I held him to me as he came, feeling him filling me completely. Hugging him tight, I smiled. "You have me.”
“Do I?” He hadn’t stopped despite finishing. He was determined to get me to climax as always. And he was so good at it, seemingly knowing exactly what to do to get what he wanted. I swiftly got there. as he pulled me in and moved his hips against mine, pushing deep inside me as our bodies were pressed together tightly, his lips searching mine hungrily. He fit perfectly, hitting just the right spot, causing me to fall over the edge into ecstasy with only a few more thrusts.
Panting hard, I all but collapsed against him. “Mhmm…” I started to rise up off him.
He pulled me back down, staying inside me. "Wait, wait. Let's talk about this more." He pulled me in and pressed his lips to mine.
I giggled, leaning back slightly, still trying to catch my breath. "We can't talk with your tongue in my mouth." My hands slid up and down his arms. "What do you want to talk about?" I flinched, pressing my hands to my abdomen for a moment, sure that the exertion from our morning activities before eating has been straining. But, I was fixated on him. “Hmmm? What?”
He watched me for a moment. “Nothing.”
Before I could respond, he lifted me up into his arms, cradling me as he carried me to the bed. He laid me down, pulled the covers up over me and crawled in by my side, his eyes roaming over me from my head to my feet and back up. I didn’t know if he was assessing me or appreciating me. But I know that if I’d asked him, he probably would have said the later. But there was something in the way he looked that said there was something analytical in his actions.
Still, I was curious. “Nothing? You don’t look like nothing is on your mind.”
He scoffed, humored. “There is plenty of time to talk about what I want to talk about. Right now, I want you to rest. I know you just woke, but you look tired. I may have worn you out already.”
I tugged at the blankets between us, hating the barrier. "Hmmm?" My eyes were already closing. "I am just so sleepy today. I don’t know why. Physically and mentally drained, you know?"
"You might be getting sick from something in my world. Our illnesses are foreign to your system. Granted, my blood should help with that, but if you are weakened, then you may not be recovering easily.” He lifted up the blanket and slid behind me, his body pressing into mine.
I sighed happily. "I don't feel sick." I pulled his arm around my waist. "I am sure I just need some more sleep." This time, my voice trailed off as I spoke.
He started running his hand up and down my side, gripping my hip and pulling me back to him. His lips grazed my ear. “Then sleep you shall have.” His voice got even softer. “Anything you want, little one. It is yours.”
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I woke with a start, sitting straight up. “Kane!”
A light breeze blew over me as Kane appeared by my side. “I’m here. What’s wrong?” He looked me over, panic reaching his eyes.
I gripped him as if holding myself to his world, not wanting to return to where I’d just been. “Just stay. Please.” Tears welled up behind my closed eyelids. I buried my face in his chest, hoping he wouldn’t notice.
He sat up, pulling me into his lap. “What happened? I haven’t left the room. I was just sitting on the windowsill reading, so there wasn’t anyone in here. What did you see?”
A shiver ran through me. “It was just a nightmare. I’m sorry.” I tried to stand up, feeling completely foolish.
Not letting me leave his lap, he brushed my hair away from my shoulder. “What was it about?”
“Nothing. Really.”
“Auri…” He tried to be stern, but I could read the deep concern in his brow. “It was not nothing by how you called out for me when you woke.”
I didn’t want to tell him. It wasn’t just that I didn’t want to scare him, but I didn’t want to relive it. I wanted to escape it… to hide in his arms until I could breathe again. But by the tenseness of his hold on me, I knew he wouldn’t let it drop. “I dreamed I was taking a portal home by force, and you were gone. And I was scared."
“Go on.” He nodded. “Were you older? The same age? Were you alone? What were your surroundings?
“I can’t…” I fought my quickening heartrate.
He touched my cheek. “You need to, little one. We need to figure out what it was.”
“Like I said,” I leaned into his palm. “It was just a nightmare.”
“Humor me.” He pulled my hand to his lips and kissed my fingers.
I took a deep breath, breathing it out fully before going on. Closing my eyes, I let myself replay the events. “I was not older. At least not by years. You were not there, as I said. But I was with child. And it was someplace that looks like a desert. I couldn't tell you where of course."
“Were you alone? If not, who else was there?” he urged me to give more details.
I dropped my head, eyes still closed as I tried to pull details out of the fog that was engulfing my memories of what I’d dreamt. “Three people. Robes. One purple. One ivory. I cannot recall the other… maybe red? But I can’t see
