I grinned while baring my teeth. “You are correct in saying that. Our dislike for one another is the only thing we have in common, unless it is about you of course.”
The city’s guards bowed low as we excited into the valley.
Remnant chewed on her lip again and I found myself waiting in anticipation for her next inquisition. I was thoroughly enjoying her openness.
“What is your shifter form?”
My stride faltered with surprise. I looked down at her. “You don’t know?”
She shot me a look of annoyance. “If I did I would not have asked,your majesty.”
I raised a brow. “We are back to that again, are we, little umbra?”
“We never left it.” She shrugged.
I chuckled and shook my head, placing my hand on the small of her back to guide her towards the river that surrounded our valley. “I thought it was common knowledge. My shifter form is not like most. It’s part of the reason why I never shifted before you knew who I was.”
She rolled her eyes. “Forgive me for not subscribing to the history and life of thegoldenprince’s fan club.”
I stopped abruptly and looked down at her in surprise. The tinge of jealousy there was something I had not expected from her. A gentle wind blew her hair across her aggravated face and I couldnot resist tucking it back, allowing my fingers to trail down her cheek.
“You should, you know. Subscribe, I mean. You’d be the first and only one in it. Ever.”
She arched a brow at me. “I don’t believe that for a second, your majesty. I’m sure your city is full of such fan clubs.”
“Be that as it may, I only care about one of them and it’s the one you are in.”
My soulmate huffed but she did not pull away from my touch, if anything she leaned more into it, something she had done more than once today.
“Why are you avoiding my questions?” She murmured.
“I suspect the same reason why you are avoiding telling me if you want to be in my fan club.”
“Tell me.” She finally pulled away from me and glared.
I dropped my hand, enjoying the commanding tone growled from her delectable lips. “Just like your shadows are different from your own court, my shifter side is different too…the cat’s soul is his own…he is not of our world.”
“Thank the Goddess for that.”The beast peeked out from my deep subconscious where he had been sulking.
“I was wondering when you were going to chime in. I believe that was the longest you have gone.”I shot back harshly.
The cat huffed. "You told me not to speak to you.”
Remnant’s green eyes studied me for a moment, reading the inner dialogue on my face. “Show me him.”
My brows raised up humorously and studied the stubborn set of her jaw. “Are you commanding me again, little umbra?”
“I really wish you’d stop calling me that.”
Little umbra, little shadow. From the moment I first spoke those words and I heard her deadened heart come stuttering back to life, I knew that I would never go a day without making sure I said it as often as I could.
“I don’t think so. Besides, your shadows would be disappointed if I did.” On cue, the shadows burst forth, spinning me in their tornado of darkness before releasing me into a dizzying stumble of laughter.
Remnant sniffed and her lip pouted out. “Do not underestimate their loyalty to me just because of their fondness for you.”
My smile diminished and I nodded seriously. “I would never question their loyalty to you, Remnant Dark.” I stared deep intoher eyes. “And know that you are worthy of that loyalty from all of Faerie, not just your shadows.”
She broke my stare, looking out over the river with pain in her eyes. “Loyalty to me only gets fae killed, shifter. Like my shadows, you don’t know what I am capable of, which is why I don't champion any fan club.”
