Chapter Forty

~ Zora

"Oh!" I stuttered, breathing laboriously. "Uhm, I was hoping we would be able to do that after our wedding night, you know? It's just a few days away."

"Can you wait that long?" Nox asked, kissing the valley between my chest, the simple act feeling like fuel to the fire already burning me up. "This is part of the reason why I've been staying away from you." He said. "I didn't want to make you go into heat so soon, but being around you is hard. It takes a lot of willpower for me not to rip your clothes off and take you wherever I find you."

The thought alone made my center throb and a whimper escape my lips. Nox pulled back from me and maneuvered us so that he was sitting back in the bathtub and I was sitting between his muscular thighs. The moment the now-cold water hit my skin, it felt like bliss. I leaned back into Nox's hard body, closing my eyes and relishing the pleasantness of being wrapped in his arms.

We stayed like this in silence for a while, both of us dwelling on