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We ate, and Katerina told me more about her world. The small details about her life and more about the people she loved. Her students and how happy they made her.
Then we watched a television show she liked to watch every week, and I sat through the whole thig despite not understanding the storyline.
She told me about the music she enjoyed listening to when she needed to relax. I took mental notes about everything.
The clock on the wall read midnight.
“I should get some sleep,” she said. “Can’t believe we stayed up this late.”
I could, and I didn’t want the night to end.
“Sleep well,” I forced myself to say even though watching her leave me was the last thing I wanted to see.
But she smiled and turned away and I watched her go. My dragon rumbled inside me but didn’t fight hard against me. He knew we needed to take our time with her as well. She needed to be seduced, so we would do it.
I stood up, my body aching for my mate.Fuck.I ran my hands through my hair, a loud groan filling my throat. Get a grip and get ready for bed.
I arranged the pillows and the blankets, stripped out of my dusty clothes and climbed on to my makeshift bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep on the tiny thing, but at least I could rest knowing I was in my mate’s house.
We might have been separated in body, but in spirit, I felt a whole lot closer.
Chapter 8.
KATERINA
Lucian and I spent the whole weekend in my house, just talking and getting to know each other better. I studied his mannerisms and tried to decipher all the words he wasn’t saying. He seemed like a genuine guy and was actually telling the truth when he spoke.
But doubt crept in anyway, although that might have had something to do with the fact that my period was still late. Now it was late by five days—almost a full week—and I couldn’t blame it on stress any longer.
“I’m going to go to the grocery store,” I announced Sunday evening.
“We’ve already eaten,” Lucian said, as though that was the only reason to go shopping.
“I’m out of coffee,” I managed to say. It wasn’t a lie, so I didn’t feel guilty using that as an excuse. If my suspicions were right though, I wouldn’t be drinking coffee for a while.
I went to the nearest store and got myself a pregnancy test. Completely distracted, I’d already paid for it when I realized I was about to go home with no coffee, so I doubled back and grabbed a bag of my favorite roast.
Being away from Lucian felt... wrong. I missed him even for the few minutes I was in the store. Or rather, I missed the way I felt around him.
I thought about telling him about what I was doing, I truly did. Having him with me as I bought the test, then took it, would have stopped my body from shaking with stress.
But until I knew for sure what the result was, I didn’t want to say anything. Why ruin the beginning of a new relationship with unnecessary drama?
When I got home, I put the test in the bathroom so I could take it after he fell asleep. But the joke was on me, and I fell asleep on the couch, my head on his lap, while we watched a movie. Eventually, I did make it back to my room, but I was too tired to worry about the test.
