Their Hidden Princess Novel

---- Chapter 93 Zora Did | have sex with Maximus again? Yes. Should | have? No. Was it quite possibly the best sex of my life? Yes. | couldn't bring myself to be embarrassed as | slunk back into my room. I'd left in just as much of a fluster as | had the night before. | didn't want to sit with Maximus for too long, wallowing in whatever weird bond was happening. | pressed the door closed the turned around. | gasped as | saw Loren standing in the middle of the room.

Her arms were crossed over her chest and she had such a strong disappointment on her face, | felt like | could taste it from across the room. "How was 'training'?" She said, making air quotes around the word with her tone. ---- "S'fine," | mumbled. "You scared me." Loren hummed. "So is sex part of the exercise regime?" "|- What -I-"| stuttered but Loren cut me off again. "Unless that was someone else | should congratulate," she said as she jabbed her thumb towards the wall we shared with Maximus's room. | felt all the heat in my body move into my face. | held my hands up defensively.

"Loren, | can explain-* She dropped her arms to hang loosely at her sides. "When were you going to tell me?" Her voice had become small and frail. "| -1 was going to!" | stuttered again. "I promise. | just was so flustered last night and then-" "Last night?" Loren squeaked. "So, you hid this from me all day?" "Yes and I'm so sorry. | was so confused and-" I took a step towards her and she shuffled back. | winced "Are we friends?" She said, still quiet and upset, "Of course!" | sighed heavily. | shoved my fingers into my temples. "| really was going to tell you.

| just needed time to process it and figure out what the hell even happened and what ---- was supposed to happen and-" I blew out another breath. "I'm sorry Loren." Loren nodded. She looked back up at me through her eyelashes. "Friends don't keep secrets," A pang of guilt washed over me. | was keeping so many secrets from Loren. So many that she deserved to know. Instead, | bit hard on my tongue before sighing again. "| know," | said, softly. "I really am sorry, Loren. | promise | was going to tell you." Loren gave me a half smile. "Just don't do it again," she said.

" And tell me everything." | ignored her first statement before launching into my story. When | got to the first kiss, her jaw fell slack and she stared into my eyes for the entire rest of the story. When | told her about our most recent romp in bed, she squealed. | finished with a weird half a grin. Loren wrinkled her nose. "You totally have sex hair now that I'm looking at you." | smoothed a hand over my braid and Loren cackled as | did. She finally stopped and rested her chin in her hands. "So do you like him?" | fidgeted. | remembered her comment about secrets and ---- huffed a breath.

"Kind of," | said. "I don't know how to put it in words. Like he feels like a piece of my puzzle that has yet to be completed. | like him but he doesn't make me feel full." "Wow," Loren breathed. "Maybe you really do have two fated mates." | fidgeted again. "About that," | cleared my throat. "My wolf seems to think | may have more than one fated mate." Lorens eyes went wide. "How does she know that?" | gnawed on my bottom lip. | couldn't reveal the wolves secret to Loren. But | owed her some of the truth. She was the biggest support | had at school. "She heard rumors," | said, softly.

"Tales of a queen from before the Great Enslavement. She had four fated mates." "Four?" Loren gasped. "Here, | can't find one and yet someone can have four!?"