The Kraken in the Lake by Annie Beth Rider

Author:Annie Beth Rider [Rider, Annie Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

It’s a miracle that Kate could hear Sam over the pounding in her ears. Her heart felt like it was going to jump out of her chest. Emotions that she had never felt before, ones that she couldn’t even begin to describe, flooded her system.

She was still crying, but not for the same reasons as before. She was so overcome by his profession that she couldn’t contain her feelings.

There was so much buried in what Sam had just said, more than she could process right now. His isolation, his loneliness, his overwhelming need for acceptance and love. Even the fact that he had finally put a name to what he was. Sam wasn’t a human, he was Kraken.

Kate already knew what her answer was. She knew it the moment she had first looked into his depthless blue eyes. She wanted Sam. Not just for sex, not just for one time. She wanted everything from him.

Kate wanted nothing more than to be Sam’s. She wanted him to be selfish and to never let her go.

Then never let me go.

It was on the tip of her tongue.

But she couldn’t get it out.

Something in the back of her mind was nagging at her. There was something about what he had just said that didn’t seem quite right.

The way he spoke about her...Kate could have been replaced with anyone. The thing he found so special about her was that she hadn’t run away screaming. Would anyone who fit that criteria work for Sam?

It sounded like all he really wanted was someone who accepted him.

As much as it hurt, she understood it. She got it, she really did. Sam was twenty-something years old and had never been with a woman. Not just that, he had never been in any kind of proximity with one either. If she were in his position, she wouldn’t be picky either. But Sam was setting the bar low. Would he take any woman that didn’t mind looking at him?

She wanted Sam too much to be okay with that.

For the first time in Kate’s life, she felt like she was worth more than that. She was worth more than just being a warm body, or the daydream of any woman. She needed Sam to want her, not just the idea of a partner. She needed him to want her, Kate, as much as she wanted him.

It was impossible to meet his eyes when she finally spoke. Instead, she turned around and walked back to the hearth. She picked up her blanket where she had dropped it and wrapped it around her shoulders again. Tears rolled off her face and onto the soft material where they were immediately absorbed.

“If you’re going to be doing all the chores, then you have to let me make you lunch and dinner. It’s the least I can do if you’re going to do all the hard work while I stay inside and relax,” Kate said. She couldn’t even feign sincerity, her words coming out quiet and flat.

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