A Crown Of Shadows And Secrets - Sloane Murphy Page 0,81
for you.” His eyes plead with me, and it hits me that I’m worrying them. I take a deep breath and nod.
“Okay fine. I need to shower first though, Magnus might have helped clean me up, but I swear I can still feel the blood and grime on my skin from the day.” I stand, looking forward to getting out of this leather get up and stumble a little. I guess I really do need some sleep. Roman catches me before my legs give out fully and carries me to the bathroom, leaving the others to start on some form of a plan as they watch us leave, their concern painted all over their faces.
“I could’ve walked,” I whisper.
“You could, but why walk when I wanted to carry you,” he says softly, his breath tickling my ear. I sigh contentedly against him and let his strong arms carry me. He sits me on the counter and turns on the shower before coming back to me and stripping me out of the leather. His touches caring rather than their usual demanding when I’m bare in front of him. He reaches up and pulls the tie from my hair and I sigh at the relief from the tension I hadn’t even registered was there.
He strips down to his boxers and lifts me from the counter, carrying me into the shower. He puts me down in front of him, and turns me to face away from him before reaching around me and picking up the bottle of shampoo in here.
“You don’t have to…” I start and he growls lowly.
“Let me take care of you, princess,” he says, his chest still rumbling as he works the shampoo into my hair as he stands behind me. I groan as his fingers massage my scalp with the hot water rushing down my body. He removes his hands and spins me again to rinse the shampoo, before grabbing the soap, and taking extreme care as he washes me gently. He growls softly whenever he finds a not yet healed part of me, especially when I wince as he runs his hands over my ribs.
“I should’ve pulled that bitch’s innards out,” he says fiercely, and I open my eyes to find his glowing.
“I’m okay, I’m here with you now. I’m safe,” I tell him, as much for his wolf as him before kissing his chest, over his heart, softly. He lets out a contented sound and turns to rinse me down before shutting off the shower.
“You still want that bath?” He asks as he steps out of the shower, wrapping a towel around his waist, before wrapping one around me.
I shake my head and smile at him as I secure the towel around me. “No, I think I’m ready for bed.”
“Okay,” he says moving towards me and scooping me back up into his arms.
“I can walk,” I tell him and he kisses my forehead as he moves me to the bedroom.
“I know you can.”
I wake when the bed dips, and I open my eyes to find Kain lying beside me.
“Good morning mon amour,” he says before leaning over to kiss me. His kiss is soft and full of love, and I sigh happily into him. “Did you sleep well?”
“I slept like a baby. How long have I been out?”
“About ten hours, we didn’t want to wake you, but a message appeared on the table a few minutes ago to advise that Scarlett would be here in an hour, so we thought we should wake you.”
“Did you guys come up with a plan to get us out of this mess?” I yawn as I stretch before sitting up to face him.
“Get dressed, and we’ll talk,” he says putting the pack on the bed. Dread runs through me at his words.
“That doesn’t exactly fill me with hope.” I sigh.
“Come out back to the living room when you’re dressed,” he says sadly and leaves the room.
Fuck my fucking life.
There’s no other way is there. I already know what they’re going to say, and I’ll be fucked if I’m letting her have any of them.
They’re mine.
I fling the blankets off me and get dressed, shimmying into black skinny jeans and a white tank with pretty white lace bra and panties. Simple, but comfortable, and I get the feeling I’m going to want to be comfortable for the conversation we’re about to have.
Because I know they’ll each offer to sacrifice themselves rather than us fail, but that shit is not happening.