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“No more lies?”
“No more lies.”
“How often do you need to eat?”
“I didn’t really lie about that. Once a week would be plenty in most cases, but I’m still recovering from the starvation, and we shifted a lot this week. Shifting is harder on my body than it is on a normal werewolf.”
He nodded. “So if we shift, I’ll need to feed you twice or three times a week.”
“Unfortunately.”
He squeezed my thighs lightly. “If you didn’t notice, Ienjoyfeeding you. That’s not unfortunate for me.”
“I don’t think you realize how much danger being with me puts you in, Arch.”
“And I don’t think you realize how much power being mated to me givesyou, Vee.”
I studied him.
His eyes moved slowly down my shoulders and collarbone, lingering on the swell of my breasts. There were bubbles covering me, but I felt like he could see through them.
He couldn’t, obviously, but the feeling was there anyway.
“Our conversations always go back to this. Talking around the same point isn’t getting us anywhere,” I finally said.
“Then why don’t we stop talking?”
I blinked.
His gaze lifted back to mine, and it was more intense than I’d expected. “You’re not comfortable with me, Vee. Did you think I hadn’t noticed?”
“I was more comfortable before I spilled my past.”
“Yeah, I should’ve pulled back sooner in that conversation. I’m sorry.” His apology sounded genuine. “But I’m not sorry that you opened up with me. I’m not sorry that you gave me the privilege of knowing your past.”
“I don’t give that toanyone.” I lowered my gaze to the bubbly water. “I don’t see what that has to do with not talking anymore.”
“You’ve been tense ever since that night. Talking isn’t helping, but touching will.”
My gaze snapped back to him. “Excuse me?”
“You know physical touch is a big deal for wolves. Let me rub your shoulders. Let me hold you. Let me kiss you. Let me bring you pleasure.”
“That’s a pretty big request, don’t you think?”
“A mate bond is a pretty big connection, don’tyouthink?” he countered.
He wasn’t wrong.
“I don’t know.” I shook my head, looking out at the bathroom just so I wouldn’t have to meet his intense eyes anymore. “I’m just… tired.”
“It will help with that, too.”
“I don’t think a shoulder rub will wipe away my exhaustion, Arch.”
“Just try it. Come over here and sit on my lap. Let me hug you, and see how you feel.”
I flashed him a look. “I’m not sitting on your cock right now.”
