From Rejected Luna To Lycan Queen (Eloise and Edward) novel Chapter 396

Chapter 396 Emotional Crisis

Chapter 396 Emotional Crisis

ZARA

Anything is possible if you just believe.

Right?

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I cracked the door open and slipped into the hallway. And walked straight into a brick wall of muscle.

“Oof!” Hands caught my arms before I could stumble back. I looked up. And up. I gasped at his sudden proximity. “Hades. Hi.”

Of course it was Hades.

He was standing right outside his own bedroom door, like he had been about to go in… or like he had been standing there for a while. His hair was still damp, pushed back from his face, and he wore a pair of low-slung sweats that did absolutely nothing to make this situation survivable.

Did none of these men own shirts?

I knew they did at this point. I had worn two myself. So why didn’t they ever actually wear them? It was sexy and infuriating and made my brain short-circuit, and when that happened, dumb shit slipped past my lips.

“Holy hot abs,” I squeaked.

We were close. Way too close. My palms were braced against his bare chest, and I became painfully aware of the solid heat of him under my hands.

“Sorry! I was just-I mean, I didn’t mean to be in there. Well, I did, but not like that. I just needed clothes and I took the wrong door and then your dresser was right there and-“I stopped. I inhaled sharply, trying to calm the hell down.

Hades’s lip twitched but he said nothing, a dark brow rasing in question. “I wasn’t snooping. I was strategically borrowing. For survival. Very different crime. I got lost.”

His hands were still on my arms, steadying me, and there was the faintest curve tugging at the corner of his mouth. “You got…lost, pookie?”His voice was low, rough, and far too calm for a man who had just caught a near-stranger stealing his shirt.

“Yep, in a straight hallway. It’s a special talent of mine.”

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I rolled my lips between my teeth to stop talking. Trust me I was flabbergasted too, straining to keep my eyes on his face. Apparently my brain malfunctioned when dick was on my mind.

I took a step back. My neck was starting to hurt from looking up at him, and I was afraid if my eyes wandered again I would forget how to form sentences. Though maybe at this point 1 should just shut up.

I wasn’t being subtle in the slightest.

That corner of his mouth twitched harder. He was fighting a smile. His gaze dropped to the shirt swallowing my frame. Recognition flickered. Then something darker flashed in his eyes.

“You’re wearing my shirt,” he growled, and I nearly combusted from the vibration of it.

“I panicked. It was the closest thing to not being naked.”

He huffed softly through his nose, and I swear his grip on my arms tightened just a fraction, like he was grounding himself.

“I heard you in there,” he admitted.

My eyes widened. “Oh God.”

“You were panicking.”

“I was having an emotional crisis!”

“I noticed.”

I groaned and dropped my forehead briefly against his chest before I could stop myself. “This is the worst morning of my life.”

That did it. The small, restrained smile broke. A quiet laugh slipped out of him, low and warm, rough at the edges like he didn’t use it often. I froze. Because I had never heard that sound from him before. It wasn’t sharp or mocking. It wasn’t sarcastic. It was real. And God help me, I loved it instantly. My head lifted slowly.

“Was that….a laugh?”

“Don’t get used to it.” He tried to rein it back in, but the smile was still there, softer now. Lighter. “I find your flustered state adorable.”

I grumbled something unintelligible, suddenly flustered at being called adorable. His thumb shifted slightly against my arm, brushing warm over my skin before he seemed to realize he was doing it. His eyes held mine, and the laughter faded into something deeper. Darker.

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“I like seeing you in my shirt,” he said quietly, his eyes glowing red.

I sucked in a breath. “I knew I wasn’t imagining that. Your eyes. It’s a vampire thing?”

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He nodded, the red irises fading back to endless black. “If you’re looking for Malachi’s room, it’s that one.” He nodded toward the next door down the hall.

Oh.

I bit my lip.

“Go get dressed in your own clothes, Zara. Meet me downstairs.”

I tilted my head. “Why? You don’t like seeing me in your clothes?”

For some reason the thought of him not liking it hurt my feelings.

His jaw ticked. “I like it too much.”

The growl had my knees shaking.

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