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I walked out and headed to the opposite end of the hallway. I knocked on the door once and pushed it open.
Finn looked up at me from where he sat on the edge of his bed, with his forearms on his knees, and fingers locked together.
I approached him, sat on my heels before him, and covered his hands with mine.
His jaw was clenched. He closed his eyes and a single tear slid down his face. I brushed it off with my thumb.
“Don’t do that,” I whispered. “I’ll make it. Do you hear me?”
He bowed his head and pressed his lips to my hand.
“I love you.” I kissed his hair. “I love you so much.”
His wet gray eyes pierced mine.
“I love you too.” He breathed out. “You can’t imagine how many times I wanted to say it to you.” He took my face in his hands and his warm lips tenderly touched every inch of it.
He got up, pulled me to my feet, and wrapped me in his arms.
“I’m yours. And you are mine to love and protect,” he murmured into my ear. “And I’ll die before I let anything happen to you.” His arm slid under my legs. He lifted me, put me down on the covers, then rounded the bed and laid next to me. “I’ll just hold you. You need to get some sleep.”
I rolled over, threw my leg over his, and rested my head on his chest. And as he put his arm around my back and kissed the top of my head, I felt safe again and closed my eyes.
ChapterSeventeen
SPENCER
A light breeze blew in through the half-open window. I was lying on my side and the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was the bedside table. Finn’s hand rested on my leg over the cover. The first instinct was to turn around, but before I could act on it, the memories of last night rushed in and my eyes prickled as they filled with tears.
Dammit. I’ll be fine. I’m just too sensitive in the morning.
Hoping that Finn was asleep, I dabbed my eyes with the edge of the cover and tried not to sniff. But I couldn’t fool my wolf. Moving his hand up my body, he leaned closer, and his lips touched my shoulder.
“Come here,” he murmured, turning me around.
I didn’t understand why I loved it when he said those two words to me, and they worked like magic every time. I could never resist them, and they sort of calmed me down.
I pressed my forehead to his cheekbone, but he put his hand under my chin and pushed it up.
“No tears today,” he said, kissing my wet face.
He was right. I was ready to fight for my life, and even if two days and one night were all I had left with him, I wasn’t going to spend them crying.
“No, no tears.” I touched his lips with mine.
He responded with a passion that drew away all the darkness, and all I could think of was now and here. And me, alive, in his arms.
* * *
“I’ll go first,” I said to Finn when we were ready to go downstairs.
Smiling, Finn shook his head. “There’s no point. She knows.”
“What? No way.” I stared at him. “And she’s okay with that?”
He nodded slowly. “She said that you looked happy, and she didn’t want to—”
“Of course,” I muttered, shaking my head. “She thought I was going to . . . Well, whatever. I’m glad we don’t have to hide it anymore.”
