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And he’d liked that. A lot.
But after they’d both reached a shuddering, panting
release, after she’d clung to him, pliant and soft, as she
caught her breath, she’d slapped at his shoulder and
muttered, “Get off.”
So he’d settled for holding her pinned at the limbs.
Now, she made a little humming sound and wiggled
her ass against him.
“At some point,” she murmured, “we need to talk
about—”
“About?”
She waggled her fingers. “Things.”
“Things,” he echoed. “Okay. Pick a thing.”
She was quiet for a moment, then said, “The shadows
under your eyes. You look like you haven’t slept in
days.”
“I haven’t. I stayed awake to make sure you were
safe.”
“For three days?” She sounded shocked.
“Yeah.”
She tried to squirm around in his hold so she could
look at him. “But you were feeding me your blood.
And you were injured yourself. You—”
“Pick another thing,” he said, holding her tighter,
uncomfortable with the topic.
He thought she would argue. He could feel the tension in her limbs. But in the end she relented and
picked another thing. “You’re Sutekh’s son. What the
