Chapter 42: CORD

Back at the house, my eyes zeroed in on her and hers sought me out still filled with lingering fear. I smiled to reassure her that all was right in her world again. Her face softened and I saw her body relax as if she'd been waiting for my return. So much passed between us in that one moment

While I'd been giving her time, time I thought she needed, someone else had been plotting to take her life. There was still so much I needed to teach her to bring her into my world, but looking at her now after what she'd been through, after almost losing her it didn't matter anymore, none of it did. All that mattered now was taking her to my bed. Fuck everything else.

I suddenly couldn't wait to be alone with her. I needed to feel her warmth beneath me, needed that connection. Only then would I be able to erase the night.

I needed to get inside her, to reassure myself that she was safe, whole, mine. Now that imminent danger had passed, she now faced a danger of a different kind. Would I ha