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“Yes. I do know that. But just because you’re stuck with me for life doesn’t mean you’ll alwayswantto be with me. We could end up in the paranormal equivalent of a bad marriage, where you resent the hell out of me for undermining you.”
I swore I would rather he leave me. At least then, I wouldn’t be able to feel him pulling away a little more every day.
His mouth dropped open. “Theparanormal equivalent of a bad marriage?”
“I can’t… I can’t deal with the silent treatment, Nathaniel. You could barely look at me today, and that’s fine, but—”
“You think I was giving you the silent treatment? And I couldn’t look at you?”
Nathaniel looked so appalled, I blinked. When I opened my mouth next, nothing came out.
He tightened his hands on me. “I was sitting there trying to figure out where I’d gone wrong with Kyla. And why she felt the need to sneak off, rather than talk to me about it. And why I’d lashed out at you, like you could stop her when she had her mind made up. And I was also trying to understand why the fuck I couldn’t feel anything except desolation and grief from your end of the bond.”
“I…” I had nothing.
Nathaniel just leaned even closer, until our faces were inches away. “Why didn’t you reach for the bond?”
Because if I’d felt how disgusted he was with me, I wouldn’t have been able to handle it.
He shook his head at me. “I’m sorry you thought I was giving you the silent treatment. I would’ve discussed my thoughts with you, but we were on a bus filled with paranormals.”
I felt like an idiot.
“I’m sorry. Thank you for letting me know.”
I pushed against his chest, and he slowly shook his head. “You’re not going anywhere. Perhaps I’ll keep you chained to this bed forever, hmm? Continually out of your mind with pleasure? Would that convince you I’ll never leave you?”
I knew he’d never consider such a thing, but my mouth still fell open at the thought.
He took advantage, crushing his mouth to mine. He kissed me until I was breathless, until I was aching for him. And then he backed away.
I hissed out a protest, but he was already pulling my sweater and tank top off together. My bra followed, Nathaniel’s movements so fast, I could barely keep track of where his hands were.
My shoes and pants went next, underwear fluttering to the floor directly after. I shivered at the lust in Nathaniel’s eyes. There was something incredibly erotic about being naked on his bed while he was fully clothed.
He turned and opened his closet. Our closet now. Pulling open a drawer, he grabbed something that glinted in the light.
I craned my neck, but he was already prowling toward me. He lifted his hand, and I gaped. Those weren’t sex handcuffs. Those wererealhandcuffs.
“You gave me the green light,” he reminded me. “Is that light still green?”
“Yeah,” I got out, my mouth suddenly dry. “It’s green, all right. Fluorescent green. Glowing green. So green.”
He grinned at me, and then he was leaning over my upper body, hooking the handcuffs through the headboard. He kissed my right hand, then closed the cuff around my wrist, repeating the motion with my left.
“Pick a safeword, darling.”
I gaped at him. “A safeword? How about ‘let me out’?”
He shook his head. “I’m going to teach you why we’ll never have theparanormal equivalent of a bad marriage,” he said. His expression had turned blank, but not before I caught the flicker of hurt in his eyes.
I’d really pissed him off with that. But even worse, I’d wounded him too.
Shit.
“Um, okay. My safeword is amethyst.”
“Done this before, have you?” he asked silkily.
