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He pulledon his lap, his ar his T-shirt,for a lot of different reasons Odhran losing so us and that wanted to hurt Cian and Odhran because of what they were born as, and all the stress finally bubbling to the surface and spilling over It all just came to a head until I couldn’t control it anymore

I didn’t kno long I stayed like that, sitting on his lap, clutching him as he held , and I felt like I had a seain

I pulled back but only enough so I could see his face He slid one hand upmy neck to cup the side ofinto his touch When I ith Cian, I felt like I ading in a warh me I didn’t know if it was this Linked Mate connection we had, or if it was because, for the first ti profound to somebody else

“I’ weakness,” I said softly and didn’t knohy I needed to tell hiized for how I acted before, but I also knew I had to be strong right now

The soft son my lower back, didn’t er than I ever had before

“Ye’re no’ weak Ye’re hu”

I held aze lower tome softly

I could tell it wasn’t a kiss of sexual need, but one where he wanted to be close to me in an innocent way He broke away far too soon and murmured, “When ye’re a species in the Otherworld, ye’re , to shoeakness The vulnerability that humans have, that alth that they think is a downfall… it’s verra beautiful” He looked down at ain “It’s beautiful on ye”

My breath hitched at his tone and softly spoken words I slipped my hands up his chest, over the hard planes of his pectorals, and curled ers around his shoulders

Everything was so upside down right now that all I wanted was to have control, to make decisions for myself that I knew the outcome of

What I wanted, who I wanted was Cian

And so I leaned forward and kissed hi to me Our eyes were still open, and his expression was one that showed shock and… hope It also showed his glowing blue eyes, and I felt the ru

“I want you,” I whispered against hishis reaction His eyes were hooded, his arousal clearly written on his face And I felt the physical proof of how ainstmy pussy to become even wetter

“We have all the time in the world, my Evie We donna have tae do this now I’ve waited two and half centuries for ye I can wait as long as ye need”

I softened against him farther at his words, at the fact that I knew they were the truth The knowledge that I had this kind of control over hi he wanted

I shook my head at his words because I didn’t—wouldn't—stop this Did we really have all the time in the world? If those people attacked us once, they’d do it again, wouldn’t they? Would this be a never-ending cycle of where ere just running constantly, always looking over our shoulders until one day ere killed or Cian was taken?

I felt all of that seep into ht our foreheads together

“We have all the ti each word slowly, pushing theh the haze of panic that started to rise “I will no’ let ye go”

I didn’t kno the next sequence of events happened, but before I knew it, ainst his I was frantic as I kissed hiroaned forhis lips so I could sink inside