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Or rather, I wasn’t tired enough to stop touching her.
Feeling her.
Holding her.
Squeezing her.
She was mine.
She waseverything.
I’d thought I needed her, before.
But that need was nothing compared to the attachment I now felt. Thedevotion.
This woman…
I had changed for her.
I knew it. I had softened. Smiled. Laughed.
And I’d enjoyed it.
I’d enjoyedher.
Not just her body, though that was certainly a pleasure unlike anything else.
But I enjoyed her heart, and her soul. Her jokes. Her happiness. Her stories. Her thoughts, spoken aloud just for me.
All of those things I had wanted, before, without realizing how they would truly affect me.
But now that I had them, I would do anything. Everything. Whatever it took, I would do it, to keep her safe.
To hold her in my arms.
Because we belonged to each other.
Fate hadn’t intervened on our behalf—hadn’t dragged us together through any fated mate bond.
Instead, we had chosen each other. And to me, that was worth so fucking much more.
Sixteen
Mare
Ervo’s handswere moving softly and steadily over my back when I woke up. My lips stretched in a smile, my body already recovered despite the ridiculous amount of time we’d spent making love the night before.
And my mate’s cock was already hard against my inner thigh, letting me know that he wanted me.
That he always wanted me.
“Hey,” I whispered, lifting my face from his chest so I could look at those gorgeous eyes.
They were soft, and crinkled at the corners.
Because he was happy.
My heart swelled.
