"We should fix the studio today," I told him aloud, as we reached the kitchen.
"I was planning on making you binge-watch a TV show. You've never known that particular brand of pleasure, unless you think watching on a stationary bike counts. Which I don't."
I perked up. "Kat goes on and on about some baking show. We could try that."
"Alright. You'll be bored, but we can try." He set me down on the countertop before opening the fridge, and I sucked in a breathat the sudden rush of anxious energy that crashed into me like a bolt of lightning as soon as we weren't touching.
"Holy fuck," I muttered. "Was my magic always that bad?" I wiggled on the countertop, fighting the anxiety. "I might need to strap myself to you or something."
"I'm sure they make oversized baby carriers big enough to fit you."
I smacked his arm as he set a bunch of leftovers next to me on the countertop with a grin, leaning his bare abdomen against my leg so we were touching again. When we were, the stress of my energy fizzled out completely.
"Callum said you'll get used to it. The sudden rush of your magic. Now, teach me the ways of your fridge cleanouts. I've been craving one since you refused to share when I was here with Larson."
My lips curved. "I was a little brutal."
"Vicious. Such a fucking turn-on."
"Pretty much everything I do turns you on."
"It does." He tipped my head back with a hand on my chin, kissing me lightly. "That's not new, though."
I slipped off the countertop when he released my lips, sliding between Niall and the cabinets with my back to his chest. "I'll make the food. You just touch me."
"I'm definitely getting the better end of this bargain." He slipped his hands beneath my gigantic shirt, dragging them slowly over my abdomen and up to my breasts. "How does your magic feel when we're touching now?"
"It still feels like a battery, but like there's something around it, keeping it contained." I took a mental inventory of my power.
When I felt the magic flowing around my leg that was my bargain with Jonah, I perked up and focused on the power. The money had gone through to the monsters, and the debt was paid.
It took me a solid two minutes to remember how to use the bargain magic, but when I figured it out, I released it.
Niall looked down at my leg, and made a sound of satisfaction. "It's done?
"The money went through to the monsters, and I let the bargain go. I'm all yours." I flashed him a grin over my shoulder.
He lowered his lips to my throat and kissed the battery tattoo. Followed by a tendril of the soulmate mark.
God, I loved him.
twenty-four
LIV
After we ate,Niall kneeled between my thighs until I came on his tongue, then draped me over the countertop and fucked me until we were both exhausted.
We showered, then tried the baking show.
Niall was right. I lasted about three minutes.
We turned on an action TV show we'd been watching together before everything went to shit, instead. By the time the fourth episode ended, I was itching to do something, even without my magic forcing me to get up.
My restlessness amused Niall endlessly.
Guess some things didn't change.
We cleaned out his home studio together, stuffing plants in trash bags as the sun went down. My magic buzzed when we weren't touching, but because we were actively moving, it didn't really bother me.
