Lucinda POV
Even in his sleep, the man had a grip on her. She’d waited patiently for him to fall asleep, not wanting to have to deal with him or any of his seduction techniques. After he’d crawled into bed and tossed all the pillows she spent time carefully making a wall out of; to keep him at bay. He’d clearly not liked it, and wasn’t standing for it either.
He had slid his body right over to hers and curled an arm around her before relaxing against her. Bloody Mate Bond was strong for him; that she was already sure of. If it wasn’t, he’d have hesitated in touching her and it hadn’t taken that long for him to fall asleep.
Lucinda had tried to slip from the bed, out from under his arm, but every time she had moved, his arm had moved with her. Instinctively adjusting to her change of po
