My Not Yet Mate
My Tortured Mate Chapter 13
Lonna (3 years later)
She knelt in front of Lily to straighten her uniform skirt. She smiled up at the little girl.
âAre you ready for your first day of school, baby?,â she asked.
Lily shook her head. âNo, Mommy. The kids are mean to me.â
Lonna sighed as she stood back up. She turned Lily around to face the mirror as she ran the brush through her long blonde hair silently for a moment while she tried to think of what to say to her. She was sick of the way Lily was treated in the clan.
âLily, sweetheart, kids are mean. They are just bullies. You have to ignore them. Promise me you will not take to heart anything they say.â
She sniffled and wiped her nose on her shirt. âIâll try, Mommy.â
Lonna quickly braided her hair in two long French braids. She put her hands on Lilyâs shoulders and leaned down to kiss her cheek.
âCome on, baby. Letâs get you to school so we can get you home.â
Lily looked up at her. âDo I have to let Daddy Luis take me? I want you to take me.â
She took her hand and squeezed it as she began to walk her to the door. She snagged the backpack off of the hooks by the front door. Preston took Lilyâs other hand and led them out. As they neared the castle, Lilâs fear rose.
âItâs going to be okay, honey,â Preston told her. âJust breathe. We will be okay. Do what youâre told, keep your head down and I will heal you when you get home, okay?â
She nodded and leaned her head against his arm. âOkay, Daddy.â
Preston glanced at Lonna and opened their link.
âHow far did you get yesterday?â
âTwo miles over the south border.â
I want you to try for three today.â
âItâll kill you. I canât.â
Preston swung Lily up into his arms and tickled her rips a little. âWe have to. The more we test this spell
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the sooner we can get Lily out.â
Lonna sighed as Lily squealed with laughter. âI wish the queen had been able to take her,â she whispered through their link.
He cut his eyes at her. âBut she couldnât. We canât rely on Queen Odanya and King Sterling. Everybody knows sheâs dying.â
âSo whatâs the point of trying to test the spell?,â she asked.
He smiled down at Lily. âLily, do you have any friends?â
âNo. Everybody hates me.â
âDo you think you can keep a secret?â
âYes, yes, yes!,â she screamed.
He chuckled, bouncing her a little. âOne day your prince charming is going to come and take you away from all of this. He is going to take you to his big castle where you can eat whatever you want whenever you want. He will protect you from everybody and will make you happy for the rest of your life.â
She frowned at him. âNobody is going to love me, Daddy. Iâm ugly.â
He shifted her in his arms again to hug her tight. âNo, baby. You have a prince charming out there. I can tell you his name if you want.â
She stared at him.
âWhat are you doing?,â Lonna asked him fearfully.
âTelling her the truth.â
âWe canât be sure sheâs his mate.â
âI am. I overheard Odanya and Sterling fighting about it at the last ball. We need to get word to Prince Lukas. He will stop at nothing to have her.â
âAnd what if youâre wrong?â
âLily, listen to me. One day a man will come for you. He will be a dragon. He has red hair and green eyes. When he takes you, nobody will ever hurt you again. You just need to trust him.â
Lily leaned towards Lonna with her arms out. Lonna took her and Lily wrapped herself around her. She buried her face in Lonnaâs neck.
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âLily-â
âGoddess, why are you late every fucking year?!,â Luis yelled, storming down the stairs.
Lily flinched in Lonnaâs arms and clung to her tighter,
âWe do apologize, Your Majesty, I overslept. It wonât happen again.â
âPut the girl down so we can get this over with.â
Lonna squeezed Lily and set her down on the ground. She shifted nervously as Preston helped her put her backpack on. She shyly looked up at King Luis.
âGood morning, Daddy Luis.â
He glared at her for a second before reaching out to take her hand. He yanked her forward and Preston had to stop Lonna from leaping on the bastard. He forced Lily to turn around in a circle, making her skirt flare out and lift up off of her butt. Luisâ eyes moved her body and a glimmer of interest ignited in
his eyes.
Lonna pulled away from Preston and snatched Lily away from Luis. âSheâs only 7, Sire,â she hissed.
Luis tossed his head back to laugh. She glared at him.
âI will do as I please. Now, letâs go, child!â
He grabbed her backpack and started to drag her down the driveway while she struggled to keep up with him. Preston let Lonna go to hurry after them. Lonna watched them go, taking deep breath after deep breath to calm the volcano inside her before she went inside to wait for the king to come back. She went
inside and down to the kingâs playroom. Once inside she stripped her clothes off while Queen Martha watched eagerly.
âWhere does he want me?,â she asked the queen.
She walked over to the dragonâshaped board attached to the wall. The queen shackled her wrists and her ankles before going over to the chest in the middle of the room. She pulled out a large silicone, penisâshaped toy attached to a black leather harness. Lonna eyed it.
âWhatâs that?â
Queen Martha Jaughed. âIâm going to have fun with you, while we wait.â
Lonna took a deep breath. âYour Majesty, please, donât. I-â
She slapped her, cutting her plea off. âYou can stop that shit now. I donât want to hear it.â She grinned evilly, âI just want to fuck you.â