Page 45 of Captured By the Monsters
“Not at all, beauty,” he answered and smiled. “We lost hope for a long time that we would never find our mate and that our lands wouldn’t be restored. But you have given us our faith back. So hold fast in the belief that everything will work out and we will build a life here together.”
Nibbling on my lip at his encouraging words giving me butterflies, I stopped walking and dropped their hands. Turning to face Sylan who had also stopped, I cut him off as he started to ask, “What’s wr—” and jumped, throwing my arms around his neck to the best of my ability.
For a moment I jolted, forgetting about the issue I was having when our skin made contact. I prepared myself for the pain and insufferable desire to take over, but it didn’t. Instead it was like that new piece of me coiled up and laid down like a content house cat in his embrace.
What the hell was going on with me?
Quickly he wrapped his arms around me and helped lift me up until my legs wrapped around his waist, loving the way my dress rose and settled high on my thighs. I buried my face into his neck and breathed his scent that reminded me of home. “Thank you,” I murmured. “I needed that.”
With one arm wound tightly around my back, he pulled his head back and gripped my chin lightly. “I refuse to believe the fates brought us together just for it to be ripped away before we get our happy ending.”
He leaned in to press a kiss to my forehead, and damn if it didn’t set fireworks off in my chest. It was such an intimate gesture that made me feel so…loved.
“Let’s pick up the pace,” Axton called out. “Keep carrying her, Sylan, so we can take off.”
“Got it,” he answered and dropped my chin to wrap his other arm around me and then took off. I squealed at the speed in which we went and slammed my eyes shut.
Soon we would get this presentation over with a plan to go back to The Above. I wouldn’t be swayed from this, but I would get this customary greeting out of the way first to assuage them.
