115. Chapter One-Hundred-Fourteen
Chapter One-Hundred-Fourteen
Scarlett
It feels so much warmer in the bedroom than it did in the main cabin. Drying off doesn’t take long, and I slip into the short pajamas I wore last night before Kian and Trick claimed me.
My hair is still damp, but it feels like it’s gonna dry on its own pretty quickly.
Xane is quiet as he strips out of his underwear and dries off with his towel.
I’m pretty sure if I take one more knot, I’ll pass out cold, but that doesn’t stop me from admiring his naked body now that I’m getting a chance to see it.
He watches me watching him, and he gives me a soft smile.
“Ready for more so soon?” he asks, raising an eyebrow.
I smile back. “Just admiring what’s mine. I’ll probably pass out if you knot me like you did in the forest one more time. A girl can only handle so much swollen cock.”
“Well, thank God for that, because I gave you everything I had in that forest.”
“I felt it,” I admit.
“And how did it feel?” he asks as he sets his towel on the edge of the bed.
“It felt like I was being claimed by my lead Alpha.”
I step closer and run my hands over his chest.
His muscular body is even more impressive in real life than it is in pictures.
It belongs to me now, because he does.
“You look like you’re thinking sexy thoughts,” he murmurs.
“I’m actually thinking we’ve spent enough time being physical. You’ve barely spoken to me since we got here. That needs to change.” I feel slightly afraid to ask, but only because I’m worried it’ll make him bury his feelings like he was doing when we met.
“It does,” he says, after a second of silence.
“So, you’ll tell me why you were so shut down?”
He nods slowly. “Give me a second to grab clothes from the main cabin. I’ll explain when I get back.”
He leans in and kisses me lightly on the lips before he leaves the room.
I take in a deep breath and let it back out slowly.
Xane Orion is my mate.
It feels like a dream, but I don’t want the fantasy version of him.
I want the real Xane. I need to understand why he couldn’t see I was his when we met.
So, I wait while he finds he clothes, and I sit on the bed, in my non-sexy pajamas, waiting for him to come back and have a heart to heart.