Chapter 112 – Comfort–2
–ZANE’S POV–
“Well, you have your human to do it to.”
“I do, but she has parents and she gets embarrassed.”
Lia laughed. “I can’t explain this to an animal, okay?”
I gave her a playful glare. “You did that again.”
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“Don’t tickle me!” she screamed, tightly hugging her stomach.
“I’m not,” I laughed. “Relax.”
She stared at me dubiously for a second, before letting her guard down. I wanted to poke her immediately after, but I decided against it. I wanted her to feel safe with me. To trust her body to me completely, with no discomfort or unease creeping into her.
“I love you,” she said. “Animal or not.”
I smiled down at her. “I love you too. Nerd or nerd.”
She slapped my arm, chuckling.
I climbed off of her and lay down beside her, spooning her body. “Go to sleep now. It’s late.”
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“What happened to making every inch of me drown in your love?” she asked.
“Some other time. It’s a school night.”
‘Since when do you care about that?” she teased.
“Since I started caring about you. Quiet now, close your eyes. Go
to sleep. We have to find Blake too tomorrow.”
“Right,” she sighed, moving closer to me. “Good night, Zane.”
“Good night, Lia.”
I held her to myself, and she fell asleep within minutes.
I stared at her, resisting the urge to litter her face with kisses. She needed her sleep. It was a wonder she could still be this
relaxed.
After everything that had happened in her life in the last few months, every single day I feared that she would finally break. That she would tell me that she doesn’t want me anymore. That she’d beg me to leave her alone.
And if she did, I had no idea what I’d tell her.
In the beginning, when I first recognised her as my mate, I’d promised myself I wouldn’t act like an entitled piece of shit like a few others. That I would leave her alone if she truly seemed
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like she’d be better off that way.
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But now, after I’d spent so much time getting to know her, after she’d started to mean more to me than just a ‘mate‘ the Moon. Goddess had chosen for me, I think I would act the same way other werewolves with reluctant human males did.
I wouldn’t let her go anymore. If I had to, I would follow her to the ends of the earth.
But Lia Snow was mine now.
Mine, and no one else’s.
I pushed her hair away from her face, keeping my touch as gentle as I possibly could.
My thumb traced over her cheek, and those familiar sparks shot up my hand.
These tingles had changed too. In the beginning, it was all excitement and thrill and passion.
Now, she simply felt like peace. Like true bliss. Calm, tranquil, habitual.
“Zane…” she mumbled in her sleep, stirring.
I touched my cheek to hers. “I’m here, love. I’m right here.”
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She shifted her position, nuzzling closer into me.
“Don’t leave me,” she whispered.
“I won’t. Never.”
She opened her eyes and glanced at me.
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“Hey,” I smiled, brushing her hair away from her face. “Go back to sleep.”
“I would,” she said, “but I’m scared.”
“Why? I’m right here, baby. There’s nothing to worry about. I won’t let them hurt you.”
She shook her head. “I’m not afraid of The order or anyone else.”
“Then?”
“I’m afraid of my nightmares. They make me feel like my life is about to change completely.”
I leaned in and kissed her forehead, then her nose, then her lips. She kissed me back gently, fingers gripping onto my shirt. I pulled away and cupped her cheek. “No matter what changes, my love, I promise you, I will always be by your side. I will always remain your anchor, a constant source of love and support for you.”
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She leaned into my touch, holding onto my wrist with both her hands.
“Help me find out, Zane,” she said. “I wanna know what I am. What my actual connection is to your world. Why I have two mates, why I ended up in the jungle that night. I don’t like this uncertainty.”
“I’m trying,” I nodded, “I’m looking into it.”
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. Now go back to sleep, you need it. You lost a lot of blood today. Even if you’re healing quickly, we cannot put your body through trials like this. You’re still adjusting to this new life and we don’t even know what it is.”
“Okay,” she replied, closing her eyes.
“Good girl. Sleep well, love. I’m right here.”
“I know.”
After a few seconds of silence, she drifted off again, her heartbeat becoming rhythmic and her breath steadying.
I sighed, glancing out the window, at the crescent shining in the sky.
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Help me, Goddess. Help me understand, so I can help her.
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