He cupped my jaw with his hand, tipped my chin up with his thumb, and kissed me deeply. His lips were pillowy soft, molding to mine perfectly as he claimed my mouth. He tasted of marshmallows and sunshine. My mouth was alive with sensation, tingling and throbbing as I kissed him back, hands raking up through his hair to grasp him to me, leg sliding over his hips so our bodies were flush against each other. He breathed me in, devouring my mouth. His hands left a trail of heat in their wake as they roved down my back and slipped under the hem of the T-shirt I was wearing. I gasped as his palm met my bare flesh.
He tensed and then pulled away, closing his eyes and shaking his head. “I’m sorry. I—” He climbed off the bed and stood with his broad back to me, hands on his slender hips as he composed himself.
“I’m sorry,” he said again. “I crossed a line. It won’t happen again.”
Thing was, I wanted it to. Mal and Az had called it before I had. But Grayson was clueless.
I wanted Uriel, but there was no way I could take that step without talking to my Loup mate about it.
Chapter Twenty
The time change from day to night when going from the Underealm to Necro didn’t bother me anymore, but there were times, like today, when it was jarring to leave one place in the morning and arrive at another as the sun was about to set.
But Cora’s embrace dispelled the surreal sensation and grounded me. She gave the best hugs, and tonight was no different.
“Hey, Uri.” She beamed at him, then looked past him. “Where are Az and Mal?” she asked.
“They had to go back to the Underealm.”
“Shit went down, huh?” She nodded.
“Yeah, I’ll tell you all about it later.” I glanced about, and she grinned.
“He’s not here.”
“Who?” I affected innocence.
“Grayson. He’s on a Hunter hunt.”
“You’ll need to tell him about the sleepwalking,” Uri said. “So he can watch over you at night.”
Because here, at the house, Grayson was my bed mate. I’d need to speak to my mate and let him know about my feelings for Uri, and my stomach trembled. Azazel and Mal may have given me the green light, but Grayson hadn’t.
“What sleepwalking?” Cora asked.
“It’s nothing.” I waved it off, not wanting to talk about the fact I’d jumped off the pinnacle. “I’m fine.”
Uri glared at me, and I winced.
“Uri?” Cora looked to him.
Uri arched a brow in my direction. “Fee?”
“Fine, so I sleepwalked off the pinnacle last night.”
“What!” Cora stared at me in horror. “You walked off it? But…how?”
“Uri caught me.” I smiled up at the celestial. “I was lucky he turned up when he did, and then he watched over me while I slept so I wouldn’t sleepwalk again.”
Uri’s amber gaze warmed me like honey as it tracked across my face, and the memory of his mouth on mine had my cheeks heating.
Cora cleared her throat. “Um, Fee…I need some help with… stuff.” She grabbed my hand and tugged me across the room toward the lift.
“Make some coffee,” she called out to Uri. “We’ll be right back.”
She hit close on the lift doors and then crossed her arms and glared at me. “Well?”
“Well, what?”
“You and celestial boy out there. Something happened between you, didn’t it?”
I could never get anything past Cora. “We kissed, but that’s all. I wouldn’t take it further, not without the guys agreeing to it.”
“You’re going to speak to them, though, right?”
“Mal and Az have already given me the green light with Uriel, but I thought they were being ridiculous. I mean, I have feelings for Uri, but I thought he saw me as a friend.”
“Friends don’t kiss with tongue,” she said. “Wait, there was tongue, right?”
I covered my face.
“Omg, you’re fucking blushing. What the hell? You don’t blush.”
“I know!”
She grinned. “So, this is the Uri effect.”
The lift opened, and she led us down the corridor toward her room. “And Grayson?”
“I need to speak to him.”
She pushed open the door, and I stepped into an explosion of pink and purple. “You…decorated.”
She shrugged. “Grayson said it was cool, and I spend so much time here.”
Did that mean she wasn’t leaving?
She pressed her lips together. “I know I said I needed to spread my wings, and I will. That doesn’t mean I can’t put my mark on this place.” She threw herself onto a beanie chair. “What will you say to Grayson about Uri?”