The Dragon Prince's Forbidden Affair novel Chapter 36

Adopted but Family

In the middle of the night, I heard a knock on my door. I walked to it and opened it to see Lexus. "Can't sleep?"

Lexus walked in. "Nope, you have room for one more. In your bed." He clarified.

I yawned. "I do but can't you just smoke? Couldn't you just smoke last time too?" I sat down on my bed. "I heard it puts you right to sleep.

Lexus sat on the other side of my bed. "Yeah, but I'd rather sleep with you because this'll give me a lot better sleep than smoking would."

I turned the light off. "I officially met Gray earlier today."

Lexus took his slides off and laid down. "How did that go?"

"Not the best, he was upset that he's not the holder." I thought of how his disappointed face looked. "Cade's being a great brother and I'm sure my relationship with Gray will get better."

"But?" Lexus asked.

"I miss my adoptive siblings. I was raised with them and was kind of close with them. I even helped raise the youngest a lot." I sighed. "They've always felt like they're my real family. I miss them so much."

Lexus got up. "Then let's go visit them now."

"What? We can't just leave." When I was first taken from the outside world, we went so far that I noticed there was a time difference. My phone had to adjust to it, and we were a few hours ahead from my hometown. The sun probably only just went down for them.

Lexus put his slides back on. "Sure, we can, I'm not exactly restricted in where I can go. I didn't plan on going to the human world for a while, but this is a good reason. Although I wouldn't mention our trip to your father."

"Okay, let's go." I got up and changed out of my pajamas. I couldn't believe I'd be going back to the human world. I followed Lexus out of my room. "Would us leaving together seem weird to the guards?" Guards were present 24/7 even if there were just a few.

"The guards won't say anything unless they're specifically asked who left and when. Konn doesn't usually ask those questions. If he finds out, we'll just make something up that's work related." Lexus was confident so I might as well have been too.

We left the castle and he shifted into his dragon form. I gave him the directions then climbed on which I was a lot better at now and he took off. I loved flying on Lexus' back. I knew it was going to be a long flight so I laid down on my stomach.

I climbed down when Lexus landed in the nearby woods and he shifted back. It wasn't too dark yet; I doubt anyone was asleep. "I'm afraid... last time I was here I just left them..."

Lexus put his hand on my shoulder. "We'll figure it out." He kissed my forehead for the first time, and it made me feel safe.