“I know,” he murmurs. “Let it come.”
I fall apart with a cry, my back arching off the wall, pussy clenching violently around him.
Nathaniel’s grip tightens at my wrists and my throat as he buries himself to the hilt with a low, guttural groan. His cock throbs inside me. He keeps me pinned until the tremors fade. Only then does he loosen his grip and slide out of me with a low, satisfied sound.
His cum leaks out of me immediately, warm down my thigh.
My body curls instinctively toward him when he sets me down.
Cassian wipes his hand on his shirt.
Nathaniel pulls the blanket over my hips.
My vision blurs at the edges. I try to say something, to reach for him, but the exhaustion hits like gravity doubled, pulling me under.
The last thing I hear is Nathaniel’s voice, low and dark and unbearably soft as he brushes my hair off my cheek:
“Every moment you’re here…”
And I fall asleep instantly.
Iwake in a different set of clothes, my hair being gently fussed with. Someone is combing fingers through it.
My eyes crack open.
Nathaniel sits beside me on the bed, his knees touching the mattress. He gently brushes the strands away from my face.
Cassian is by the door finishing the last loops of some tactical knot in his boots. Talon’s in the bathroom. Mark is tied on the floor, glaring at the ceiling.
The beds are put together, and it’s clearly bright outside.
“What… are you doing?” My voice is a rasp.
Nathaniel’s thumb sweeps across my scalp, smoothing hair away from my forehead.
“Taking care of you,” he says. “We need to go soon.”
“What?” I blink. “What time is it?”
“Six.”
“Why didn’t you wake me up?” I ask.
“You were exhausted. You didn’t even stir when I cleaned you up.”
“Cleaned me up?” I echo.
He nods.
“With a warm cloth,” Nathaniel says quietly. “You were a mess. Everywhere. And you were shaking in your sleep.”
I move my legs. There’s no wetness there anymore. Heat floods my face.
Of all the things to wake up to, this is somehow the gentlest and the most mortifying.
Nathaniel reaches for something on the nightstand.
A small foil packet.
