Spellbound (2013)
“She feigned sleep, as she rarely slept deeply while napping, and decided she wouldn’t let on that she knew unless he told her directly.
She wondered if he’d anticipated this, if he’d kept her from hunting with him to avoid just this sort of thing. He wouldn’t want to upset her, even if explaining kept them from fighting about his decision to exclude her.
Max showed Gabriel out and then padded over to the bed. She heard him, smelled him, felt soothed by his presence the closer he came to... her. The bed dipped as he sat beside her. His hand stroked down her side.
“Kitten,” he said quietly, bending toward her and pressing his lips to her shoulder. “I have to go.”
When he straightened, she rolled to her back and looked up at him. “Shouldn’t you get some sleep? Or will you be home soon?”
“The sooner this hunt is over with, the better.” His gray eyes softened as they looked down at her.MoreLess
She wondered if he’d anticipated this, if he’d kept her from hunting with him to avoid just this sort of thing. He wouldn’t want to upset her, even if explaining kept them from fighting about his decision to exclude her.
Max showed Gabriel out and then padded over to the bed. She heard him, smelled him, felt soothed by his presence the closer he came to... her. The bed dipped as he sat beside her. His hand stroked down her side.
“Kitten,” he said quietly, bending toward her and pressing his lips to her shoulder. “I have to go.”
When he straightened, she rolled to her back and looked up at him. “Shouldn’t you get some sleep? Or will you be home soon?”
“The sooner this hunt is over with, the better.” His gray eyes softened as they looked down at her.MoreLess
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