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“Oh. I’m sorry. What happened?”
He shook his head. “Another time. Right now let’s get to bed, and we can revisit this later and continue our findings on the Glaev in the morning. Which is in…” he paused to look at the clock. “Two hours.”
I nodded in agreement, feeling the drowsiness hit me. But I wanted to know about his mother, his past. I supposed I couldn’t entirely blame him. I still hadn’t told him I was from Atara and I didn’t plan to until I knew that I could bring my people back.
Ryker gathered the papers and book from me and tucked them under his arm, pulling me to him and walking us out of the study down to the bedchamber with his other arm around my waist. We got to the room and Ryker began to unbutton his black shirt and I couldn’t peel my eyes off him. It was late and I was tired,wewere tired, and I still needed to tell him that I was leaving to go back home to Morah in the morning. But right then, all I wanted to think about was him and his bare chest.
I stepped closer and ran my hands up his stomach to his bare chest, around to his back, and suddenly I wasn’t quite as tired anymore. Ryker wrapped his arms around me so that we were completely entwined. I didn’t want to think about all the problems weighing on us, I only wanted to get lost in him as I looked into those bright silver eyes, breathing in the scent of him.
Our bond was getting stronger and stronger every single day, every moment we spent together. We could feel each other’s emotions as if they were our own. And at the moment, what Ifelt from him, what I saw reflecting in his eyes, was something I never thought that I would feel in return. But I did, I knew it. And from the rising smile of my mate’s lips, he knew it too as I flooded the bond with what I had yet to put into words.
We let go after a while and crawled into bed, facing each other with his arm around my hip, holding me close to him. I lightly traced the tattoos on his chest with my finger as my mind wandered. And as much as I wanted to forget the troubles surrounding us, I couldn’t. Running it over and over in my mind from Kleio’s command to the Glaev attacks, from the mating trial to the dark book.
Ryker drowsily brushed my hair behind my ear and kissed my forehead, drawing my attention up to him.
“What are you thinking about, little gem?” His voice was deep with grogginess.
When I didn’t answer, he peeked an eye open. “I can always find out for myself if you won’t tell me,” he said teasingly.
I rolled my eyes, eliciting a chuckle from him. “Just…everything. I can’t clear my head, there’s too much noise,” I said softly.
“What do you normally do to quiet your mind?” He propped his head up on his fist and rubbed his hand down my unmarked arm.
“I usually read, but I haven’t done that in awhile.”
He raised his eyebrows. “Yeah?”
I nodded.
“Well then, let me find something to read to you.” He threw off the covers and jumped out of bed.
He returned a minute later with a few books in hand, crawling into the bed to lean against the cushioned headboard. I giggled and sat up to rest my head against his chest.
“I don’t know what you typically like, but here we have,” he held up the first book. I doubted he had anything closeto the books I read, full of romance with happy endings, but I was pleased with his efforts regardless. “Histories of Oryn - Biographical Appendix Volume two. Riveting stuff right here.”
I snorted a laugh.
He glanced at me from the corner of his eye with a playful smirk as he continued, “No? Well how aboutStrategic Studies for Noavo Warrior Combat?”
I shook my head with an amused grimace.
“Damn, I wassurethat was the one. Alright, if those won’t do, then how about I bore you to sleep with mispronounced ancient words from a mysterious realm. Sounds intriguing already.” He held up the dark magic book and squinted at the faded title. “The divi…divination of dar…dark con…jugation.”
I shot up in the bed with wide eyes as I stared at him with disbelief. “What the fuck, Ryker? You could read that this whole time?” I looked down at the strange, unknown language.
“What? No. I just sounded out the letters, I have no idea what I actually said.”
“No. You just said ‘the divination of dark conjugation’.”
His eyes narrowed and he shook his head slowly. “That’s not what I said, Kya.”
I scoffed. I threw back the covers and sat on my knees, flipped open the book to a random page and pointed to a random word.
dauði
“Read this word right here.”
