Chapter 100: I’m Yours

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Our bedroom felt exceedingly quiet, but the silence was broken by the swell of chatter and music coming from the castle’s grounds, where the gala was still taking place. It was late now, the sky dappled with stars until a half quarter

moon.

Troy was helping me out of my dress in our spacious bathroom as I took the pins out of my hair, letting the curls fall over my shoulders as I sighed a breath of relief. It felt odd seeing the jeweled tiara I was wearing sitting on the bathroom counter, surrounded by a tangle of hairpins.

Troy kissed my shoulder as I pulled my shelves from the dress, his touch sending a ripple of desire through my body.

“You’re covered in glitter,” he laughed against my skin as he ran his hand down over my exposed waist.

“Gemma found a new lotion at the market in Mirage. It has glitter in it and smells like cotton candy. She insisted I wear it.”

“Mmm… that’s why you smell like sugar.”

“You noticed?”

“Earlier, in the sitting room when I….” He looked over my shoulder at our reflection in the mirror, giving me a knowing

smile.

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I felt suddenly self-conscious as he looked at my reflec tion. My body felt foreign to me still, my new curves strange and unwanted. I closed my eyes as he reached down to un clasp the hook and pin that held my skirts in place, causing them to fall around my ankles. I was totally, completely ex posed.

“Troy, don’t-”

“What’s wrong?” He turned me to face him, standing so close that my breasts pressed into his chest. They were hard as rocks and streaked with purple stretch marks, so heavy I felt like my back would break. How could he look at me and want me? Let alone recognize me?

Exhaustion and grief at the fact that our sons were still in the nursery, fast asleep, washed over me and brought tears to my eyes. Troy ran his knuckles over my cheek, leaning down to brush a soft kiss across my forehead.

“Today was a lot, wasn’t it?” he whispered into my hair.

we had been togeth er intimately and alone, always separated by babies and al ways called away on

if

hands now,” he laughed,

body no longer shielding me from his full gaze, I felt like cowering, like covering

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and opened the glass door to the oversized shower and turned the

me,” he said as he unbuttoned his shirt, tossing it on the

during our journey through the pass had only added to his strength. It had been the complete opposite for me, my body stretching apart to make room for not

feel better after a hot

milk beginning to trickle over my breasts and down

“Maeve-”

ever be like I was?” I said, the words

looking up at me for a moment before he pulled them off and kicked them

my head. “Does that bother

You carried them in your body for months. You gave them life, risking your own and….” He paused, closing the dis tance between us, running

“Jealous?” I stammered.

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neck. “This is the first time since we met that you haven’t been fully

eyes as his mouth

again,” he growled,

“I’m yours.”

the skin over my collarbone, then ran his hands over my arms,

hoarsely, his touch leaving my arms. to run

I rasped, unable to hide my

one of my nipples in his mouth. I sucked in my breath through gritted teeth, but he was gentle,

ass?” | squeaked in surprise, giggling as he cupped my ass in his hands. “Do I even

the counter, kissing me so deeply that I felt at a loss for air. All that was separating us were his boxers and the cascade of steam dancing

our fatigue, we were in no obvious rush. This was the first time we’d had sex

he had me pressed against shower, my breasts pinned against the tile as he took me from behind, his

for my own release. A wave of pure, electric ecstasy enveloped me and I was limp with bliss and mingled

as we stood beneath the stream of the shower, letting the water wash over us, the tile floor glistening with glitter. It was a baptism of sorts, washing away our old lives, and when after a long while we finally stepped out of the shower, it was as though we had been re born into our

knitted to gether as he listened to

downstairs.

and Ernest are going to be absolute ly

We can take George for the day. I can nurse him, you know. We can take

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