The Two Kings (Afterlife Saga) (31 page)

“You don’t like
attention
much
do you?” Sophia asked being a little surprised.

“What gives you that impression
?
” I said sarcastically but then I felt guilty afterwards so followed it by,

“Sorry
,
that was rude. I
just
get embarrassed when people watch me
.
”

“Umm
...
but you don’t mind Dom watching you?”
She smirked and I laughed.

“I’m starting to get used to it but it is still embarrassing. I didn’t like it before you know…
back
when I thought he hated me
.
” She turned to me in shock.

“You thought he hated you?
” I wanted
to say “Well durr!” But I refrained
.

“Yes of course, you do remember how he used to treat me…don’t you?”

“Well
that’s interesting.
I guess I didn’t see it because I just remember all the obsessing he did over you and all the
endless
research. He wanted to know everything
about you
and without access to your mind this frustrated him greatly. I remember when he came back one night from watching you sleep. He was in a rage because you had woken up and he realised he could no l
onger get away with being near
you this way
. It was the first time you started to really block him out.
If I recall
he destroyed the dining room in the west wing, fireplace included.
”
She was grinning at the memory and like this it was clear to see Sophia as a Demon not an Angel.
She looked like an evil do
ll, one that would have ripped C
hucky a new behind!

“It is still hard for us to accept that our powers do not work over you but I can imagine
no one finds it harder than Dom.
This has most definitely never happened to him before
.
”
Again, she sounded smug with glee.

“Is he
...
very powerful?” I asked feeling nervous for the answer. She turned to face me and with a serious eye she scanned my face.

“Yes
.  H
e is the most powerful of our kind
by far
but
he is
,
after all
,
King
.
” My reaction made her jump.

“WHAT!” I
screamed out and
s
tarted
shak
ing my head as though this had to be
a dream…
What the hell...h
e was king?
Was she friggin’
kidding me!

“Yes of course,
but wait...
you didn’t know? I would have thought it would have been obvious. You have heard him being regarded as
My
Lord
,
have you not?”
She actually looked shocked.

“Yeah
,
but I just thought that was like a Lord of the manor type of thing but not like a
….
Like a
King
!
” I said the word as if it was
made of acid or something. It was just crazy
to think of him that way and even more crazy to think of him choosing me!  Sophia laughed till there were tears in her beautiful eyes.

“Oh Keira
,
there is so much you still don’t know
but I am surprised this
was not one of them. Oh dear y
ou have gone pale, please don’t tell me this is anot
her thing you are going to over
react about…Dominic will not be pleased at me breaking you
.
”

“I’m fine…I
’m
just….umm
...
a little overwhelmed with it
is
all.” I was still shaking my head and I noticed Ragnar smiling to himself. I guess my last statement to him about Queens not keeping their mouths shut had him thinking I believed I was one! Well at least now he knew he’d been
wrong. No wonder he was smirking
.

“King?” I said again in disbelief.

“Yes
,
but not in the conventional sense. You have only history to gauge the idea
s
on but it is not that way at all. His
importance lie
s in the laws of our ways and how he chooses to enforce it. He is not your King
Keira,
he is simply your boyfriend
and that is all you need to concern yourself with
.
” H
a, well
that was
certainly
easier to say than do.

“Ok
,
tell me something el
se that will take my mind off all this king stuff
.
” This turned out to be a
nother big
mistake.

“Ok
,
you really want to know what Dominic gave me earlier?” In hindsight I should have said no but of course in true Keira fashion I nodded and she said s
omething that made my pulse race with
a
near blind panic
about the experience I was about to endure…

“He gave me his credit card.
”

Chapter 14

Shop
ping With a
Demon

Shopping with Sophia was a mix between shopping with an artist and a very spoilt child. She was a perfectionist in every aspect and eyed every item I picked up as though it was never good enough.
Each shop I ch
ose to go in
,
was then followed by a very expensive designer store. Here Sophia was in her element. She would get the different sections closed
off just by showing a black bit of plastic
which I presumed to be Draven’s credit card. As soon as the assista
nts took one look at it, their
eyes would bulge wider and we would get star treatment. In one shop w
e went in we even got champagne!

I looked so out of place that
I
felt like Julia Roberts out of Pretty Woma
n when she went shopping and started to get funny looks. Ok
,
so
I wasn’t in a mini skirt and
a crop top but you get the picture.
Next to Sophia it looked as though she had found a homeless person to spoil. She would try and get me to try things on that she picked out but I would be adamant that spending over a thousand dollars on one item of clothing was just silly
and pointless
…
well,
for me anyway.

“And how much do you think one of Dominic’s suits cost?” She asked me when coming back out from behind the curtain in a gorgeous white summer dress which was backless showing off her silky skin.

“I don’t even want to think about it.
” I said stubbornly before continuing
,

“
I like that one
,
”
n
odding at the dress
she wore
but she was smiling at my response
and no doubt
to the first thing I said. It was true, I couldn’t think about how much money he had. The thought made me feel queasy just like the word KING d
id! I couldn’t help but think
I was playing a game I just couldn’t win.
I was dating someone so far out of
my depth that I sometim
es felt as though I was going to drown
. Everyday I seemed to find out something else about him
,
that instead of making me relax
,
it was making me
even
more nervous to be around him. So I did something very out of character when Sophia re
-e
merged.

“Sophia, where’s the best place to get some sexy underwear?” Her eyes lit up and she clapped her hands.

“Now that’s more like it!” She passed the dress to the assistant who already had arms full of outfits ready for her to try on.

“I won’t try on the rest but I will take them all” She said waving her clutch bag at the pile. The women looked as though she would
drop down and
kiss her
feet
. After all the clothes were rung through the till
and the
women told Sophia the price I gulped down the five figure number
. I coughed and the assistant shot me an evil glare. Sophia just thought it was funny as always. She handed over Draven’s credit card and I noticed it was a black American Express card, t
he ones that don’t have a limit...another gulp!
Ok
,
so if I was trying so hard for my normal life and to be with Draven at the same time
,
then maybe a shopping trip with Sophia wasn’t the
best
way to go. I found myself still shaking my head as we walked out
of
the store.

“What? Well if you refuse to use it then I might as well
.
” She smirked and I couldn’t help but laugh with her. She was most d
efinitely a Demon and the book ‘When the Devil wears Prada’
came to mind.

She didn’t carry any shopping bags, oh no
, not Sophia.
I
nstead she would have someone from the store take them down to the limo for us. I was in awe at how the other half lived
. Of course the stores that I bought my clothes from didn’t offer such a service and I wouldn’t let Sophia ring up the driver to tell him to come and get them for me. She ended up calling me stubborn for most of the day but I just laughed it off every time.

I was actually surprised to find that I was really enjoying myself and I did get quite a lot of things I needed. But now I was out of my league as Sophia linked my arm and pulled me into Victoria Secrets. 

Ragnar had followed my every move
but when
ever we went into a shop
he stayed outside and this one was no exception. It was the first time I think I saw him blush… rather that or he
just
had wind.
I giggled to myself and I think Sophia thought I was just being shy.

She pulled me over to the really fancy stuff and now
I was the one
blushing. She picked up something that had more gaps than material. Then I spotted the most beautiful set and I was surprised with myself. I had always just stuck to plain white or black before and I hated red on me thinking it looked cheesy with my blonde hair but this was dif
ferent. It was black satin cover
ed in blood red roses and a
vine
that
was made from black ribbon. It circled the corset and tied to the thong at either side. At the back it tied up with a thick red cord that crossed over so it could be pulled tighter. Everything matched including the suspender belt, stockings and amazingly the set included
full length satin
gloves.

The design was called ‘Temptress’
and I didn’t think it could get
anymore
more perfect. I bit my lips at the thought and Sophia waited beside me
not saying a word but when I turned to her and asked what she thought
,
she just smiled and held up
Draven’s credit card.

I
n the end I
bought the stuff with my own money much to Sophia
’s
dis
may. I also bought some
more underwear sets and some
nice stuff to wear to bed
,
which were more of the comfort variety then sexual. I picked one set of pyjamas because the t shirt had a pair of red lips with fangs protruding from them an
d underneath it said the words ‘
bit
e
me’
! I thought Draven would get a big kick out of these and if he didn’t then, I most certainly would when I saw the classic Draven frown. Sophia thought it was funny anyway but no surprises there. After we had made our way round half of the shops my stomach started to cry out at me.