn that sexual attraction shit off so we can focus," she huffed.

  "You realize that isn't something that can turn off, right?" Rainer countered.

  "I know you can't, but you can control yourself so you're not stimulating every sexual nerve ending in my best friend with that stupid attractiveness of yours."

  "You sound envious," Rainer said as his smug smirk only grew.

  Camilla frowned and threatened, "If you don't behave I'll turn you into a bunny and even your mom wouldn’t be able to fix you until I've determined your punishment was good enough," she vowed.

  That had Rainer frowning as he moved his hand from my thigh. I laughed at his actual fear of my best friend but reached out to hold his hand.

  "Holding hands is fine, just being touchy makes it a tad hard to think with you in this uh...form. Whatever this form is."

  "Your awakened sight shows your true fae form. So what you're seeing is how we've always appeared since eighteen. When we reach adulthood, all our fae magic unlocks and our sight is normally awakened. However, some awaken their sight far earlier, like me at twelve."

  "Sixteen for me," Rainer declared. "It was also the same for that ice jerk."

  "What..." I paused, fighting to state the obvious question.

  "What happened to Xavier?" Camilla decided to ask the prime question I was attempting to state. "He's currently locked up in a not-so-lovely dungeon Alicia forced him into and is currently facing confinement as she figures out what to do with him."

  "Could have just gone with plan A," Rainer muttered in annoyance.

  Camilla rolled her eyes and looked to him. "Plan A had you killing him. Not a good idea for a royal prince," she acknowledged.

  "Would have been worth it," Rainer replied.

  "Ya, at the cost of losing your royal status and someone else marrying Rosadette? I don't think so," Camilla offered. Rainer frowned at the idea, and I looked between the two of them, feeling as confused as ever.

  "I'm not following this conversation well," I confessed.

  "Neither of us blame you." Camilla turned her attention to me once more. "You think you're up for a long conversation downstairs while you have something to eat? You have to be hungry."

  "I'm not very-"

  My stomach cut me off as it growled so loudly that we all seemed to look down at it.

  "You betrayed me," I muttered as my cheeks began to turn red. Rox came out of nowhere, his tiny body holding a double chocolate Macadamia cookie.

  "Cookie?"

  "Oh. Thank you, Rox," I casually replied and took the cookie before Camilla gasped.

  "Holy fae! Rosadette?! Who's that?!" Camilla asked.

  "Hmm?" I paused in my quest to bite into the inviting cookie that was making me salivate to look at them while Rox flew around to hide behind my strands of hair.

  "This is Rox."

  "Rox?" she questioned. "Where'd you find Rox?"

  "Uh...when I woke up. He poked my cheek and got me water when I was thirsty," I explained. Camilla looked at Rainer with an astonished stare and he nodded.

  "Yup. Her royal powers are unlocked. He popped up early this morning. It's another reason why I called you and Alicia back here so we can discuss it with my parents."

  "Still feel like I'm missing something," I commented and took a bite of my cookie. I groaned. "So good!"

  "I can make you more if you wish, Princess Rosadette," Rox declared as he poked out from my hair to state his epic abilities of magically making cookies.

  "Rox, you're amazing," I praised. "I wish we had milk though."

  "Coming right up!" he declared and clapped his hands. Just like that, there was a glass of milk floating in the sky.

  "Wow," I praised. "How do you do that?"

  "I use your imagination to create what you wish," he declared. "I try not to use a lot of magic seeing as you're still recovering, Mistress."

  "You can just call me Rosadette," I voiced and took another bite of my cookie, followed with another.

  "Don't eat so fast," Rainer teased and reached to grab onto the floating milk. "I'll hold this so you're not expelling so much energy."

  "Does having Rox around take a lot of energy?" I asked no one in particular.

  "A fae pixie guide is entwined with your magic so it doesn't take as much energy as you may be thinking," Rainer decided to explain. There was a sudden poof, and there was the female fairy from my feverish dream.

  "YOU!' she declared and pointed at me.

  She was darting my way in seconds, but Rox got in her way with his arms up. "Stop!"

  The girl stopped right before him, completely surprised by his appearance as her eyes grew bigger as she looked at him in shock.

  "W-W-WHO ARE YOU?" she demanded.

  "I'm Rox," he calmly replied and moved around her before putting his hand on her shoulders. "Please give my Mistress the peace of eating."

  He pushed her away as she yelled, "What? Where are you taking me?! Master Rainer! I'm being kidnapped! KIDNAPPED!"

  Rainer just continued to hold my glass of milk while watching the unfolding kidnapping like he didn't care.

  "Wow. You're diabolical," Camilla muttered while I bobbed my head.

  "Mhm."

  Rainer rolled his eyes. "Sio, go get some air and show Rosadette's pixie guide, Rox, around."

  The two fae pixies paused before Sio pouted. "Do I have to?!"

  "Yes, please," he replied. "It would be good for him to know these lands since we'll be staying here for the majority of the summer," he reasoned.

  "Okay, Master," she huffed and looked at Rox. "Follow me! If you fall behind, I don't care!" she declared and zoomed towards the window.

  Rox looked over at me, and I gave him a motivating smile. "Have fun, Rox."

  "Thank you, Mistress. Please make sure you drink some milk. It will keep you rejuvenated for the conversation ahead," he encouraged before making his way to the window that Sio had already opened.

  The two of them flew away, leaving the three of us to look at one another. Rainer offered me the glass of milk, and I accepted it before drinking the glass in one go.

  "Ya, we should discuss things while you get some food inside you," Rainer declared.

  "Before we do that, where are we? This isn't the dorms or Alicia's castle," I voiced as my eyes darted between them. Camilla looked to Rainer, who rose and offered his hand once more.

  Laying my hand in his, he helped me up and took the glass from my other hand before answering my question.

  "We're upon my family lands and this castle harbors the Queen of Darkness, which is my mother, Seraphine."

  He paused to look into my eyes and a question left my lips.

  "Why does ‘harbors’ sound as though you're renting the castle?" I inquired.

  His smirk made his eyes twinkle just slightly as he answered. "We technically are."

  "Then who's the true owner?" I inquired and watched Camilla grin as Rainer answered.

  "The sole daughter of this empire is you, Rosadette. You’re the princess of these lands. This castle and this side of the fae world belong to you."

  What a revelation bomb.

  Hidden Kingdom Beyond Academy Walls

  "How have you been feeling since you've eaten, Rosadette?"

  I lowered the empty cup of tea back to its matching saucer, my eyes locking onto Alicia's relieved eyes. "I'm much better, Alicia," I quietly spoke.

  It wasn't as though I had to speak lowly, but my nerves were beginning to get to me as we waited for Rainer's parents to arrive. They had left briefly to talk to their security team. They desired to venture to the lower lands, so they needed to ensure they had enough security to come with them.

  Rainer sat to my left while Camilla sat to my right. The three of us were drinking tea after having a rather large dinner. I had to slowly stuff my face since my stomach was still adjusting to not eating for a few days, but the food served was delicious.

  The flavor of every piece seemed
enhanced and made with tedious care. The five-course meal included a lovely dessert of matcha fondue with white chocolate strawberries that could be covered in our choice of toppings.

  It was a combination that I could only imagine the rich to consume, but I had to keep reminding myself that this place wasn't just an average shop or home.

  This was a palace. The castle of Rainer's kingdom.

  I'd yet to learn about the truth of what he was referring to with his last statement.

  "The sole daughter of this empire is you, Rosadette. You’re the princess of these lands. This castle and this side of the fae world belong to you."

  We decided to talk about it after dinner because I needed all my strength for what would become a shocking conversation. The mere statement had my mind buzzing, leaving me to wonder if Xavier also knew about this.

  If I'm the sole daughter of an empire like this, did he know?

  Yes, the idea of being a princess had floated in my head since it was brought up, but I'd been so focused on proving myself and gaining enough knowledge and wisdom to thrive in this new world that it became a thought in the back of my mind.

  Why dream of what I could potentially be when there were so many avenues I needed to figure out about myself?

  This world had taught me that power and wisdom are key; otherwise, you'd be walked upon like a laid-out carpet for everyone to abuse and leave their dirt for you to bear alone. Those of Fae Rose didn't even believe I was a fae until I worked hard to exhibit my abilities when they least expected me to.

  If I was a true princess of these realms, the same people who doubted my worth as a fae would doubt my royal blood, and that was why I had to ensure Rain's words were true before I could finally believe in them.

  He said the truth, that was for sure. My gut sensed the honesty in his words, but I need to hear from more than one person and have all the facts laid out before me.

  Alicia was sitting parallel to Camilla, her hands in her lap. I'm sure she too, was nervous, especially when she knew what Xavier had done. I felt like it had already thrown a wrench in what was becoming a strong mentor relationship.