“Sleep, Little Monster, tomorrow is a big day. We will watch, we will protect you, just sleep,” Nos murmurs, as he drops a kiss on the top of my head.
I missed you so much, my little monster, never leave my side again. There is no me without you.
Smiling, I snuggle closer and close my eyes, sleeping with my mates surrounding me. For tonight this is all that matters.
Something wakes me, and once it does, I can’t go back to sleep. I lie in a pile of snoring males, cringing. Guess I didn’t think about the practical side of having so many mates. God, I hope they are better than human men when it comes to the bathroom and cleaning.
Hands slide across my skin, making me gasp. They are all asleep, just reaching for me, but each touch sets me alight. A fire burning in my gut.
Fuck.
Great, I’m horny and all my monsters are asleep.
Lying here, I try to distract myself or go back to sleep, but one of their hands slides between my thighs and their face snuggles into my hip. Fuck.
Well, that’s not fair, all these dicks and no one to ride. I wonder if they would be annoyed if I woke them up…I bet if it was sucking them off they wouldn’t complain. Before I can roll over and try to wake one of them, a hand slips over my mouth and lips meet my ear. “Shh, don’t wake them.”
I settle at Nos’s velvety voice as he gently scoops me up and slides me away from them before silently leaping from the bed and landing on quiet feet. Wrapping myself around him, I let him carry me from the room.
He brings me out the door and down the corridor. I spot two open doors behind us at the very end and see Lucy standing there, staring out into the night. He looks so lost, so alone. I ache to go to him, but I don’t think he would accept it, so I snuggle closer to my forest god.
He takes me to the next room a couple of rooms down and opens the door, kicking it shut behind us. I don’t get to look around except to see there is dust and cobwebs covering most of the room, and sheets over what looks like sofas to the left and a bed to the right.
Nos doesn’t stop, he leads me right to the double balcony doors at the back, past the bed, and pushes them open. They swing with a squeak and remain open behind us as he heads out into the night air.
Smiling, I suck in a deep breath as he places me down on the wooden table waiting out here, and steps between my thighs. How did he know I needed air before I did? That I needed to be outside, to be held, and touched…
Because my forest gods know everything about me, even before I do.
He tilts his head down, his hands braced on the table on either side of me. “Your need woke me.”
I grin at that, leaning back. “I guess I should be sorry, but I’m not. This is the most I’ve seen you in a while.”
“So it is, Little Monster. I’m sorry I wasn’t there. I knew you needed time to finish what you needed. If I interrupted, it might not have gone down like that and we wouldn’t be here. I stayed away to protect you, do you believe me, Little Monster?”
“Always.” I nod. If he says there was a reason, that it was important, I believe him. I just missed him is all.
“I missed you too, so much.” He grabs me and pulls me closer, leaning his head against mine, his eyes bleeding to white. “Life is boring without you, it makes me miss when we first met. Chasing you across the city, now chasing you here. It seems like you’re always busy or running,” he murmurs.
“No more chasing, no more running, baby. It’s us now,” I soothe, as I reach up and stroke along his horns. He growls, his eyes flashing.
“Whoops, I forgot about that,” I say innocently, blinking at him.
His eyes narrow as I continue to stroke his antlers. “Little Monster, behave.”
“And when have I ever behaved, god? Tell me that.” Leaning closer, I lick his lips. “And when do you not like it when I don’t?”
“Little Monster,” he growls.
“What are you waiting for, forest god...every time you catch me you have me...is this