The Dragon Prince's Forbidden Affair novel Chapter 10

Workday One

The week of adjusting went by and I hadn't seen Lexus at all. Maybe this was going to continue, and I wouldn't have to worry about running into him. If I stay away from him then we'll have no problems. Arma and Stewart made some time in the past week to hang out with me. They showed me around more so now I was more familiar with the castle and the city. They'd argue a bit sometimes, but I could tell they were close friends.

I made sure to take my meds today since I forgot to take them yesterday. I needed to be able to concentrate on my new work. I don't want to make a bad impression on my first full week of work.

Today was my first day on the job and I had to meet Konn in the castles lounge. I guess I spoke too soon because Lexus was there. I did work for him so of course I'd have to see him on a regular basis. I had to ignore the pull of the mate bond. Cade was there too. "Morning Aqua." They greeted me.

"Morning... sorry if I'm late." I was overthinking a lot this morning and it wasted a lot of my time. When things are important to me I'm usually over prepared but I guess I was anxious.

"You're not but you should always arrive at least ten minutes early for work," Konn explained. "Today should be easy for you because you have the duty of accompanying Prince Lexus through his day." He handed me a piece of paper. "That's his schedule, you need to make sure he's able to be on time. You also need to do any tasks he asks throughout the day." I wasn't looking forward to that. "Cade is going to be there for the first hour to make sure you know what you're doing. Then he'll be assigned something else to do."

I watched Konn walk off then looked at the schedule. "You don't have to bother with that." Lexus said. "I'm capable of keeping to my routine all by myself." He stuffed his hands in his pockets and turned around.

We followed him. "He says that but just make sure he doesn't waste time between classes." Cade whispered.

"I hear you Cade." Lexus said.

"It's our job to make sure things run smoothly." Cade chuckled. "Aqua he main thing you'll have to do is follow his orders. If you think you can help him with something, then advise."

It wasn't much but it felt like a lot. "Okay." I've never been given responsibility like this before.

We walked into a small room with rows of seats then Lexus sat down and gestured for us to sit beside him. There was a man in the room. I'm guessing he was his professor. The class lasted four hours, Cade walked out after the first. The professor taught about the kingdom and the different rulers they had. I guess this was a good time for me to learn too. Lexus kept scooting closer to me when Cade was gone so he was making it hard for me to pay attention even on my meds. I took a deep breath so I could calm down and ignore him but all I smelt was his scent. He was trying to drive me crazy so that the second we got to be alone I'd make a move. I was able to ignore him after a little while and learn something about this place.

Apparently, we all have inner dragons, it's not a second consciousness but another side of us that exists even in our human forms. The side that feels the instincts and desires of a dragon. I thought about the instincts and desires the professor listed and realized I felt my inner dragons a lot. I felt her every time I road on someone's back. I had instincts to jump off and fly myself because that's that my inner dragon wanted. Our heighten senses in our human forms also comes from our inner dragon. I could never have learned things like this in the human realm. He didn't say too much more about it since it seemed like something Lexus was probably taught at a young age and the professor was only reviewing now. I found this stuff a lot more interesting than the things I learned back at home.

After the class I looked at the schedule and we had fifteen minutes before his piano lessons. "What do you usually do between classes?"

Lexus looked at me in the side of his eye as we walked. "We could find a dark private spot." I had to remind myself he was only interested in me because we were mates, he didn't want to do anything with me outside of sexual things. He made himself come across as really unlikable.

My throat felt hot. "That's what you do with Cade?" I joked to lighten the tension.

Lexus chuckled. "No. We usually just talk. Before you came, we'd try to get his holder abilities to show up." It must have been hard for to stop trying. They were best friends but not meant to be King and Adviser.