Leaving My Alpha Husband in Ice Cold Regret novel · Chapter 9 of 32

Chapter 9: Storm Night

The blizzard came in at dusk and took the power out by nine.

Halvard lit two lamps and fed the stove, and the cabin went small and gold around us.

Wind shoved at the walls.

Snow hissed against the glass.

The husky snored on the rug with her paws twitching.

I sat on the bed with my knees pulled up and watched him stack wood.

His sleeves were rolled.

The white frost scars ran from his knuckles up his wrists, and the lamplight moved along them.

"You're staring," he said, without turning around.

"Ilse said something to me at the door."

"I heard."

"She said ask you what you did to the last woman who went through that ice."

His hands stopped on the log.

He set it in the stove very slowly and shut the door.

"I'll tell you," he said. "All of it. Ask me in the morning."

"Why the morning?"

"Because tonight you've buried a marriage and held a hearing and been drowned in the same week." He straightened. "And whatever I say, you'll hear it tired."

"You said a day," I said. "It's been a day."

"It's been fourteen hours."

"I rounded."

He laughed, one short surprised breath.

I got off the bed and crossed the floor in my socks and stood in front of him.

He didn't step back.

"I'm not asking about the last woman tonight," I said. "Tonight I'm asking for something else."

His eyes went dark.

"Neve."

"I'm done waiting. Help me or get out of my way."

"I'm not going anywhere."

"Then say what you want."

His voice came out rough.

"I want to put my hands on you, and not stop till morning."

"Good."

I took hold of his sweater with both fists and pulled him down to my mouth.

He kissed me back so hard I lost my balance and he caught me, one arm around my waist, lifting me onto my toes.

The kiss from the dawn had been a question.

This was the answer.

He tasted of coffee and smoke, and my whole body lit up from the inside.

I dragged the sweater up his ribs.

He broke off long enough to pull it over his head, and I put both hands on his bare chest.

Hard muscle, a crush of dark hair, a long white scar running under his left collarbone.

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