From Rejected Luna To Lycan Queen (Eloise and Edward) novel Chapter 379

Chapter 379 A Dog?

Chapter 379 A Dog?

MALACHI

“Holding you like this, settles me too, honey.” I held my breath after I spoke. Afraid pointing out she was in my lap would make her feel embarrassed and try to leave.

“Honey?” She snorted, shaking her head. “What is it with you guys and the nicknames? I keep telling you) hate them.”

“Do you, though?” I teased.

I could feel the lie of hers through the bond, the way her pulse spiked as she denied it,/I let my hand dri down the side of her face again, slow and gentle. She sighed, her body melting against mine.

There were things in her past I wouldn’t push her to talk about.

Not yet.

But this? This wa

She shook

somethi

I lay

h

This I could nudge. I wanted her to admit she liked the way we claimed her.

al, but there was a smile hiding in her eyes. “Why honey? That sounds like d call me.”

e sound rumbling out of my chest before I could stop it. The truth that my bear actically purred the word the first time it crossed my mind, sat right on the tip of my sn’t ready for that conversation, not yet. So I gave her the truth but in a way she “Well, you do calm my inner grizzly, and you’re sweet like honey.”

ck just enough to look at me properly, curiosity written all over her face. “I mean you are like a linebacker. So referring to yourself as a bear fits.” She shrugged it off like it made total

ed, tightening my arm around her just a little. And enjoying the tiny little gasp she gave me in

nse.

aned down to her ear. “Oh, honey.” I was unable to keep the edge of knowing out of my voice. “You ave no idea how right you are.

ZARA

I startled awake with a sharp inhale as thunder cracked overhead, so close it felt like it split the ceiling open. The windows rattled in their frames, rain hammering relentlessly against the glass, and my heart pounded hard enough it took me a second to remember how to breathe.

For a disoriented moond

the world outsi

almost fell

room ar

there, pulse racing in time with the storm, staring at the ceiling while

xir around me was warm, the bed comfortable and for a second, I brain caught up with the fact that I was in an unfamiliar

ring under my skin

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Chapter 379 A Dog?

I turned my head slowly, taking in the dark shapes of furniture, the broad dresser, the heavy dark curtains the framed painting on the far wall-an angular cityscape in deep blues and blacks. Memory slid into place in pieces. The hallway. Malachi sat beside me on the floor…..

Oh God

I fell asleep on him.

Heat crept up my neck as I pushed myself upright, my hair a mess around my face. I swung my legs one the side of the bed, blinking hard, trying to shake off the fog. I hadn’t slept properly in days, weeks, it was being honest with myself. Nightmares, panic, my brain refusing to power down unless it was absolute exhaustion dragging me under. I must’ve just…shut off. Completely. Dead weight in his arms.

How humiliating.

A loud crack split the air and I yelped, heart slamming all over again before the rolling boom of thunder followed.

Right. The storm. I dragged a hand through my hair, grounding myself in the present. The room was dim shadows thick, but beyond the edges of the curtains the world flickered with distant lightning.

How long had I been out?

I stood, my bare feet sinking into soft carpet.

Where were my shoes? Did Malachi take my shoes off? Why would he do that? To make me more comfortable maybe?

I shook my head with a scoff. No, he probably just didn’t want my dirty sneakers on his bed. That’s normal. Basic manners.

But sleeping in his bed didn’t feel basic. It felt like the same energy Dorian had when he cooked, like he cared whether I ate or not even if he never said it out loud. I shivered at the memory of him holding that dinner roll to my lips.

But that wasn’t the only time these men had taken care of me. Each of them had, in their own way.

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