I threw myself into his arms.
“Something happened with Luce and Hecate, the magic stopped. I could see it all from above,” he said into my hair. “I knew I was dying. I thought I was dead, and then I saw you?—”
“You came back to me,” I said into his hair.
“I told you I would.”
“Kiss me.” I shifted to look at him, a crease formed between his brows as he searched my face. “I said kiss me, Luka.”
He didn’t hesitate this time. He sealed his lips against mine.
After a moment he pulled his lips from mine. “Keziq?”
“I think it worked.”
“Thank the fucking stars.” His lips sealed over mine again.
“Wait.” I pulled away. “You almost fucking died.” I pushed away from his chest as my thoughts cleared, myworry for his life falling to the wayside as I felt him under my touch. “You almost fucking died,” I seethed.
I tore out of the tent as my anger quickly rose. “Where is she?”
“Lennox, wait.” Luka followed after me as I searched for my cousin.
“Luce!”
“Lennox, you need to calm down.”
“I will not calm down until I find out what the fuck happened and why I had to be the one to keep you tethered here. Luce!” I tried again.
“Lennox.” Luka’s arms wrapped around my wrist and he pulled me against him. Wrapping his arms around me to keep me in place. “Let’s talk about this first before you find Luce. I don’t know what happened, but I’m alive. If you go and find Luce right now, I’m worried she won’t make it out unscathed.”
I huffed a breath. He knew me too well. I crossed my arms the best I could with him still holding me.
“Lennox.”
“You almost left me and it’s her fault.”
“We don’t know that. You can’t blame Luce until you know what happened.”
“Fine,” I conceded. He was still here. That’s all that mattered. I wrapped my arms around him in return.
“You’re alive.”
“I’m alive.” His lips seeked out mine. This time I let myself get lost in the kiss. There were still a lot of things we had to figure out in this war, but losing Luka because he was tied to Keziq wasn’t one of them any longer.
It was like Luka could feel the change in my thoughts. Our kisses grew desperate. My hands found his hair, wrapping in the strands as I pulled him closer.
Luka’s hands gripped my ass and hauled me upwards,allowing my legs to wrap around him. His lips didn’t leave mine as he guided us back into our tent.
I pulled his bottom lip between my teeth as my back hit the wall with a thud.
“I know we’ve got important things to do right now, but I didn’t die and I’m no longer connected to Keziq and all I can think about it fucking my mate to celebrate.” His fangs scraped over my fluttering pulse as he spoke, his hips pressing into mine.
“Then fuck me, Luka Rossi.”
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