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He stops short of the bed.
Afraid to touch.
Afraid to move.
I’m just as terrified, but heat overrides my fear.
I need someone to make the bad memories disappear.
If I want to try pretending I can still trust, then Orion’s the one. “Need you. Sit with me?”
“I’m here.” He cups my face, fingertips trembling.
Letting out a shaky breath, I pat the bed.
“Wait, wait, wait. I have notes for this.” He strips off his suit jacket, pulling out a notebook and the devil’s reading glasses. He sits and perches them on the bridge of his straight nose.
Must want me to lick his face.
I edge closer until our hips bump.
His forearms flex as he flips pages, and he swallows hard when I burrow into him, drawn to the coolness that’s the only cure for my ache.
“For a spike, it says…” he trails, finger on the passage.
I know what it says. “I need to come.”
He keeps reading, voice strained. “Then you need a nest. And snuggles.”
“Need more than that.”
“You’re supposed to stay hydrated. I’ll grab water and then get everything set up so you can…”
He darts to the bathroom, and the faucet rushes.
Without him, the heat rages. I sweat and cradle my belly.
Orion trips on the carpet, sloshing water as he sets down a cup. “What else do you need? Snacks? Heating pad? I always want a heating pad when I’m close to my heat. Doctor Morgan said there were toys…”
Digging in the wheelie cart, he pulls out a row of knotted toys and vibrators. Then he lines up lube and tissues, and somehow finds a pack of crackers. “In case you get hungry.”
My belly flutters.
“That should be everything. I’ll get out of your way. If you want, I can come back in after you, uh, finish…”
Fuck him, his cute rambling, his glasses, and his blush.
Orion Wyvern is a poison apple.
You know it’s toxic, you know it’ll hurt, but it’s so pretty and juicy. Who can say no?
Not me.
Not when my body aches and my vision wavers and he offers to walk away, even though I can taste his cinnamon-spiked lust.
He’s almost to the door when the word stuck in my throat finally pops. “Wait.”
Orion whirls, blue eyes bright. “What do you need?”
