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She didn’t care that soon she could be the Norden Point, and he’d still be the Suden Point. She didn’t care that they weren’t supposed to be together.
She only cared about the rhythm they created that was all their own. Their pleasure built together this time. His head fell to the crook of her neck, his lips breathing out a prayer that sounded like her name as they both found their release.
Chapter Forty-One
She woke with her limbs entangled with Luc’s. Though it was very intentional this time, there was still no possible way to get up without alerting him. Even as she considered it, his eyes popped open and found hers.
“Good morning,” he said.
“Good morning,” she replied, evaluating his sleepy but self-satisfied smirk. There was no way to wipe it off, not after last night. As she stretched out languidly, she decided that he had earned it.
“Do we need to have an awkward regret conversation?”
She couldn’t hold back the laugh. “Coffee first might be nice.”
His face closed off as he started to get himself up to fulfill her request.
“Luc.” She pulled him back to her. “It was a joke. No regret conversations to be had. Although, it is traditional to ease a new partner into these types of conversations, not just attack them first thing in the morning with it.”
His smile was back, the one that was all teeth. The one that she wasn’t sure she would ever tire of. “I have heard that before, but I’ve never been great at relationships.”
“First…” She put up a finger. “We’ve allegedly been in a relationship for a week, so…you should be better. Second…” She lifted the second finger on her hand. “It’s also frowned upon to jump right into relationship discussion after bedding someone.” She paused thoughtfully. “Though the rules may not apply if you were already in a fake relationship with them.”
“I’ll take that under advisement for any future relationships.”
She playfully pushed him away. “Okay, that’s about enough of that. You can go get me that coffee now.”
“Not a chance,” he said as his arm snaked out to pull her to him. He kissed her lazily. This wasn’t the fierce passion of last night but the slow, deliberate exploration from one who is confident he has all the time in the world. Her body responded immediately, arching into him as he pulled her closer.
“We really should get up,” he breathed when their lips parted. “We don’t want to be late for the Ceremony.”
She sighed. She’d been trying to forget that they had to return to Norden house this morning. The summer solstice was a two-part endeavor. First the evening ball, and then the following day, the Compass Points and the elders from each fae court met at the Norden beach to perform a ceremony on the lake, replenishing their power as part of the Covenant with the gods at the fae’s creation.
Today would be the day. She’d been seen as the savior of Compass Lake Village. She’d been seen to have the Suden Point’s support. She’d gone toe to toe with Aiden last night, though she wouldn’t say she’d won precisely.
She needed to find Arie. To understand what he knew about Aiden and, she suspected, about the mist plague.
Luc’s lips trailed down her neck, interrupting her to-do list and leaving her wondering why they had to get out of bed. Images from last night flooded her mind, and she shivered in delight as her body started to warm again in want.
“Rose, are you decent?”came the coy question from just outside the window. Rose rolled her eyes, pushing herself up and ending their activities that had just been getting started.
“Arie’s here,” she said to Luc as she pulled on some clothes and went to open the window. Luc headed to the closet to do the same.
“I see you took my advice,”Arie said as he flew into the room in bird form.
“How could you possibly know that?”
“I’ve been sitting outside the window for a long time just waiting for the least awkward moment to interrupt.”
“And you thought listening at the window was less awkward than interrupting?” Her eyes rolled again inadvertently.
“Your eyes will get stuck that way if you keep this up,”he replied.
“Where did you go last night? Did you figure out whatever you needed to confirm?” she asked. She needed to know what she was working with before she moved against Aiden.
“You’re going to pretend you didn’t see me on the beach?”
She remembered the fire and the black cat she’d sworn she’d seen fleeing from the shed last night.
