He loved me? Nobody has ever uttered the word love for me.
Ever.
"This..." he said, placing my hand on his chest or Noah's chest, I wasn't sure. "This only beats for you now. My life, my body, my soul...it's all yours now. I am all yours. And even though I can't still stake my claim on you yet and I would never forcefully do it unless you wanted me to, I want to do this."
I gulped as he shifted my hair to my right shoulder and pulled the sleeve of my night top down my shoulder. Glancing at me briefly, he leaned in and my breath hitched as he kissed and sucked at the spot between my neck and shoulder. It was the same spot where Voss sank his teeth, causing me unbearable pain, just on the other side. But his touch, soft and feather-like yet territorial, lighted up my entire body on fir
