VICTORIA

His gaze darkened, thinking again about that bastard Frederick and how he had controlled him.

“I trusted our love, our bond, and I knew you’d eventually wake up to save me.”

I rose on my tiptoes and kissed him passionately on the lips, feeling his eager hands squeeze at my waist.

I didn’t want him to spend his whole life full of regrets.

“Besides, if you’d let them burn me alive, I would’ve crushed your ‘nuts’ afterward,” I whispered against his mouth, sliding my hand down to grope his package.

A snort came with the hint of a sexy smile.

“I feel like cutting my own dick off for being such an idiot.” He pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. “But fine, we’ll get out of this.”

We kissed a little more, briefly. There was too much to organize.

We walked out to the courtyard, holding hands.

Then a warrior approached and handed the Lord a report.

“A report from my Beta,” he explained that the man had stayed outside in case of a surprise attack.

He was protecting himself fro