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Chapter Seventy Nine
Chapter Seventy Nine
I awoke with a start. It was already morning.
Gods, it had only been a dream.
The tears falling down my eyes were tears of relief.
I wasn’t alone – I realized; slowly, Iturned to see the other person on the bed, it was Thane, and he was very much awake.
“You seem to be having a nightmare,” he said, but there was something different about him.
“You scared me. When did you return from your trip with Isabella?” Lasked, watching him; I couldn’t push away the strange feeling, like something was very wrong and yet his scent hadn’t changed.
“A few hours ago. I didn’t want to wake you,” he explained.
“Did you… did you get the cure?” I asked him, and he nodded.
“Yes, I did.”
So Isabella was right; there is a cure.”
“She is, and now you don’t have to worry about me losing control; I have been cured completely.”
“That was…”
“Fast?”
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The word on my mind was unbelievable, but I nodded, with a smile on my face.
“You know I am really glad to hear this.” I say, rising to my feet and heading to the balcony. I threw the door wide open, letting the sun in.
For some reason I felt like this wasn’t Thane. There was something bizarre about his response, and I had
to be sure.
“Join me.” I said to him, giving him a smile.
He rose from the bed, walking to my side; the sun showered on his form, but he remained unfazed.
Demons had completely cold skin; that was another way to find out, and so I reached out to him, holding his hands in mine, and they were the very same warm hands.
Gods, I felt like a fool.
Maybe it had been the unsettling dream I had earlier, but I had thought he sounded different; I could not believe I hadn’t been able to tell that this was Thane right away.
I hugged him; he patted my back gently.
“I’m so glad you are back, I didn’t think you would be back this soon, you kept to your promise. Thank you.”
“I have to go to work now.”
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“But you just came back; you need to rest.
“I am fine, and there are a lot of things that require my attention.”
I watched him walk away to get dressed; he hadn’t even kissed me. Thane was the type that could hardly keep his hands to himself. He had finally managed to get the cure; of course, ‘sex‘ should have been the way to celebrate this, but he didn’t seem in the mood.
I wouldn’t force him; all he needed was some time.
I took a long bath, washing myself clean, and then I slipped on a nightgown that was a bit on the revealing side. I waited for his return.
He did come back right on time, but he didn’t spare even a single glance at me; he walked right into his dressing room and changed off his clothes before returning back to bed.
“Uhmm, how was work?” I asked, in an attempt to start up a conversation.
“It was fine.”
“Any news about…”
“Riley. I really need to sleep.”
“Oh, sorry, I guess.”
I felt my cheeks redden with embarrassment at being told off.
I let him sleep, but I wouldn’t give up; if something was bothering him, then he could share it with me, I had to make him understand that.
The next day passed in much the same manner.
“Thane, you know you can talk to me about anything, right?”
“I know that, Riley.”
“Then what is going on?”
“What do you mean by that? Nothing is going on.”
“You know what?” I took off my clothes before him. “Fuck me, Thane, that’s what I want.”
I watched his lustful eyes trail down my body, but then he walked away, leaving me naked, embarrassed, and in tears.
