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And you’ll love every minute of it,Exos returned.
We’ll see,I grumbled, finding one of Titus’s robes that hit me well below my knees.
Can you be naked when you find me?Exos wondered, a teasing note in his voice.Because I could use a little relief, Claire.
My face went up in flames.Exos.
Claire.
I puffed out a breath.You’re incorrigible.
No, princess. I’m bored and I miss you.
I miss you, too,I said, my shoulders falling.I’m coming for you, Exos. I promise.
Oh, I know, baby. And soon you’ll use those words beneath me in bed.
One-track mind,I accused.
Says the woman who ran naked into an elemental battle between four males. But hey, at least you captured their attention.
I’m going to start ignoring you now,I lied, my lips twitching despite my mortification.
Then I’ll just speak louder, he vowed.I’m not going to stop until this link dies or you find me.
I flinched.It won’t die. It can’t.
Then start searching. Because we’re running out of time.
I nodded, hand on the doorknob yet again, this time with my body properly clothed.Don’t give up on me, Exos.I spoke the words with purpose, recalling the night he said the same thing to me. Now it was his turn to trust me, to have faith in me to locate him before it was too late.
Never,he whispered.I’ll never give up on you, Claire.
Chapter29
Titus
Seeing Claire again had taken an entire week’s worth of frustration and rage right out of me, but seeing her likethat…
Fucking fires.
Resisting the urge to burn down the door, I waited for Claire. In spite of what Cyrus believed, I wasn’t an idiot. I sensed the change in her—a big one—perhaps a change I would enjoy exploring, but she wasn’t just mine anymore.
She belonged to all of us.
Claire appeared and paused, taking me in with those bright blue eyes that now glittered with an overflow of Cyrus’s power.
I wanted to fall to my knees and worship her.
“You’re so beautiful,” I whispered, awed.
She slipped into my arms, and every muscle in my body relaxed, knowing her as my mate. She tilted her head back and smiled.
“Titus,” she said, my name having a new flow on her lips that made my core tighten.
I wanted to give her space to adjust to the fae inside her overriding her human half, but I couldn’t resist as she tugged against my flame from somewhere deep in my soul.
My lips found hers on instinct, the taste of her grounding me as her mouth parted for mine.
