Sovereign Fate Chapter 9 Teaser (up Monday)

Bella turned her face to brush her lips against the lean, hardened landscape of her husband’s chest as his laughter died down. His hands immediately began to brush softly up and down her back and arms, the tone of their exchange shifting in an instant. Bella slowly kissed her way up to find his lips as she rose to her knees in front of him, both of their bodies completely exposed to the open air of the room as hands found purchase in one another’s hair while tongues danced deliciously back and forth between their opened mouths.

Their bodies moved closer as Edward pulled her body flush with his, desperate to feel as close as humanly possible, making Bella moan loudly into his mouth. His hands began to drift lower, brushing across the outer curve of her breasts, gaining a little more of their circumference in his grasp with each pass up and down from the curve of her side back up to the soft mounds of flesh. His hand slowly began to drift lower, their target the soft flesh of her womanhood, when a loud knock at the door made them break away with matching groans of annoyance.

Edward grumbled as he pulled on his trousers and a shirt that was left in the antechamber of Bella’s quarters, not bothering to button them. There was already an array of breakfast foods laid out in wait for their desire to dine, so the interruption was not from their servants. The knock resounded again, loud and hard. Edward reached the door opening it was a frustrated expression when he was greeted by the chagrined face of Bella’s favorite guard, Emmett.

“I’m sorry to interrupt, your highness, but my king has requested the presence of both you and the Princess in an hour. He sent me to forewarn you that he has ordered the Princess’s maids to come in fifteen minutes to help her dress and prepare for the meeting. I’m terribly sorry, your highness. I know these are your honeymoon days, but he did not care to listen to anyone’s protests. My Queen, Prince Jacob, and your family have also been summoned.”

Edward grumbled, running his hand through his hair distractedly. “Thank you, Emmett. We will be there.”

Edward returned to inform Bella of the summons, giving her a long sweet kiss before dismissing himself to go clean up in his own guest chambers, promising to come back and escort her to the meeting when he was done. She smiled sadly with a nod, sad to see him have to leave, but also worried about what the meeting entailed. Bella couldn’t help but be concerned that Jacob’s contact’s reply was not as they had hoped.