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Makenna seehed contentedly and nuzzled her cheek against his chest again, relaxing in his arh she felt that she had found a safe haven

Bard wasn’t sure how long they sat like that, with the petite, curvy little female cradled in his lap He stroked her hair and her back through the thin nightshirt and hu becaently as he could, he slipped her back under the covers

Thinking she was asleep, he was about to leave when she reached for hi one small hand on his arm to stop him

“Bard not leave Makenna,” she said, her voice sleepy but also pleading “Not leave alone Not”

“Well, hell, baby girl…” He sighed and ran a hand through his hair He really shouldn’t slide under the covers and lay down beside her, he told hie place and he didn’t want to be woken by screaain And besides, it would only be until she actually went to sleep, then he could slip out and go back to his own bed…right?

“Bard stay?” she asked, interrupting his internal debate She looked up at hi in the dim room “Bard stay with Makenna?”

“All right,” Bard said, finally irl—until you fall back asleep”

With a sigh, he slid under the covers, laying on his back andsure to keep to his side of the bed

But that apparently wasn’t good enough for Makenna She rolled over and snuggled against hi her soft, curvy body under his left arhed contentedly and rubbed her cheek against his chest, inhaling deeply, as though she liked the way he smelled

As it happened, Bard liked the way she sht There was a scent about her like a female in heat and in fact, parts of her body did seeht points of her nipples against his side and they were definitely warmer than the rest of her He froas that normal for her kind of humanoid?

Of course, there was no way to ask—not even if he’d had perfect coe, which he certainly did not What could he do, say—“Hey, why are your nipples getting hot?”