The Beast And The Blessed

Twenty-Nine: Killian

Killian’s P.O.V.

What is your favorite color?

That is what I went with. I could have asked her anything, anything at all, and I went with what her favorite color was. I wanted to shift into my beast just so I could chew my own foot off for my *question.

Blue.

The small detail seemed so big to me, and I couldn’t help but smile widely to myself as I remembered the way her eyes had lit up when I had asked her. She liked that I had taken an interest and had broken the silence.

I liked the silence normally. I loved it even. It was the only way I could keep the hundreds of thoughts in my head straight as I managed an entire kingdom. But sitting with her in silence, knowing she was mad at me, made me itch with discomfort. I wanted to hear her voice and feel her touch.

So I broke it, and the bright smile she sent me in response was worth it.

I sent a quick message to Natalie’s personal maid, telling her to make sure there were plenty of blue dress options for her tonight. She acknowledged my request, and I sat back in my desk chair, trying to picture Natalie in a blue dress.

Every curve of her body was made to be shown off, and I found myself closing my eyes as I pictured my mate

“Don’t tell me I’m interrupting something.” Joselin’s voice called out from the entrance to my office. I opened my eyes to see her standing by the open door as she smirked at me. “You look happy. I’m assuming you two worked things out?”

I tried to push down my smile, but I couldn’t. I just kept picturing how Natalie had lit up when I spoke to her this morning. “We came to an understanding.”

“How romantic,” She said deadpanned as she entered my office, pausing with her hand on the doorknob as if questioning if she wanted it open or closed, before giving in with a sigh and swinging it *behind her. “And Natalie, how is she?”

able to see her irises made it very difficult to read her sometimes. It was her body language that gave her away. The black lines on her ghostly-pale skin moved in

moved now, and the palm she rubbed

and Natalie. She had been excited to bring Natalie home. Not many women in the castle enjoyed talking to Joselin. She didn’t know how to interact with people and came across as a bit

to hurt you,” Joselin said as she

know if she still *you for sleeping with me, just go ask her.” I looked down, masking. my emotions as I began to look through the new stack of papers on

as her hair blew back from her face, and the lines on her skin danced faster than

up at the clock behind her, wondering what Natalie was doing at the moment, but pushed the thought from my head. Baby steps. That was what I had decided and what I needed to stick to. I couldn’t spend all of my time thinking

about, should you?” I snapped back, and she groaned

snapped before turning to

work to do.” I ground

you think?” She

the

her back in the room with me as her head fell forward. Charlie and Joselin loved each other like sisters, but Joselin hated all the girlie *my sister

you

for the past hour, far more than had actually been invited, but I would never turn my people away. If they wished to welcome their princess home, they were more than welcome to. Maybe it would make Charlie feel loved enough to want to come back and forget the nightmare of a

I waited for Natalie, I was ready to pull my hair out. Never before had I

the grim reaper himself in her black lace, floor-length dress. She didn’t stop, and I scowled further at the back of her head as she was let into the ball. She didn’t bother to wait for her introduction, and I knew I would find her going directly to the food table, the same thing Charlie was

to see the most beautiful woman standing before me. Her eyes glanced from me to the back of Joselin as the doors were closed behind her with. uncertainty, and I shook my head as if I could hear her

glanced down at the emerald green dress

had

resisted lifting my hand up to rub away