Chapter 37

Xander -

Hah! Hah! It looks as if Claire is planning to lock me out, but it won't happen. All I did was get a key for the room, and I was in. As an Alpha Werewolf male and a prince, it is hard for me to put My Princess, who I love deeply, in harm's way. In fact, it is literally ingrained in my DNA to protect her..

The moment I walked into the bedroom; I saw Clair was not lying-in bed. There was a slight palpitation in my heart, as if I was afraid that she would run again. Upon checking out the bathroom, I see that the air is thick with steam and while I glance over at the tub; I see Clair is sound asleep in it.

With gentle hands, I lift Clair out of the tub, cradling her in my arms. Taking a towel from the towel bar, I place it over my sleeping princess and lay it on top of her.

With the back of the duvet pulled back, Xander took off the towel and blanketed Clair in the duvet, covering her completely. It didn't take me long to remove my clothes and snuggle up right next to her warmth. Neither one of us had any clothes on, which is just the way I prefer it.

There is nothing more beautiful than the toned body that Claire has. My penis yearns to be inside Clair's warm folds as I gaze at her beautiful physique. While she sleeps, I crawl up behind her, spooning her while she lies there asleep. I release myself while rubbing my penis between Clair's legs. Grabbing the towel that Clair had worn out of the shower, I cleaned us both off. Shortly after that, I fell into a deep sleep.

Clair -

When I woke up the next day, I was a bit disorientated. It's hard for me to remember where I fell asleep; I don't even remember coming to bed, and oh my goodness, I do not remember leaving myself naked when I fell asleep.

It didn't take long for me to discover that a huge muscular hand and leg had me in the grips of his embrace. During this time of reflection, I am recollecting what happened the night before, how I fell asleep in the bathtub. And how I informed Xander that I would not be sleeping with him. And yet here we are lying in bed, we smell like we just had sex.

I started kicking him as soon as I saw him lying on the surrounding bed. "GO!! GET OUT OF MY BED!" I yell at Xander. My first attack was hitting him with pillows, then I found some shoes to throw at him.

Xander's hands shot up in defense to repel his attacker. Xander jumps up like a lion and pounces on Clair.

Clair -

I think it has turned into a competitive fight to see who will rule. When Xander pounces on me, I use his weight as a ricochet off me so he will fall to the ground. As he jumps up, he covers me in a bear hug and jumps back on the bed.

I roll out of the bear hug and jump on top of Xander, realizing he quit fighting as I am on top of him and his family jewels. I am laughing as well as he is as we have been fighting naked and are both laughing in unison.

To the dismay of Xander, having been hoping that I would shine the family jewels during my time with him, I jumped off him.

I grab some clothes from the closet for him and throw them at him. Before I get ready for my day, I head to the shower. I tell my husband, before getting into the shower, that I am still mad at Xander. He needs to sleep in a different bedroom for a few days.

They are having the people who kidnapped my brother transported to the Castle dungeons today, and I plan on getting some answers. Who is the young dragon girl and how did they get her? If she is royalty, these idiots that kidnapped my brother may have created a situation for the green dragons to start a war with us.

As soon as I get out of the shower, I throw on some leggings, a sports bra, and some tennis shoes. As I'm getting ready to kick butt in training this morning, I put my hair up into a ponytail. I hurry as not to interact with Xander when he gets out of the shower.

If he is disrespecting me, he must understand that it is not okay for him to do so. Yesterday, he lied by saying he got this warrior from a certain guild. This also meant he didn't believe me when I told him I was a very talented fighter. We need to believe in one another to be a successful couple.

Before I leave for the training grounds, I grab a protein bar and a bottle of water from the kitchen. I see Zach headed to the kitchen, and I really do not want to talk to him. He is irritating annoying. I duck out the back door of the kitchen. Headed towards the training grounds, I see a crowd forming around two people.

I walk over to the crowd and push my way through; I am in shock at who is sparring. It is the queen and Xander's twin sister. I smiled, this was totally outstanding, I hate seeing weak Luna's that think that all that Luna's are meant to be his baby makers and standing behind their mate, instead of with him.

When Luna, Olivia and Xantara were done sparring, I walked up smiling:

"Luna, love it. You are my inspiration." Looking over to Xantara, "Nice to meet you and some really great sparring moves, maybe the three of us could train together sometime.”

Luna Olivia - -

After seeing Clair's skills at fighting and how adept she was, I knew she didn't require any further training. There is one thing Clair doesn't need: she already has gymnastics skills, and she also uses them because of her fighting skills. Clair, you are my inspiration. Xantara, you should have seen when Clair put your brother in his place. Please, I love my son, but like his father and many other Alpha's they are too domineering."

Xantara --

"I can't believe my brother found his mate. I am so happy for you two, my brother can be a bit much, good luck to you."

Clair -

"Xantara, have you found your mate yet?”

Xantara -

"Nah, I am in no hurry, though. You think I would be, seeing as I am 26 years old, which in wolf terms means old maid. However, having gone to human universities, humans are in no hurry, so why are we?”

Clair --

„You are my sister. I never knew I had. I also attended a human school, just achieved my master's degree. Several people have told me that I must find my mate and try to find the one who knows me. There was a sense of being railroaded into something that I was not ready for. It is like if you haven't found your mate by 16 years of age, hang it up you are an old maid now.”

As Xandara and her mother said their goodbyes, I went to watch some of the men train. The guys see me watching them and assume that I am flirtatious. It's blowing kisses, displaying muscles, and pretending to be all sinister. Tired of this, I head down to the training grounds where the men are.

"Would anyone like to spar with me?" I shout out to the wolves that surround me. We don't want you to break any nails at all, sweetheart," they reply, making a joke about it. Here, the first mistake the wolf made was to call me sweetheart.

The first thing I did was to walk up to him and then I walked around him. "Hit me!" I said to him. He tells me he will not hit me; that he will not hurt a she-wolf. I laughed at him, saying, "Okay, you asked for this. I grab him and throw him to the ground.

I grabbed my knife that hid in my shoes and put it to his throat, demanding, "Concede. “In the beginning, he tried to throw me off, but I just dug the knife deeper. He stopped and conceded. This As I jumped off him, I could see Xander approaching the field. He didn't appear to be happy, so I just smirked and asked who was going to attack me. The men looked scared of me now, that is when I gave them tips on when I had been watching them fight earlier. What their weaknesses were and how to master that weakness.

I felt more comfortable as a warrior, but then I could be a Queen Warrior.