The Lycan King’s Healer – Chapter 51

It was like the kiss at the palace. Our lips mended together with a delicate passion, like they were hungry but trying to save their rations. His hands found my face and caressed my cheeks, holding my face as softly as glass. I melted into him, threading my fingers through his hair. My whole world in that moment was the droplets of water on his skin, the fairy lights glowing beyond my closed eyelids, and lavender and sandalwood.

He was my entire universe.

In the midst of the slow kiss, I couldn’t help but feel suddenly hyper aware of our naked chests pressed together. He had never seen me this way; or at least, was never in the right state to remember being this way.

felt like cold water poured down my spine. I pulled

d smile that I hoped appeared enthusiastic enough.

efore nodding, sinking back into the water. To avoid seeming upset, I floated on my back, looking up at the stars as if they

e on my face.

e sky.

Aldrich asked after a couple passing mome

. “I feel bad that he’s in pain, but he complains worse than Theo.”

our wedding night no longer dampening the mood. I tried to push away all my worries; Alan’s recovery process, my lack of time with Theo, the fear of an arrow impaling our heads right now, and especially the deal I was cornered into agreeing to.

r with the help of natural pharmaceuticals, I always felt the most calm outside or in the water, as if the blood in me was concocted from dirt and trees and water.

hed the tendrils of his hair float in the water. “I also still feel guilty about scaring you the other day.”

ngry.”

re,” he said, “I never want that look caused by me. Especially after remembering that same look the day I banished you…”

st,” I said.

hat do you mean?” he inquired, looking

he first times I was being translucent with him, not withholding how I felt. He must have broken a wall down the past couple days. I wondered if he knew wh

s eyes, and he nodded with

very time I kiss you. I feel like I stole from you, like I took advantage of

ter all and deem her innocent over me.

t ever start blaming yourself now that you care for me.”

I ran my arm through it to create glittering ripples. “I feel as if I don’t deserve you sometimes. I am strong but the past seems to plague me.”

he soft sand. His tone and expression were fierce and final.“I don’t deserve you all the ti

I looked at him in shock before kissing him again. His words influenced me to pull him to me with confidence, and even when the kiss increased in fervor, I did not fret nor pull away. Past Ald

e. He did not need any more from me, but I needed more from him.

were floating in heaven, in some aquatic autumn realm.

water on my lips as I whispered into the crook of his neck, “I want to be as close t

my waist at that, nodding. “I can make that happen,” he whispered ruggedly.

and intimidated by his size. His breathing in my ear was immaculate, sending electric shocks down my core. I clung onto him, sounds coming out of me that I was not formerly aware I co

moving our lips together softly. I was grateful for the romantic notion, further proving that he did not only want the s*x, but he wanted me.

gether. His soul and mine intertwined, and it was utterly more romantic than raunchy. I tasted him and felt him and understood him, moving in sync as we passionately kissed. Even when he turn

finition, it was. Our first time feeling each other, our first time submitting ourselves fully to one another.

, my love,” he suggested as the air began to cool more. His lips grazed my cheek.

ond, I saw him wince as he stepped up.

arm.

but his face did no