Healed by Samantha Stone

Author:Samantha Stone [Stone, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

WHEN Aiyanna came to, she refused to open her eyes. Somehow her dream hadn’t faded yet despite a regained awareness of her consciousness. It couldn’t have because Cael was here, closer than he ever was…unless he absolutely had to be. If she didn’t know any better, she would think the length of their bodies were touching, her uninjured side pressed against his. A hand played in her hair, and was that Happythankyoumoreplease playing in the background?

It was one of her favorite movies—and there it was, speaking to her over Cael’s soft breaths against her ear.

What a dream. This was much simpler than the dream she’d just left, one where she and Cael were running from some unknown force, something that met them at every corner, this close to reaching them. It hadn’t been romantic, but they’d been together, a team. If not for the terror of the nightmare, she would’ve enjoyed it.

This was much better. She hummed pleasantly and snuggled even closer to Cael, cringing when her chest protested her movement. He became motionless beside her, and her eyes flew open.

He was still there. I wasn’t dreaming. Her head was turned away from him, but she could smell him…and the acrid scent of his fear for her. She tried to roll onto her side to face him, but he put one large hand on her shoulder, pinning her to the bed.

There was no way in hell she wanted to fight this hold.

“Don’t move.” Cael’s voice was rough, making him sound as if he’d swallowed equal amounts of sandpaper and sharp nails. Does he sound like this because of me? Surely not.

Cael leaned down over her. He searched her face, his eyes the color of her favorite dark-wash jeans, before moving down her body and stopping where she was shot. It was sore, but the pain wasn’t unbearable. What was unbearable was this man leaning over her, such concern in his expression it brought tears to her eyes.

Before her tears had a chance to fall, he lowered his face to hers and kissed her softly, a light brush of his lips. There was no tongue, no pressure, but a caress that wouldn’t bruise even the wing of a butterfly. When she tried to kiss him harder, reaching up to cup his face, he pulled away.

“Nuh uh, come back here,” she grumbled, tightening her hold on his thick, wavy hair. The tips curled at his shoulders, brushing against the backs of her hands.

“I don’t want to hurt you further.” He kissed her again, as lightly as before.

“I’m not a piece of glass!”

“For the next couple of weeks, you might as well be.” Cael actually put his fingers on her chin to tilt her face toward his. If she wasn’t so crazy about him, she may have bit his hand. “How much pain are you in?”

She sighed. “I can handle it.”

“Your bullet wound didn’t heal properly, and until it does, you must rest.” Cael’s scowl was formidable, but it did nothing to intimidate her.

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