Fate Picked Me, the Alpha Passed, and I Felt Nothing novel · Chapter 21 of 24

Chapter 21: Both Ends

I took him upstairs and laid him on my bed at six o'clock on a Tuesday, with the rain still coming down on the skylight.

We undressed each other slowly.

It was the first time I had ever done it with the bond open, and every button was a small shock.

I felt his fingers on my zipper, and I felt how much he liked the sound it made.

I felt him look at me.

That one was strange.

It came up through my chest, a quiet awe, and it was about me.

I stood naked in the long room under the slanted ceiling and the heat of it made me tremble.

"Is that what you see?" I said.

"What?"

"When you look at me."

"I don't know what you feel."

"I feel you looking at me like I'm a miracle."

He turned red to the ears.

"You're not far off," he muttered.

I pushed him down on the bed and lay beside him, facing him, with our knees tangled.

We were on our sides, close enough to share breath.

I put my hand on his hip and looked at him.

"Now you," I said. "I want you to feel me, too."

"I can't."

"You can. Close your eyes. I'm going to think something at you."

He closed his eyes.

I looked at his face, the straight sandy lashes, the burn scar on his neck, the mouth I knew by heart.

I let myself feel it.

I had been holding it behind a door for five weeks, and I opened the door.

It was heat and tenderness and a stubborn, fierce, protective ache, and it came up out of my ribs.

His breath stopped.

His eyes flew open.

"Oh," he said.

"There."

"Oh, Rue."

"Is that what I feel?"

"I didn't know." He was shaking. "I didn't know it was that much."

"Neither did I."

"It's so warm. It's like being in the sun."

I laughed, tearful.

I leaned in and kissed him.

His hand slid up the back of my neck and held me there.

I felt his pleasure at the kiss, and I felt him feel mine.

The kiss became a closed circuit that fed on itself, until we were both breathless and a little dizzy.

I broke off and gasped.

"This is going to be a problem," I said.

"A problem?"

"I'm not going to be able to get out of this bed."

"Good."

I put one leg over his hip and pulled him in.

He was hard against my belly, burning, and I wrapped my hand around him and stroked him slowly while he kissed my throat.

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