Chapter 0492

"Rafe," Daphne murmurs, clearly guilty as she reaches out and cups his cheek in her palm. "I'm sorry, I just -"

"No, Daphne," Rafe replies, laying back against the pillow and closing his eyes, moving his arms so that his hands press lightly against her back. "Don't be sorry - don't ever be sorry for something like that. If you want to slow down then we'll go slow." Daphne smiles a little, accepting the invitation his hands give to lay herself down over his broad chest, to tuck her head beneath his chin.

And as she does, Daphne feels incredibly guilty.

Because here is this perfectly wonderful prince, who she's had a crush on for literally years, who so clearly wants to be with her...

And all she can do is think about...

Well.

The less thought on what's actually on her mind, the better, for now.

At least while Rafe Sinclair is in her room, his arms tight around her, working hard to steady his breathing.

own eyes drift shut. Wondering what the hell she's supposed

around the knot in her throat. "Tell me

you want to know, Daph?" When I come back to the room after my workout with Blaze, the mood is unusually somber. And the room itself

my hands on my

it down to Daphne's room," Jesse mutters, stabbing his pen at the page of the notebook resting in his lap. He's sitting moodily cross-legged

mouth falls open in horror as my stomach

Jesse snaps, raising his

as I look at him because what the hell is

spot on the couch, looks up at me and hastily shakes his head. I do as he asks, falling silent, but after a moment I figure it out - why Jesse might be in a mood at Rafe's absence. What, precisely, he might be

I saved you the best scraps," Luca says from an unusual spot on the floor, gesturing towards a plate resting by his side. I smile at my mate,

the scraps are a couple of crusts

to him on the

my gift," he growls, pulling me tight against him and making me laugh, "which I saved

bread crusts, shoving it eagerly in my mouth. "Next time can you try to

do my best, baby," Luca murmurs, pressing a kiss to my hair. I swallow my bite, tilting

in a contented

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