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“You know, I could probably come up with a cleaning spell,” I told Tobias when he returned. “Save you some time.”
He shook his head. “I enjoy it.”
I stared at him. “Really?”
“It gives me something to do with my hands. I can be…anxious.”
“Well, the offer is open if you change your mind.”
I scraped my bowl clean and sighed, patting my belly. “That was incredible.”
Nathaniel held out his hand, helping me off my stool. I didn’t need help, but it pleased him.
“Come, mate,” he murmured in my ear, his warm breath making me shiver. “You need a shower.”
I sent him a saucy look over my shoulder as we walked upstairs. “Is that an offer to scrub my back?”
His grin made him look ten years younger. His eyes gleamed at me, and for a moment, all I could do was stare. I wanted to see that expression on his face every day and know that I was the one responsible for putting it there.
Nathaniel’s hand slid to my butt. “Do you need some help making it up the stairs?”
I grinned back at him. “I think I can handle it.”
The moment we got into his room, I stripped off my shirt, suddenly desperate to be clean.
Nathaniel’s bathroom was huge, and I eyed the bath. Next time. For now, I needed—
“Holy shit.” I’d caught sight of myself in the mirror.
Nathaniel loomed behind me, his gaze on mine. I took in the blood still covering most of my face and neck, the chunk of hair missing from above one ear, and the mystery fluids that had turned into a disgusting, glue-like substance.
“I may need to cut it off and start again,” I said.
“Never.” Nathaniel grinned at me. “Besides, I have this.”
He lifted his hand, revealing the hideously expensive but incredibly useful cream I used in my hair.
I gaped at him. “You…” Turning, I peered at his shower. All my toiletries were here. Shampoo, conditioner, body wash, even my razor.
“You did this today?”
“No. I did it the moment I learned you’d gone to the seelie realm, while I was waiting for my dominants to organize themselves.”
“Someone was sure of himself,” I said. I wasn’t sure whether to be touched or annoyed by how prepared he was.
“I needed the hope,” he murmured, his huge body pressing up against mine as he flicked on the shower. “My wolf needed to know that, no matter what happened, you’d be in my territory, in my home, and in my bed.”
Nathaniel grabbed my hand and turned me, dropping to his knees to untie my boots. It was strange, seeing the Alpha on his knees, but no one who looked at him would ever think of him as submissive. Not with the way his wolf stared up at me as he pulled off my boots.
Sliding Misty out of the sheath on my ankle, he set it on the bathroom counter and unstrapped the sheath. My jeans were next.
“I can do it,” I whispered.
“Allow me. Please.”
When I was standing naked in front of him, Nathaniel just stared at me, his eyes glittering. “You are so fucking beautiful.”
Warmth exploded in my belly. “I know you’ve already showered, but…you want to join me?”
