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“My mother... and Erik-” I began, cutting myself off.
Maybe it was shameful, but I simply wanted to spend this moment with Nicolas. He was right. I couldn’t stay here. The Trials were too important.
But... “Can I stay a little while?” I begged.
“Time no longer exists here, so in a sense, you can stay as long as you like. But time exists outside of the mist, so you must return, before...”
“Before the Trial is over,” I guessed. He nodded, and I understood what he meant.
“The mist decides,” he added.
“Can I come here again and again?” I asked, and Nic’s face grew grim.
“This Trial is the first time I’ve ever seen the mist allow someone to leave - several competitors have come here since this Trial began, but each one only once. I don’t know what might happen. And you’re too important,” he said again.
“I can’t risk it, I know. But I’m here now,” I said, reaching my hands behind his head and pulling him close.
“We can make a new memory with whatever time we’re given,” he murmured, dipping his head to catch my lips in a kiss as he lowered us gently to the blanket, his eyes shining down on me as the leaves rustled above us in a gentle breeze.
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
KANA
Nic leaned over me with a smile of pure joy, smoothing my hair away from my face and brushing a soft kiss over my lips.
In this memory, I wasn’t wearing blood-crusted leathers or a tunic shredded along the back. My body was clean and supple with expensive skin oils, and I wore a creamy yellow sundress in a filmy fabric, the low neckline revealing the tops of my breasts.
Only around Nicolas had I allowed myself to be soft, and after the Trials and the gobbelins, it felt like such an indulgence.
His hand swept up my leg, moving the dress aside as he massaged my thigh. I twined my fingers in his thick hair, lifting my head to catch his full lips in more luxurious kisses that seemed to pause time as we explored each other all over again.
My mind was still caught on the impossibility of this moment, but my body was ready to enjoy every drop of sweet pleasure.
Nic’s fingers feathered across my stomach and lower, teasing before he cupped me over my underwear in a claiming movement that had me arching up into him. I bucked my hips against his, feeling his cock growing hard in his pants.
His mouth drifted down my neck, nibbling at the veins before dipping down to kiss and lick the skin between my breasts.
