Valiant (The Blood Trail Chronicles Book 3) by AE Watson & Tara Brown

Author:AE Watson & Tara Brown [Watson, AE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tara Brown
Published: 2021-02-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

I woke with a start. The room was foreign. The smells were off. Everything was strange and frightening until I saw him. Grayson. He was in the bed next to me, sleeping on his stomach, facing me. His beautiful face brought an instant calm as memories flitted back in. He’d put me to bed after that confounded tub of salty water had drained me of all energy.

Had that been his plan? Subdue and bed me. I glanced down into the sheets and found I was naked. As was he.

“We didn’t make love,” he muttered from the pillow.

“Why am I naked?”

“You wore your clothes into the water like a fool. They had to be cleaned and dried.” He cleared his throat and grinned. “How was your sleep?”

“Fine.” I scowled, realizing it wasn’t just fine. It was something else, magical. The deepest, best sleep of my life perhaps. “Did you drug me?”

“No, the salt baths are known for their calming and sleep-inducing qualities. It’s the secret to success down here. They all bathe in the salt pools and sleep like the dead. Tired or worn muscles, weary minds, tired hearts—it cures everything with a single night’s sleep. They wake after a night of battle completely refreshed.” He winked. “And I am feeling refreshed.” He slid closer to me, wrapping his arm around my waist and pulling me into him so our chests pressed against each other.

“What are you doing?” I pushed on his firm chest.

“Giving you the greeting I have wanted to give you from the moment I saw that dragon flying through the air.” He rolled me so I was on my back and he hovered over me. The sparkle in his eyes lit my stomach on fire as it always did while his lips caressed and feathered against mine.

The smell of him created an urge, no a need, for more.

I slid my hands up into his dark hair, intensifying our kiss, forcing my tongue to meet his as the hunger for him increased. I’d missed his touch and the feel of him consuming me. His fangs popped as we kissed, brushing against my lips. I rolled him onto his back and climbed onto him. His body was hard and muscled against mine. His hands reached around, cupping me and forcing me to writhe against him.

We devoured one another.

There was desperation and lust mixed with emotions we hadn’t spoken of in quite some time. I pushed away those feelings and let this be carnal, two people taking and giving in an exchange of releases. I forced myself to feel only the physical as the emotional was too complicated.

And when it was over, we lie in a sweaty heap. I rested my face on his chest and gasped for air.

The silence that had been filled with our heavy breaths and moans grew quiet and awkward. The aftermath of too many unspoken words.

“I love you,” he whispered, making it all the more complicated.

“I know,” I nodded against him, staring at the wall instead of lifting my face to meet his gaze.

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