Between Brothers by Black Stasia

Author:Black, Stasia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

ROMULUS

I spring awake and blink in shock at the feel of the warm, naked woman curled in my arms. At least I have my pants on this time.

I should disentangle myself from her immediately. It’s wrong for me to stay here and steal this moment enjoying the thick curves of her leg thrown over my hip, my hand wrapped around her soft waist. Reflexively, my hands squeezes a little, and she responds, nestling her face in further against my naked chest.

For a moment, I can’t breathe.

And it strikes me that I—

Dear god I never knew what it was to want before this moment.

Because I want her. Not just sexually, though, yes, my rod is stiffening with wakefulness. But it’s so much more than that. I want to wake with her curled around me like this every morning. I want her to look at me with those laughing, teasing eyes of hers. I want to protect her and care for her so she is safe and never has a want or need that is not immediately met.

My chest lightens with this amazing discovery. But then I’m struck with the deep blow of loss the next.

Because the only reason she’s curled around me so intimately at this moment is because she was with him.

Remus.

My eternal nemesis who’s finally gone too far. If I could carve him out of the back of my head, I would. He picked the one woman in the world who was perfect for me but also had a big enough heart to care for him in spite of all his bullshit.

She’s impossible, and yet here she is.

The question is, what the hell am I going to do with her now? What are his plans for her? Because he’s somehow managed to block his mind and memories from me, so for once, I can’t see his schemes. I’m playing chess, blindfolded, with a maniac. And it’s not just a battle in the name of some faceless warlord I care nothing about.

This is for her.

I won’t let anything harm her. Especially not my twin.

Selfishly, I stay perfectly still, holding her for hours until sunlight begins to spill through the windows. Her face is so perfect and serene in sleep. Her beauty makes my chest ache.

I feel her begin to stir and know it’s time to depart, but still, I don’t. If I’m to have stolen these moments with her, I won’t flee without her knowing about it. Unlike my brother, I’m no liar.

So I stay there as her eyes blink awake, sleep-encrusted and bleary in the morning light. She starts a little, a slight gasp at her lips when she sees my face hovering above hers.

“You,” she whispers.

But she doesn’t immediately yank away, and it gives my foolish heart hope.

“Me,” I say, my voice coming out more gruff than I mean it to.

She blinks and then swallows, her arms and legs still entangled with mine. “How long have you. . . been awake?”

I’m tempted to say I just awoke, but I remind myself, no.

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