The Hex Files: Wicked Long Nights (Mysteries from the Sixth Borough Book 2) by Gina LaManna

Author:Gina LaManna [LaManna, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LaManna Books
Published: 2018-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

I woke slowly the next morning, opening one eye at a time to find sunlight streaming through my bedroom windows. A second surprise waited for me on the other half of the bed, his naked chest a firm wall of stone, his eyes open and soft, murky in the early morning light.

The shy smile parted my lips before I knew what was happening, and it had the effect of magic on Matthew’s face. He broke into a grin, his features softening as he wrapped his arms tighter around my body and folded me against his chest. Closing my eyes, I inhaled the distinctive male musk of Matthew—clean and woodsy and sharp—an expensive Spell Splash, as he would settle for nothing less than the best.

Except for me, I realized halfheartedly as I let my body sink against his. I was full of imperfections, yet somehow, we found ourselves wrapped in one another’s embrace time after time. Even now, well after we’d broken up and gone our separate ways, we couldn’t seem to stay apart. He was my drug, my weakness, my kryptonite, and I was his. It was a beautiful, brutal combination that left me breathless, heartbroken, and desperately, madly in love.

“What does this mean for us?” I asked, trailing my fingers lightly down his chest as I allowed my eyes to open and stare at the delicate, chiseled outline of muscle. “I didn’t—ah—expect for that to happen.”

“Neither did I,” he said, stroking my hair with gentle touches that lulled me into a dreamlike state. “May I point out that I’m glad it did? Strictly for the record, of course.”

I laughed, nuzzling against him. After his fiery kiss the previous evening, Matthew and I had found ourselves storming into my place in a whirl of heat and flames and pent up emotions. My heart had broken all over again at the thought of Willa losing her mother, and something in me had been drawn toward Matthew. He was like cool water to a burn, a soothing, healing presence that promised protection and safety and love. And he had delivered in a very big way.

He’d relished, cherished, and savored every second, as had I, and he’d only let me drift off after a wordless night together when the sun burst its first fingers of light over the horizon. Only then had I gently chided him to remind him that unlike vampires, this witch needed sleep. He’d grudgingly pulled me to his chest and, I suspected, held me through the rest of the night and into morning as I drifted into dreams.

He’d always liked to watch me sleep. A fact I’d found quite creepy when we first started dating, but one I had grown to find endearing. He took such joy in the small action that I gave up fighting him on it, especially after he explained why. He missed not having to sleep—not being able to drift off side by side with the woman he loved. So, I found it impossible to ask him to leave.

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