Chapter 34
Nix
Our breaths slow.
Our hearts steady.
And I inhale.
Air fills my lungs, and it feels like the first time I’ve breathed.
The first time I’ve tasted oxygen.
And for the first time in two days, my mind starts to clear.
Exhaustion is right there. And I know it’s about to take me. But I open my eyes and concentrate on the body against mine, over mine, pressing me into the mattress.
He’s real. And he’s really here.
Here warming me.
Here filling me.
Volik—the vampire—is here.
And he called me his mate.
I called him my mate.
And it felt right.
It still feels right to think it, even though I don’t know exactly what that means.
I don’t know what any of this means.
My fingers twitch against his bare sides.
And… it still feels right.
Having him here.
This dangerous, ancient creature. This hot-as-hells male.
His head is lowered, and his lips are still pressed against my neck.
My thoughts start to slow.
I should make him leave… Tell him to go…
My lips twitch.
I’m feeling like a bit of a badass right now, losing my virginity to a vampire. But I don’t know that I, a human, could make Volik do anything.
And as my lids lower, I silently confess that I don’t want him to go yet.
I let my eyes close the rest of the way.
I want him to stay. Just for a bit. Just for the rest of this moment.
I inhale again. And even though it’s the middle of the afternoon, I let myself fall into blissfully satisfied sleep.