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•• Chapter 34 ••

It was hard to breathe, I was sweating and my body hurt, but I needed to continue. I couldn't give up, not now... I was so close to beat him.

"You're getting better, but you still have a lot to learn," Ryan said before dodging my punch and push me down on the ground.

I stayed on the ground spread eagle panting and sweating. I looked at my mate and he was perfectly fine, he was not even sweating.

"Let's... Take a break..." I said between some rapid breaths.

"That will be all for today, you did good," my mate helped me up.

I smiled at him and jumped on his back. "Let's go take a shower?" I asked as he started to walk inside our house.

In the bathroom, I let myself fall from his back and he started taking his clothes off. I did the same as he opened the shower before stepped inside a few seconds later.

I followed him and he started to wash my hair. I groaned, it felt so good. I close my eyes as he went to wash the shampoo off my hair. Then he started to wash my body, I could feel his hands everywhere.

I yelped when he went to wash between my wings.

"Sorry, are you okay?" apologized my mate worriedly.

"It's sensitive that's all," I answered as I looked back at my wings.

They grew a lot since the first day I got them back. Maybe in a few days, I would be flying in the sky with everyone else!

Ryan liked to wash my wings, he found them soft. In my case, I didn't mind, but sometimes, a moan would escape me and that I don't like.

When he was about to wash my wings off, I moved my wings around so it would toughen the water spray.

"Keith, don't move," I heard my mate chuckle.

Soon, I stopped and let him wash me off. Then it was my turn to wash him off and I took my sweet time feeling every muscle on his body and the texture of his wings. It was rough yet some part where smooth. It looked like the dragon's wings.

Dried and dressed, we went out to the market. It was lively as usual. Then I recognized some familiar ingredients and decided to make my special cooking for Ryan!

"Can we buy this?" I asked my mate as I pointed at some products.

"Why would you need that?" he asked curiously.

"To cook you something!" I pouted when he looked at me in disbelief.

"I thought you didn't know how to cook?" he looked at the products I chose.

"I only know one dish and I don't know why, but it's the only one that I won't make a catastrophe," I pouted as he gave the man his money.

"Thank you very much, your highnesses!" The seller said while smiling as he put everything in a basket.

Ryan looked worried when I entered the kitchen to do our late lunch. I didn't know if he was worried about me hurting myself or the fact he could be subject to some food poisoning.

"You can ask Sebastian about my special cooking if you don't believe me," I tried to convince my mate seemed to suffer a heart attack each time I do something. Well, I couldn't blame him either after the disaster of the other day...

After an hour later, I finally finished! It not only looked good, but the taste was perfect too! I called my mate as I took the plates.

"It smells good," he admitted making me smile and put our dishes on the table. "So chef, describe your dish," he teased as he looked at me.

"It is a perfectly smoked beef tartare with an amazing egg yolk on top and some secret spices that I only know," I answered seriously trying not to laugh.

My mate chuckled and took a bite, he slowly munched and then put the fork and knife down before looking back at me.

"I must say..." he started all serious making me nervous, "It is delicious Love!" he smiled as he took his glass up and tipped it toward me. I smiled proud of myself as I took my glass up to meet his. "Where did you learn this recipe?" he asked after taking a sip.

"It was for mom's birthday. I wanted to do something special for her, so I researched for a recipe and practiced with my sister's help. I was helpless in the kitchen, but I didn't stop trying and after months of practice, together, we gave her a special night with our family and close friends," I smiled remembering the good memories. "Today, I wanted to thank you for everything you did for me. Not only for helping me get back my wings but also to not have given up on me and letting my family and friend live here in your Kingdom even if we were enemies. In the end, I didn't think of a better idea than this," I said blushing as I felt my wings fluttering.

"It is plenty, Keith. However, it is not only my Kingdom anymore, it's ours. You're my mate, so you're also King. The people here love and believe in you, Keith. They aren't blinded by hatred, and being honest with them will bring you more friends than enemies," my mate answered with a kind smile before taking another bite.

I looked down with a smile and started to eat. At least, I didn't practice this long for nothing. I could make my mate happy! We continued to talk about more trivial things as we ate. Around the end, I was really blushing hard since Ryan didn't stop praising my cooking.

Finished, I took our plates and put it into the sink. I hummed as I went to take out the cake I bought. Suddenly, an immense pain erupted in my back. I saw the cake falling down until it was smashed down on the ground. Soon, I hit the ground too and gasped for air.

My back... Hurt... So much...