The Blessed And The Beast

Chapter 35 (Tobias’s P.O.V.)

Never in my life had my d*ic*k gone limp as quickly as when I was staring at the bones of an amputated leg. Until that moment, I had thought Joselin could keep me painfully hard forever. I had been hiding how she affected me for years. Now that I no longer had to, I wanted to take full advantage of the situation.

She was my mate. Mine.

I could f*uc*k her and love her anywhere, and I planned on it. Seeing how hot and bothered she got over the thought of f*uc*king here only confirmed that when we got home, there would be a few places around the castle that I could pull her away to without any complaint from her. I t was even better than claiming her in front of others.

Sneaking around and enjoying each other was higher on my list than exhibitionism. At the top of the list was having Joselin all to myself in our bed.

I still needed to help her gather her belongings and move in. But even if that didn’t happen immediately, I would still consider it our house and bed.

But a f*uc*king leg. I had seen worse, done worse than cutting off someone’s leg, but never had I expected to find one in someone’s bedroom. It was disturbing.

Rona was a twisted soul, but I never pegged her as the kind of woman who would fall asleep only a few feet from the amputated limb of one of her coworkers. “We need to get back,” Joselin muttered, her mind going a mile a minute. She left the leg behind, straightened the blanket o n the bed, and pulled her pants back on. When she approached me to teleport, I gently tapped my finger on her head, silently asking what was going through her mind.

This was what she had wanted, to find proof of foul play, but it raised more questions than answers.

“It doesn’t make sense. No blood is left, and the bone marrow is dried out and won’t work. I don’t know what Rona is doing with it, but she is up to something. This confirms it.” Joselin said, her long white hair flowing down her back as the lines on her skin vibrated with agitation.

I would keep a close eye on the older woman. She was pretty civil unless she was around Rona, which made them both hostile.

“Do you think she is controlling Cora somehow or draining her magic?” I asked as Joselin wrapped her arms around my waist and pressed her h*ips against mine i n a sweet hold. There was nothing s*e*xual about it, but I still adored it.

but lean forward and k*iss the top of her head, taking in her scent. ‘She’ s starting to

Joselin’s hand and drag her out of the house and across the yard to the first. We had barely

go, sweetheart,”

as Joselin and I teleported back into the

right in. Never before had I seen her wait for someone to announce that she could enter. She walked these halls as if she owned them, and she did. She could make anyone bend to her will,

Rona one of the first few times the woman had been out of line, we wouldn’t

pushed the door open to

wrinkled as Natalie’s face turned bright red. I dipped into a bow that made all three of them

You don’t need to do that now that we are mated.”

straightened as she moved to my side to look at my backside, and Killian groaned. “What?” Joselin asked, sitting in the chair on our side of the desk and propping her feet on the hard wooden surface. “I can’t hit on my man, but you have no problem inviting us into your office when it smells like you two have been going at it like animals in here all

that sounded good. If we weren’t standing before the king and queen, I

red as she leaned back against Killian’s chest with a smile. “We have

she looked as she let

my feet shoulder-width apart. Killian used to be one of my best friends when we were little, but we had turned to more of a professional relationship after Ana died. I knew he knew about her. He had just

feel more relaxed, but I still moved stiffly as I walked around the chair and sat. “I take it

uses, but how each possibility was also impossible. They listened intently, Natalie nodding when appropriate and Killian staying straight- faced as he

ordinary, and until now, they had no reason to believe that she had any involvement at all. The only possibility was that Rona was targeting her or holding the leg

spell, or maybe she is just cursing Cora, but without

the name coming across

knew I didn’t need to elaborate. I didn’t want t o. I was comfortable talking around Joselin, but it had been a long time since I freely spoke aloud in front of others.