And… fuck! I’m hard.Think of battle, of the guts, piss, and shit. Don’t think of her warm, soft curves.
She gasps and steps back. “I don’t want comfort.”
Run and I’ll chase.
I grab her by the shoulders and anchor her to me. Fuck, that feels… perfect. She was always meant to be molded to my side. “Youneedit,” I rasp.
Gods be damned, this woman will be the end of me!
Her lips part, pupils dilate. “Let me,”I urge.
“Titus,” Tristen warns. I ignore him.
“Why?” she whispers. Her chest rises and falls with urgency.
“Because I want to. I need to.”
She remains silent, leaning closer. I meet her halfway and pull her into me. My chest rumbles when her breasts push into my hard torso. The hug is awkward, like two swords stopping mid-battle to talk instead of killing. But it’s a start.
A dangerous fucking start, Titus.
I know, but I don’t give a shit.
Turning her face, she rests her cheek on my chest. Utter peace fills me. “I’m so furious at Everett,” Selene confides.
“I am too.” I push my fingers into her hair. “But I am not Everett. Don’t give me your hate.”
“That’s all I have left inside me.”
I slip my finger under her chin, tipping her eyes up. “I can find something else.”
“That would be unwise.” Her lips part.
Her lips. Kiss her. Claim her! Now! Do it!
“Titus!” Tristen shouts. It shatters the hold I had on Selene.
Oh fuck! What was that?My heart possessed my mind. I had no control.
The look on her face says she felt the same. She raises a sharp finger at me. “You need to focus on my brother’s magic. Adrian is right. We have our path; he has his. If they collide in the future, so be it. Until then, we remained focused on what we had planned. We’re allies, nothing more,” she stresses.
The icy stare in her eyes is an arrow piercing my heart. Turning, she walks to the wall, takes a few deep breaths, and then she walks into her hallway pretending all is fine and she’s ready to train.
Tristen steps into view, dagger out, pressing it to my cock. “I will cut your dick off when you sleep if I have to. What the ever-loving-fuck, Titus? Do I need to get Ryker here? I will. I will tell him and the others everything.”
“Don’t you dare endanger them!” I hiss.
“Endanger? Bro, are you blind? You almost kissed the queen.”
“I did not. I was comforting her.”
“Is that what we call fucking these days? In that case, consider me the gold standard bestie in comforting women. I love to comfort. I can do it all night long. For days! But I’m smart enough to knowwhoto comfort.”
I avert my gaze. “I have it under control.”
“It?”He presses the dagger against my balls.
I grab his wrist and twist the dagger away with a scowl. “I know what to focus on for now. Come on, Selene waits for no one.”
