Chapter20
Plot
Even totally still groggy, my eyes opened, andIrolled, vaguely (but contentedly) feeling the deep lethargy in every muscle in my body and the light ache between my legs.
The sun was high.
Morning was here.
I reached across the bed, already knowing he wasn’t there.
AndIwas so fuzzy, it didn’t hit me as strange thatIalso knew precisely where he was.
Instead of processing it,Ijust made moves to get there.
The hover bed rocked like a cradle asIfound the edge of it, threw my legs over the side, and got up.Igroped for my panties, tugged them on, found my cami, pulled that on too, and listed across the room toAleksei’supstairs office.
He was behind the desk, his eyes on me asIentered, like he knewIwas coming even ifIhadn’t made a sound with my bare feet on his plush carpet.Hisbeast senses were good,Iknew this, but that was really good.
He rolled back in his chair, andIaccepted his invitation.
I slid onto his lap.
He hooked his arm behind my knees, pulled them up to my chest and tucked me into a ball, wrapping both arms around me and holding me tight.
Okay.
Wow.
Gods, this feltgood.
I nestled my forehead into the side of his neck.
“Sleep okay?” he murmured.
“Mm,”Ihummed because it was allIhad in me.
He gave me a squeeze. “Good.”
I rested in the safety of his arms, and he held me like he’d do it all day asIlet the sleep drift away.
AsIdid, our night before floated through my head.
Our amazing first time, as well as the second, the third, the fourth (for your information, this mate business meantAlekseicouldstay hard all night, we’d tested it, and both of us had passed out before we found the end of his stamina—it…was…awesome).
Regrettably, the conclusion of our conversation about my parents also sifted into my head.
It went like this:
Aleksei: “I’mgoing to grant them an audience.”
Me: “Areyou crazy?”
Aleksei: “No.Iwant them to look me in the eyes when they say what they feel entitled to say after they treated their daughter, and my mate, so abominably.”
Me: “Whocares!”
Aleksei: “Ido.Knowyour enemy,Laura.Themeven asking for an audience tells me something.They’lltell me more whenIlay eyes on them.Andmore when they say what they have to say.Inthe end,I’llknow whatI’mdealing with in regard to those two vipers.Andif they’re stupid enough to give me the opportunity to discover whatIcan use to control them, or what will destroy them,I’lllet them.”
