The Dragon Prince’s Forbidden Affair
CHAPTER 27.0: The Aftermath

CHAPTER 27.0: The Aftermath

Aqua’s POV

After hearing my mother’s story, it made me think a lot about my own. “I understand everything now,but I can’t stay here.”

“Okay… but Aqua please stop seeing Prince Lexus. I don’t want this for you.”

“I will but not until Monday. I need these last few days…”

She frowned. “You heard my story. Trust me Aqua, you don’t want to be in that position.” That’s exactlywhat she said in my dream. “I don’t regret any of it, but I still want to save you the heartache. Stopseeing Lexus. Not Monday, not tomorrow, now. The worst part is the hope you have that he’ll leave herwon’t ever go away…”

My eyes watered because she was right. “Okay… you’re right, I should do it sooner than later. That stilldidn’t change my decision. I can’t stay here Mae.”

Mae frowned. “Even if it means your lifespan is shortened? You already live a lot shorter than the fulldragon shifters. The king and queen won’t let you retire after the next adviser takes over. You’ll still useyour abilities for them and die early because of it.”

I didn’t know that before my mother’s story, so I haven’t had time to think about it. “Holders are able todo so much for their kingdom, the sacrifice is equal.” I got up. “I should go.” I felt nothing butdisapproval from my mother. “Here.” I grabbed a pen that was on the coffee table and wrote mynumber on a scrap piece of paper on the table. “Here’s my number, I’ll come back when I’m not busyworking.” I still wanted a relationship with her, but it had to be on my terms.

Mae got up and hugged me. “You’re so much like your father.”

I walked out of the room. “Time to go.”

“Already?” Konn asked.

Lexus walked to me. “Are you sure you want to leave?”

I nodded. “I’ll be back but I think we should go for now.” I had a lot to think about.

Mae walked to Konn. “How did Lynn take the news about Aqua?”

Konn pushed my mom's hair behind her ear. “We're recovering from it. I have to focus on my familyright now so you might not see me for a while. I really hurt her and my older son. He hasn’t admitted itbecause of Aqua. He's happy to have a sister but he’s hurt that I had an affair.” I didn’t think aboutCade being hurt from that, but I should have. It made perfect sense.

Mae looked down out of guilt. “I understand…” She looked at me then at Konn. “We should stop this alltogether.” She wanted to set a good example for me. “This has been going on for way too long Konain,I want to be happy for more than just the few times a year you come here.” She deserved that.

Konn kissed her forehead. “Okay Fairy.” He walked to us and opened a portal.

I waved to Mae before I walked through. “What did Mae tell you?” Konn asked me on the other side.

“She told me everything including the fact that my shifting abilities aren’t sealed.” I took a deep breath.“Adult hybrids of my combination usually don’t shift until adulthood.”

“That’s okay, you should be shifting soon then, we’ll figure it out,” Lexus said.

Konn looked sad. “When you want to go back the portal splicer is here Aqua.” He put it in the drawer.

“Are you okay?” I asked.

Konn walked to the door. “No but it doesn’t matter, I’m the only one to blame for how I feel now.” Hedidn’t want to stop seeing my mother.

I let him leave then turned to Lexus. “We should stop seeing each other too… I’m going to the full moonball with Calvin so we can meet up sometime during it to go through with the rejection.”

“What? We have a few days left; we should use them Aqua. I was serious when I told you I hadfeelings for you. You can look me in my eyes and tell me you don’t share those feelings?” He staredinto my eyes.

A few tears ran down my cheek. “No, I can’t because I do have feelings for you Lexus. I’ve liked youeven before we had sex. That’s why we have to stop, I can’t keep doing this even for another daybecause I’m just going to fall in love with you. I’m not going to be able to bare that when we have toreject each other. It’s better to stop while we’re ahead.”

Lexus wiped my tears away and it only made me cry harder. “Okay, we’ll distance ourselves these lastfew days.”

“Thank you,” I whispered. I walked out of the room wiping my tears away. I didn’t realize Konn waswaiting outside of the door. “Konn? Aren’t you getting back to wo-” I stopped speaking because hehugged me.

“Come on, let’s go for a fly,” he suggested.

I walked with him out the castle. He shifted into his dragon form and I climbed on. We flew around for awhile then he landed on a cliff that was far out. I climbed down and he shifted into his human form. “Youwere seeing Lexus?”

I sat down with my back against the tree. “I was… I know it was stupid. I broke things off because Maewanted me to. We weren’t going to continue things past the full moon.”

“Why the full moon specifically?”

I didn’t want another person to know we were mates. “It felt like a good time stamp that’s all… I like hima lot and he likes me. I don’t want to end up like you and Mae either. I don’t want to be his mistress fortwenty years. Plus, Sadia is my friend.”

He sat down next to me. “These things are complicated Aqua.”

I leaned against him. “Do you ever wish you met Mae for the second time before you met Lynn?”

“No because then I wouldn’t have Cade or Gray. If I met Mae as adults before Lynn I would probably bemarried to Mae. I wouldn’t have had an affair because I’ve never desired a woman more than her.You’d probably have a few more full siblings. It’s a nice thought but not worth giving up my sons for.” Itwas a good answer. “If I didn’t have kids then the answer would be different."

I stared out past the cliff. “Lexus and Saida don’t have any children and they aren’t married yet but I’mthe holder. I guess our obstacles are different.”

“Very different.”