Rising Darkness (The Veil Keeper Book 4) by Harper Wylde

Author:Harper Wylde [Wylde, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-01-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Kota

Lorn’s breath hitched as I stalked toward her like a starving man.

And I was.

I needed Lorn like I needed fucking air, and I was done denying myself. Like a masochist, I’d tried to stay away from her, allowing myself just enough of her presence, of her sharp mind, of her keen wit, of her pure soul, to sate the mate bond and my natural curiosity about the intriguing woman who’d crashed into my life. But being near her in any capacity had been hell, because the more I got to know her, the more I wanted her. Slowly, I fell for her without ever truly allowing myself to have her.

And now I craved her with a desperation I couldn’t describe.

She was all I thought about. All I dreamed about. Ever since the bond between us disintegrated, and I realized how dim my life was without Lorn at the center, I’d been going half mad with the need to tell her exactly how I felt. And how goddamn stupid I’d been to stay away from her all this time.

It’d been hard to abandon my long ingrained fear of losing those I loved. When Lorn had been kidnapped, those fears surged through me with a vengeance, but it also brought clarity. It took me far too long to realize the greater tragedy was to never love at all. Or worse, to have a taste of it but never fully possess it.

I was a fucking goner, and I wouldn’t—couldn’t—fight any longer. But my biggest fear was that I’d done too much damage to our relationship.

However, instead of being angry at my hesitation, instead of serving me a penance I would have happily paid, Lorn welcomed me back into her arms like she’d been waiting all this time for me to pull my head out of my ass and realize we belonged together.

My mate was a goddess, and I wanted to worship her and show her just how much she meant to me.

“God, you’re gorgeous,” I murmured as I scooped her up, reveling in the pleased squeal she released as I walked us backward until her back pressed against the wall.

“So are you. But you’re wearing too much clothing,” she sassed with a happy gleam in her eyes and a pink flush in her cheeks.

I was determined to make her even happier, and make that flush deepen until she was panting and screaming my name like I’d heard her do for her other mates.

Every time she was with one of the others, I couldn’t stop myself from listening to her pleasure and picturing what she looked like when she came for them. A few harsh jerks of my hand were all it took to push myself over the edge alongside her, wishing every damn time that it was my name on her lips.

I slowly lowered her feet to the ground, letting her feel just how I felt about her on the way down. Tugging off my shirt, I stripped for her, enjoying the way her eyes darkened.

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