She didn't budge. "If you want to know, you have to swear that you're not going to kill him," she repeated.
"The answer must be pretty bad, if you're that determined."
She rolled her eyes. "Fine. Three times. None of them were good."
"Did he make you come?"
She made a face. "He thinks he did."
My body shook with the effort it took to stop myself from walking out of the apartment and hunting him down.
Not only had he been inside my female, but he had been so fucking bad that he hadn't even managed to bring her pleasure.
"He needs to die," I gritted out.
"We're not even friends. He faked the friendship because they need me to regrow an assload of their trees. They played me."
"Then hereallyneeds to die."
"He's Kat's friend, and he's going to seal a mate bond with her sister. Plus, he's on the council. We can't kill him." She slipped her fingers into my hair.
I dragged my hand slowly down the inside of her thigh. "I don't like that he's on your skin. Can you get rid of it?"
"No. I haven't upheld my side of the bargain yet."
I let out a harsh breath. "Fuck."
"Why do you think you and I are fated, Niall?"The sudden change in subject didn't catch me off guard. Liv did that frequently.
It took me a minute to calm myself down long enough to come up with an honest answer, but I managed.
"I've been told repeatedly that I shouldn't have been able to feel your magic the way I did that night. The way I always do. I've never looked twice at another woman since I was with you, and I never wanted a serious relationship before. The way I thinkabout you is similar to the way Callum was obsessed with Kat, too."
"You were always pretty good at predicting when my magic was going to get difficult," she admitted.
"I can feel it."
"So... let's make a bargain and find out for sure. I brought your paintings. We can make a deal for them."
"That's an idea."
"You're not interested?"
I slid my hand back up her thigh. This topic wasn't as emotionally charged for me, because I made a decision about it on my way home from her place after we were together in the hot tub.
"Livvy, there's only one thing I want from you."
Her eyes narrowed.
She thought I was going to saysex.
The sex was great, but I didn't give a fuck about it when everything else was on the line.I'd want her with or without it.
"A sealed mate bond," I said.
Her accusation morphed to surprise. "What?"
"We can date. We can fuck. We can talk, swim, and be whatever you want. But I'm not going to make a deal with you. The same connection that would've come with a bargain will appear when we make vows. I asked Darius."
