Chapter 39 : Royalty is Overrated

*Kael*

"So," Gemma said lightly as she wrapped clean gauze around my shoulder. "Your cousin."

More truths she deserved. "My mother's cousin, so technically, he is my second cousin. Really, I had no idea they escaped the raid, much less survived." It was a grim statement, one that I believed to be true for the last twelve years. "I even forgot that he was the Alpha. My mother's side of the family is—or was, I'm not sure—pretty large. The Deva family of the Nightguard pack…"

"You're double royalty," Gemma mused, giving the gauze a final tug.

I flinched.

"Oh—sorry. Here." She bent to gently press a kiss to my lips.

After coming down from the high of completion, we actually bathed, scrubbing away all the sand and blood that we could manage, full-well knowing that it wouldn't be long before the grains would find their way back sooner or later, which was one of the hazards of fleeing from enemies in a desert.

Now, we were in the bedroom that Raisa led us to. She said that