Chapter 74: Need and Want

"Come here." Elias lay back on the pillows, and I curled up on his side as he wrapped his arms around me. "Try and get some sleep."

I nodded, not wanting to think about Xander leaving us. Tears came to my eyes at the thought.

"Hey...." Noticing I was crying, Elias rolled me over and propped himself up on his elbow, wiping a tear away from under my eye with his thumb. "Kalyssa, we don't know if he's leaving for sure or not. But everything's going to be okay."

I nodded, knowing he was right. "Yeah, but the thought of losing either of you is devastating."

Elias nodded. "I know." Then his lips descended upon mine in a kiss filled with promise, a kiss to last the ages. As a shifter, we could live hundreds of years, and I planned to spend every moment with him and Xander.

I parted my lips for him and took him inside. He moved to my side, running his hands over my arms, my legs, and then hitched my leg on his hip and massaged my breast.

"Make love to me," I breathed.

His eyebrows raised, sin