But Karma didn’t have any intention of explaining himself. Instead, he swept me up like a doll and carried me into the running shower, clothes and all.
The hot water shocked my skin, and then his palm brushed my cheek. I flinched at his touch. At the electricity of our connection. The shirt had acted as a barrier when he grabbed my waist, so it was the first time his touch had truly found my skin.
He went still, eyes wide, a rumble of a growl rising up his throat, fingers tangling in my hair as he tilted my head up.
Dang.
His pupils were blown wide, eyes fixed on me as water streamed over both of us.
I couldn’t find my words as he stared down at me.
“We shouldn’t be… this close,” I whispered.
“Why not?”
“I don’t want to hurt you.”
I understood, now that I’d heard what Phantom had said, how much they’d risked to bring me here like this.
And Sin thought they were claiming me?
Karma flashed me that brilliant smile that made my stomach flip. “Hurtme?”
Was I too late?
“I’m gold pack.”
“Yeah, I can see that, Moonlight,” Karma said.
I forced myself to look away, resisting the urge to squeeze my eyes shut. His fingers pinched my chin, though, and my gaze snapped back to him.
I watched diluted trails of red flow over his beautiful, rich umber skin as the shower washed water down his neck and torso.
So much blood.
Blood he’d drawn to protect me.
All wrong.
“I’ll corrupt you,” I whispered, trying to keep the tremble out of my voice.
That’s all we could do. Corrupt. Break. Any children we bore would be rogues, alphas who weren’t bound by the same laws, making the world a dangerous place.
One of his brows cocked, and he tilted his head slowly, eyes even more intense than before. “You’llwhat?”
Oh myword.
“You don’t know?” The squeak was out of my mouth before I caught it.
“Know what?”
Howdid he not know?
What about Sin and Phantom? Had they just risked everything with no idea?
Everything about this was wrong.
The weight of everything that had happened today all crashed in at once.
