CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED & SIXTEEN
Talia’s POV
The bedroom door shut behind us, and the sound cut off the noise from the party like a switch. I turned to Nolan immediately. I grabbed his shirt and pulled him down into a kiss.
He froze for half a second, and then he kissed me back. His hands came up to my shoulders like he was trying to slow me down without pushing me away. I kept my mouth on his and my body pressed to him.
When I finally broke away, gasping, Nolan’s voice was a strained rasp. “We should go to bed. You need sleep.”
“What happened to making me ‘pay for it’ tonight?” I teased, my voice dropping an octave.
“You’re still recovering,” he insisted, though his eyes were dark with hunger.
I stepped back, spinning in a slow, defiant circle. “I’m fine. See? Not a scratch left.”
“Talia.” His warning tone was there, but it was wavering.
“I’ve rested for days, Nolan. I’m not spending another night lying there like a porcelain doll while you sit across the room watching me like you’re waiting for me to stop breathing.”
“That’s not what I was doing,” he muttered, turning away to kick off his shoes. He pulled his shirt over his head in one fluid motion. I forced myself not to gawk at the play of muscles across his back, focusing instead on the wall he’d built between us.
“It is,” I challenged, walking up behind him. “You haven’t touched me the same since you brought me back. It’s like you think I’ll break if you hold me too tight.”
“You were poisoned, Talia,” Nolan snapped, spinning around. The raw fear in his eyes stopped me cold. “I watched the color leave your face. I watched you almost die.”
“But I’m here. I’m recovered.” I stepped into his space, my hands sliding up the hard planes of his chest, tracing the familiar maps of his scars. “I want you. Don’t you want me?”
I could see the internal war raging behind his eyes. My wolf stirred, pacing with predatory intent. ‘Show him,’ she urged.’
Remind him who we are.’
“Stop treating me like I’m fragile,” I whispered, my fingers curling into his skin. “I am not some weak female.”
“You need rest,” he grumbled, but his hands had already found my waist, his grip tightening instinctively.
I silenced his protests with another kiss-this one deeper, slower, demanding a response. Nolan’s control snapped. He cupped my face with both hands and kissed me hard. His hands moved from my face to my waist, pulling me closer until there was no space left between us.
“You’re going to regret starting this tonight,” he growled.
“Never,” I breathed, a triumphant laugh escaping me.
Nolan’s mouth dropped to my neck. The mate bond flared to life as he kissed the mark on my neck. I moaned and then Nolan stopped.
I pulled back enough to look at him. “What? What’s wrong now?”
“Every time I close my eyes, I see your blood on my hands. I keep thinking about how you were struggling to breathe and how the doctors were going to tell me I was too late.”
I reached up, cradling his face just as I had the moment I first woke up in the hospital. “Nolan, look at me. I’m right here I’m not going anywhere.” I leaned in, nipping at his jawline. “Nolan…”
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“If I lose you,” he rasped, his eyes dark with a lingering shadow, “I lose everything.”
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“Then don’t let me go,” I breathed against his skin, my voice a soft command. “I’m right here. But you’ve been acting like I’m already gone. Don’t you miss me? Don’t you miss this?”
“Yes,” he choked out.
I leaned forward and kissed his neck before biting down. It caught him off guard. “Then show me, my mate,” I coaxed. My hand slipped beneath the waistband of his pants, my fingers finding him, stroking him with a slow, wicked deliberation.
That was the breaking point.
In a blur, Nolan picked me up and carried me to the bed. He set me down and then he was on top of me, removing my clothes faster than he ever had before. His kisses were hungry as if all his restraint had left him. I wasn’t complaining.
When he finally entered me, my breath hitched and I clutched his shoulders, my back arching. “Nolan!” I gasped. Even now, I still wasn’t used to how large he was and how he stretched me.
Nolan cursed under his breath, and his forehead dropped to mine for a second. “Goddess… I could stay like this forever,” he groaned.
After a few agonizing seconds, he began to thrust slowly to allow me to adjust to him before he pushed deeper and harder. I wrapped my legs around him and pulled him closer, allowing him to go deeper.
I rocked my hips up to meet his thrusts. Pleasure kept building after each thrust until I was screaming his name and finally came in a shivering mess. Nolan followed quickly after, gripping my waist so hard I knew there would be bruises.
Eventually, he rolled onto his side and hauled me back against his chest, his skin slick and hot. I rested my head against his chest and listened to his heartbeat. I moved backwards to get closer to him and Nolan let out a warning, gravelly growl.
“You keep doing that and neither one of us will sleep tonight.”
“You say that like it’s a bad thing,” I teased.
The room was quiet for a long moment before Nolan’s arm tightened around me, his voice turning somber. “You cannot do that again.”
“Do what?”
“You can’t put yourself in danger again like that, Talia. I can’t survive another scare like the last one.”
“I promise,” I murmured, sealing the vow with another kiss.
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