Fear of fucking everything up and him leaving.
“You’ll know suffering, little demon.” He then pulls from inside of me, and I gasp from his absence. “Do you understand me?” He holds my face, not allowing for me to look away from him. “Your words.”
His crimson eyes gloss over, and tears pillow in mine.
“Yes,” I choke out. “I’m sorry… Don’t…” This man has made me so fucking vulnerable thatthisis what I’m truly terrified of. “Don’t leave me…”
I bury my face into his neck, shaking my head and squeezing him to me.
Codependency is not what I expected.
Does this make me pathetic?Weak?
“Don’t be stupid, Xera.” He moves the hand that had been tethered to my roots, down my hair, petting me tenderly. “You are the one that has run away fromme, time and time again.” Pulling us from the tree, he adjusts me, moving my legs from around him to bring me to my feet.
Not that I was paying much mind, but he tucked himself back into his pants. That was a move of dominance, not for my, or his, pleasure.
He keeps me close to him, and continues, “Iloveyou.” I squeeze my eyes tightly shut and shove my face into his chest. “For our eternity, whether that is in this world, or in all the others. If fate were to take me, I’d come find you in my next life. Remember…” He peels me back just enough to press his forehead against mine. “I’myourstalker. Death can’t even keep me from chasing your tight ass across the fucking world.”
As he drags his thumb across my cheek, drawing away the tears I’d shed, I nod.
“I… love you too,” I whisper as my hands come to rest against his chest.
He hums, and finally, that handsome smile of his returns to his lips. “I knew I’d love hearing you say it.”
“I never thought I’d hear it.” I don’t recognize the voice, but just as I’m about to tear away from Kai’s grip, he steadies me in place.“Your Amoro is probably so pleased.”
“I said leave us,” Kai groans. “I’m not finished…”
The sound is coming from… near my feet?
As I slowly turn my head downward, I spot Mister. His bright yellow eyes piercing me with an intensity that I can’t place.
“Huh?” I take a deep breath.
“We have a lot to discuss.”
Chapter 48
Kairhyse
“M-Mister?!” she nearly shouts.
I grumble because I meant what I said: I wasn’t done with her.
He probably felt the fear I just caused in her, and came running to protect her. Can I blame the feline? No—but that doesn’t mean I’m not irritated at his sudden reappearance.
“Xeraphine,”he continues,“I’ll explain everything, and I promise?—”
“You aren’t a Shifter, right? I’ve never heard one of you talk in your animal form, but these days I wouldn’t be fucking surprised.” She grips my shirt because I haven’t allowed her to pull away from me. “I’ll kill you if you are, regardless of my feelings for you.”
“No. I’m your…”This time, he cuts himself off, and it’s because of the approaching footsteps from the forest.
My head jerks, fear coming and going in a flash as Desiray comes into view. She looks worse for wear—her tangled brown hair falls messily across her face, eyes bloodshot, and blood streaked from her neck to her stomach.
Damn these interruptions… and my cock. I’d been ready to fuck Xera to the point of her nearly coming and then deny her for the shit she pulled. However, my words ended up actually terrifying her. She would have never come close to an orgasm, no matter what I did.
There is no part of me that doesn’t enjoy making her cry with my pleasure, but this pain was different. It stemmed from her heart, and I’m not willing to hurt that.Thatis mine to protect over everything else.
