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“She helped me escape Hel,” Addie said into my chest.
I could tell that she couldn’t believe Paige’s behavior, either. It’d been so unexpected. Paige had done everything in her power to fool us. She’d lied to our faces. She’d made sure to look like an ally so that she would be able to intervene when Fenrir needed her the most.
Culprits would often go to extreme lengths to look innocent. I’d seen it a hundred times. It’d slipped past me this time because I’d been so stunned to see Paige again.
I could have done better. Addie deserved someone who could protect her better. There were bruises on her throat and a gaunt cast to her skin that hadn’t been there before. She’d been trapped with Fenrir. I had no idea what he’d done to her in the time that I was gone.
Paige had whisked me away from Fenrir, so I couldn’t stop him. While I was gone, he’d somehow pulled Addie into that cell with him. I wanted to ask what happened while they were alone, but I didn’t want to pressure her into talking before she was ready.
I pushed a strand of hair out of her face with a gentle brush of my knuckle. “Where do you want to go for our honeymoon?”
The sudden change of subject took her by surprise. Addie lifted wide, hopeful eyes up to mine. Her lips parted like the petals of a perfect little rose.
“Don’t say the obvious. Just…dream with me for a little.” We likely wouldn’t get the chance to go on a honeymoon, but it would be fun to plan it anyway.
Addie smiled and bit her lip. “I’ve always wanted to see the Rocky Mountains. I’ve always heard that they’re so much bigger than the Adirondacks. And there’s so many cool places to camp.”
“I’m not letting you sleep on the hard ground ever again. We can book a cabin with a big, plush bed. That’s what you deserve.”
She laughed. The light sound was like a breath of fresh air in my lungs. A tightness that’d been gripping my chest suddenly vanished and allowed me to sigh in relief.
“What if we booked a treehouse?” Addie asked with a wiggle of her brows.
“I’m not a cat,” I said. “Climbing trees isn’t easy with these claws.”
She playfully slapped my chest. “Most rentable treehouses have ladders.”
We spent hours in bed together. We looked at every fun rental location in the Rockies that we could find. Soon, we would have to head back out into the real world and hunt down Fenrir. For now, I enjoyed pretending like the world wasn’t going to fall apart.
I watched my wife—the word turning into something glorious this time around. Every thought reached her face, making her brows lift or her lips purse. I never wanted to leave this room.
I’d given my heart to someone, and she cherished it in return. Love like this had seemed out of reach for so long.
For her, I would make sure that the world stayed safe. Once we left here, I would hunt Fenrir down and drag him back to the underworld all on my own. I didn’t need to feed the same way he did. While Fenrir was devouring everything he could get his hands on, I found myself sated from only Addie’s touch.
Someday, she would die. She would become a Reaper, just like Paige. I would crawl into Hel’s domain and wrap myself in chains to stay close to her, my wife, my mate, my everything.
Addie
Maddox gripped me tight.His fingers dug into my skin so hard I knew they would bruise later, but I wasn’t bothered. I savored the anchor that he provided after we’d thrown ourselves all over Upstate New York and most of Hel’s domain today.
I sank into his body and smiled when I felt the long length of his cock pressing against my lower stomach. I wouldn’t mind riding him again. In fact, I wanted it more than anything.
When I slid my hand along his thigh, he growled low. I reached around and grabbed a handful of his ass and squeezed.
“You’re going to awaken something in me if you keep acting like that,” Maddox warned.
“Good.” I tilted my head back and reached up to nip his bare throat.
The man let out a guttural groan. His grip on me tightened. When he rolled onto his back, he brought me with him so that I straddled his hips. He rocked me so that my warm core rubbed against the length of his cock.
My eyes nearly rolled back in my head from the sensation. The fun bled out of me when my eyes landed on a ghost in the corner. A man watched with a lecherous smile and a bit of ghost-drool on his chin.
I stopped. My face must have drained of all color because Maddox took one look at me before launching into action. He rolled us over so that his body covered mine. A growl vibrated his chest. The light of his beast flickered in his eyes.
“We’re okay!” I grabbed the sides of his face and forced him to look at me. With a sigh, I said, “It’s just the same ghost in the corner. He keeps coming back like this is his personal porn theater.”
Maddox’s growl intensified. He raised his head and glared directly at the ghost like he could see the man. “I will eat you if you do not get out of my room. If you ever come back, I will make sure that there is nothing for you to look forward to anymore. You will cease to exist. Do you hear me?”
