Mage's Choice (Familiar with the Warlock #2) - Viola Grace Page 0,24

when the dessert arrived, she wasn’t feeling like herself. She felt hot, sweaty, and nauseous.

She bolted upright and looked to Nen. “Where are the restrooms?”

He got to his feet and pointed. “Though the main doors and past the elevator.”

She nodded and patted his arm. “I will be back in a moment.”

She moved calmly and confidently across the room and out the main doors. The ladies’ restroom was there, and she made her way into the handicapped cubicle and vomited up her dinner. She threw up again, flushed, and went to wash out her mouth at the sink as well as washing her hands. She had been careful of her dress, and she verified that she was fine in the full-length mirror. Her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were bright like Kel level of bright. Where her irises should have been, there were bright white-blue flames.

She snorted and left the bathroom, heading back toward the ballroom. There was just one problem, it was closed.

* * * *

Kel looked toward the doors. “Do you feel she is alright?”

“Certainly. With everything else, her body is changing. There are months of alterations in behaviour to deal with.” Nen murmured.

Kel paused. “Why are they closing the doors?”

Nen looked and frowned. “The vote isn’t due for hours.”

A woman touched the lock, and there was a band of power that bound the room in a ward.

Nen got to his feet.

Olmin walked up to him and asked, “What is the problem?”

“They have just warded the room ahead of schedule.”

Olmin nodded. “Right, one of the ladies said it would be nice to do it when everyone was still seated.”

Nen looked at a group of women who were looking at the door and laughing. “This isn’t going to go the way they thought.”

Just as he spoke, the doors shuddered as Krys tried to return. The doors flexed, and the women at the table were cackling.

The sound of the women came to a halt when blue fire wrapped around the doors and pulled them open. Well, ripped them off their hinges would be a better explanation.

Framed in the flaming archway, Krys dusted her hands off and walked through the span of the doorway that had previously bound in the strongest mages in the city.

She walked back to the table, and she nodded. “Sorry it took so long. The meal didn’t agree with me. What did I miss?”

Kel chuckled. “They attempted to take the census, but as you weren’t here, it couldn’t be completed, dearest.”

She smiled, and he pulled her into his arms, and then, he sat down with her on his lap. It was best to not leave things ambiguous with mages hungry for power around. She was theirs, and she would remain theirs.

He kissed her and flexed his hand on her hip. Nen moved in behind her and pressed a kiss to her neck.

Krys shivered. “Seriously? In public?”

Nen ran his tongue along the side of her neck, and she breathed a little harder.

Kel chuckled. “Your body is off balance after you were ill. The child?”

She grimaced and nodded. “Most probably. You have seen me eat. I have a cast-iron stomach.”

Kel opened his jacket and pulled out a granola bar. “Here you go.”

She stared at it in wonder. “How did you know?”

He chuckled. “Nen and I have been doing research for the last week. You don’t even want to guess what is hidden in his suit jacket.”

Nen grinned at him and handed Krys a bottle of water. They were taking care of their partner and bound mate. Later this evening, they would propose. Both of them were carrying rings. If she could be protected by every means, including legally, they would pursue it. An elaborate wedding could be held at a later date. They wanted to have her tied to them in every means and method possible while keeping her secure. Their first connection had been under strained circumstances. Now, they were offering themselves to her as her own choice, but it was up to her to make that decision. They were just trying to keep the offer as appealing as possible.

* * * *

Krys threaded her hand through Nen’s hair as he worked at her neck with his mouth. She exhaled slowly and blinked at the blue mist that coiled out from between her lips. “What is that?”

Nen lifted his head. “Magic. Your body is full of it right now. Every cell of your body is radiating it.”

Kel slid his hand up her ribs. “It is beautiful.”

She started smacking