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LUKE
Bella was crying by the time I finished my sentence. I held my breath, confounded by her wild beauty once again.
“Are you okay?” I asked her after a moment.
“Oh, Luke,” she sobbed. “I’m so happy.”
My heart exploded with joy and I pressed my lips to her hair, her forehead, her eyelids.
I carried her inside, into my bedroom - our bedroom, now - and placed her gently down.
Before I could pull away, her wicked little hands were all over me, sliding up my chest and tangling in my hair as she tried to pull me down for a kiss.
“Soon, little one,” I promised her. “But you need more rest. You’re as weak as a kitten.”
“No,” she moaned. “I need you now.”
My wolf roared in my chest and I tried to cling to control.
“How about a warm bath and a meal first?” I offered.
“You’re trying to trick me into getting sleepy, aren’t you?” she said, her dark blue eyes narrowed.
“Maybe,” I laughed. “But if you really don’t need more rest it won’t work, right?”
“Right,” she said. There was a competitive flash in her eyes that made me want to go down on my knees and feed on her immediately.
But she needed rest and food more than she needed my mouth on her.
“Get undressed, I’ll get your bath ready,” I told her.
Reluctantly, I headed to the bathroom to start the tub. I threw in some bubbles and lit a couple of candles in spite of myself. It couldn’t hurt if it was a little romantic in here, could it?
When I returned to the room I half-expected her to be asleep on the bed again. Instead she stood naked, gazing out the window.
“Bella,” I said softly.
She turned to me and smiled, and it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I moved toward her as if in a dream, reminding myself that I could not claim her yet.
She took my arm and we moved slowly to the bathroom. I held her hand as she lowered herself into the steaming water.
“Ahhh,” she moaned, closing her eyes.
I was instantly hard as stone.
“Come in,” she said, opening her eyes and putting her hands out. “Come with me.”
“Not yet,” I told her, shaking my head. “You enjoy. I’m getting you something to eat.”
“Mmm, okay,” she murmured, sliding further into the water to wet her hair.
I practically jogged to the kitchen, desperate for a little space so I could plead with the wolf to let us take our time.
He paced and moaned in my chest as I scrambled eggs and cut up fruit. It wasn’t a fancy meal, but it was all I had in the house that could be prepared quickly.
And I was eager to return to my mate, so eager.
She sat up in the tub when I came back with her breakfast. Bubbles slid down her clavicle, along with rivulets of water that bared her beautiful breasts to me.
