Eighth-Born Luna novel · Chapter 16 of 16
Chapter 16: Eighth-Born Luna
I didn't run.
I didn't shift.
I sat down.
Right there on the trampled carpet, in the middle of the silver petals, I sat down in front of him.
The black wolf's jaws stopped an inch from my face.
Hot breath hit my cheek.
It smelled like cedar.
It smelled like him.
"Hi," I said.
The wolf's lips were still drawn back.
A growl rolled out of its chest and went on and on.
I didn't move.
"It's me," I said. "Rosalie. Look at me."
The growl stuttered.
"I'm still here," I said. "I'm sitting by you. Willingly."
The wolf's head dipped.
Its black eyes fixed on mine.
And far down in the center of them, a thin ring of gold came back.
Just a thread.
I reached out and put my hand flat on his chest.
His heart was slamming.
"I, Rosalie Ashdown," I said, "accept you, Kieran Ravenscroft, as my mate."
The gold flooded back.
It filled his eyes edge to edge.
He shuddered all over, from his ears to his tail.
The wolf lay down.
He just lay down on the carpet in front of me and put his enormous head in my lap.
Then fur drew back into skin.
It was Kieran with his head in my lap, eyes shut, breathing.
"You stayed," he said hoarsely.
"You told me to. Remember?"
He laughed, and it broke in the middle.
He sat up and pulled me into him so hard my ribs creaked.
I didn't mind.
Through the high windows, the moon slipped behind the pines.
The hall went blue and dark.
Moonset.
He was still here.
He was still him.
He tipped my face up and kissed me.
It wasn't careful this time.
I kissed him back.
His mouth found the curve where my neck met my shoulder.
"Rosalie," he breathed against my skin. "Say yes."
"Yes."
His teeth closed there.
A bright, clean sting.
Then warmth poured through me.
I could feel him.
His heart. His relief. His whole crushing, heavy aura, wrapping around me like a coat that finally fit.
I turned my head and marked him back.
He made a sound I'd never heard from anyone.
Through the bond, I felt what my mouth did to him.
It hit me back twice as hard.
I gasped, and he felt that too, and his hands went tight on my back.
Craig's tablecloth had slipped down to my waist.
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