I shouted, making him question,
“And did it happen any other way?”
“Well no, but still, give me a little credit here,” I grumbled, knowing that dripping blood into that box had been more luck and less intelligence.
“Oh, my girl, I have given you enough credit over these last eight weeks to last you a lifetime…Of course I have also cursed your name equally so.”
“Gee, way to go in making a girl feel…” he quickly cut me off, reminding me that we may be in each other’s arms, but we still had a long way to go before trusting each other again.
“Hunted? Because that is precisely what you were. I told you that I would never give up, I warned you that I would find you and now here we are. You’re locked in my embrace and soon to find yourself this way every night that follows it, for I promise you, my Khuba, letting you out of my sight will not happen…not for quite some time.”
“You think I would run from you now, after what just happened between us?” I asked making him point out on a growl of words,
“I believe that is the second time for such a thing to happen between us and yet it still ended in you running.” I hated that he was right, because we had been like this together once before and I had run from it the first moment I had seen…well, what I thought I had seen. Something in itself that still needed to be explained. Yet, when I was just about to open my mouth to ask, he shook his head and told me,
“Not tonight, let us face everything else tomorrow, for today was perfection and tonight I get to sleep with you in my arms. Let us just enjoy the now.” I couldn’t argue with that and well, I also couldn’t argue with him playing with my hair the way he was, finding myself sinking into all that was Lucius,
And loving every breath I took doing so…
Sleeping in his arms.
The next day started pretty much the same as the one before, in the sense that we woke up late and Lucius and I were in bed together. Although the differences were that our first meal of the day wasn’t then followed by destruction, arguing, and being tied up before sex. No, it just started with sex, then came the meal and we skipped destruction and arguing altogether.
But by late afternoon, I found myself being led down to the lobby where I was faced with what Lucius had planned and it included a huge heavy duty 4x4. I watched as it was driven and parked directly in front of us making me comment,
“Well, this is unexpected.” His knowing grin was my only reply to this, and I couldn’t help but take a moment to look down the length of him. It was slightly cooler today, so he was now wearing stonewash jeans and a plain charcoal T shirt, that was tight on the arms. But he wasn’t the only one who’d dressed for the cooler weather as I was wearing tight indigo jeans that were rolled at the calf, and a plaid shirt in burgundy red, navy blue with hints of white in the lines that separated the two colours. I wore the shirt open and knotted under my bust with a white vest top underneath. White and red sneakers matched, although from the looks of things, I was missing hiking boots and a beige safari hat!
“Are we going hunting or something, ‘cause despite popular belief among rogues and Mercs, I don’t actually consider killing a sport?” I commented at the sight of the huge Mercedes 4x4. Lucius burst out laughing before grabbing the knot in my shirt and tugging me to his front before telling me,
“You wanted to know what was next, this is next.” I frowned in question then asked,
“Is this why you had me pack a small bag, because you know, I was only kidding with that boy scout stuff and didn’t really peg you for the camping type,” I said as he started to lead me around to my side. Then he opened my door after the man who had driven here handed Lucius the keys.
“Just wait and see,” he told me before grabbing me by the waist and lifting me into the car, adding yet another bossy order,
“Sit your sweet ass down, beautiful.”
“Wow, bossy much…you know, you are lucky you are hot, Mister.” I grumbled with a