The Dragon Prince's Forbidden Affair novel Chapter 88

Trust

Mom and I were on her bed in our pajamas drinking tea, "So is Lexus always high?" Mom asked. We were on the topic of relationships, so I guess that's why she had to throw that question in.

I chuckled nervously. "Only a quarter of the time. More often now that we're not in the castle anymore. Do you think that's bad?"

Mom shook her head. "I guess it's fine as long as he does what he needs to do." She took a sip of her tea then said, "It was just a little bit of a surprise seeing him like that after dinner two weeks ago."

I could understand that. "Mom... have you been keeping up with the news? Everyone's calling me a trader."

Mom sighed. "Yeah I've seen it. Don't let it get to you Aqua, you've been doing good." I had told her about the little things I was doing for the village I was staying in and the neighboring villages. I think you should start doing bigger things you know. Magic users and spell casters usually take jobs posted online or on notice boards."

I finished my tea and put the cup on the counter. "You think I'll be up to it?"

"Of course, your abilities are maturing and you're a natural at magic." My mother had been picking up where our gram left off with teaching me.

I laid back. "I'll do that, but you'll have to come with me when I take my first official big job."

"I will but you need to join the coven first, I think it'll really be good for you." She insisted.

I grabbed my shoulder. "Shit." I swore from pain.

"What's wrong?"

"I..." My heart started racing from fear.

"Is it Lexus? What kind of pain is it? Is he hurt or..."

There was no way to interrupt the signal of a mark of true mates. Even being here with my mother's protection spell didn't cancel out our connection the way it did for my father and Lynn. 'Is everything okay?' I asked Lexus telepathically.

'Yeah, someone accidently touched my mark, that's all.' He explained and I told my mother.

"They accidentally touched it?" She didn't believe him. "Do you trust him, Aqua? You know what he's capable of."

I frowned. "Do you trust Dad?" We were in similar situations so I'm not sure why she's talking to me about trust.

She looked away. "I do. He loves me more than he loved Lynn. He never cheated on Lynn with anyone else, it was always only me."

"Lexus cheated on Sadia with Vella... not just me but he didn't love Sadia, he didn't even like her romantically." We both had our reasons for trusting the men we were with despite them cheating with us.

I looked at the door as Dad walked in. "Should I come back?"

Mom shook her head. "No, no we can all be together, I love when we spend time as a family. I feel like it makes up for the lost time."