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But somehow I found room for the chocolate cake, and it was to die for

CHAPTER 10

I am yours No refunds

-Will to Cannel

WILL

I woke up with hair on my chest

Hair that definitely wasn’t the normal hair I found on my chest

Then that hairit pucker in reaction

“Swear to God,” Cannel gru to bury into the space between et some damn blinds”

I snorted “Considering we’re at your place, and not mine…”

She sighed “Swear to God We both need to get some damn blinds”

I burst out laughing and turned, unsettling her previous position—her practically lying on top of —and curled myself around her

She sighed and sank into the embrace

“Is this okay?” I asked her

She sth ofto allow her to continue ainst the apex of hs

Once she was as far asback down and pinned it between the two of mine

I waited, worried that the ht make her feel confined, but she seeainst the middle of my chest

“It’s fine,” she whispered “I think that you’re getting to be one of the trusted ones”

I grinned “What’s a trusted one?”

She sed and moved just a little bit closer

“When it first happened, I couldn’t even be nearToo inti froically, I had no doubt that they wouldthat evenAnd the confinement of their arms around me… I couldn’t do it Not at first, anyway Still to this day I have trouble with Shine But in the beginning, I considered ood friend’s husband, Trouper, one of the ‘trusted ones’ Ones that I could hug, or be close to, that wouldn’t cause me to freak out Eventually, all of my brothers but Shine became that for me as well… but yeah One of the trusted ones You”

That ry and happy at the same time

It was a very odd feeling

My hand went to the back of her head, h the thick black hair