Chapter 32 : Matched Pair

Kit's POV

"Still beautiful," I murmured as I tilted my head down to kiss the back of her neck. A ripple of goosebumps pebbled across her back. Her heart was hammering, throbbing hard against my hands as I trailed them down her body to wrap around her waist.

All lines of tension and nervousness slackened in her narrow shoulders. But even so, as she leaned back against me, she still said, "You don't have to lie to me."

My first instinct was to tell her I wasn't lying. Sera was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. When she stepped away from me, slowly ridding herself of clothing on the way to the bedroom, I was in awe of her. I looked her up and down, fingers aching to feel that warm supple skin.

I devoured the curve of her waist, the dimples around her hips, the softness of her stomach, and the teardrop shape of her breasts.

The same body that nourished her daughter.

The body that housed and protected her from harm.

I stared at the claw marks along her back, jagged wou