Chapter 271: Spirit Cores
"Calm down, love. She’s doing this on purpose. Don’t give her a reason to point a finger at you." Valerius whispered the words as he pulled her into a hug, hiding her face against his chest while softly patting the back of her head with one of his hands.
Damien and Kenric were also right there and while none of those two spoke anything out loud, Annalise felt their comfort seeping through the mate bonds and enveloping her into a warm embrace.
It didn’t take long for Annalise to calm down with the help of her husbands and while a part of her was still mad at the witch for even thinking about laying her hands on her man, but the mature side of her understood Valerius’ words.
"Are you feeling better now?" Valerius asked after a while as he probably felt her calming down through their bond. He pulled away enough to look straight into her eyes while he awaited her response.
Slowly, Annalise nodded her head in affirmative and immediately felt Valerius relaxing as if he had been worried about her all this time. And to her complete surprise, he completely abandoned his discipline and placed a warm and soft kiss on her forehead in front of their host.
"Let me handle this, alright?"
Annalise didn’t want anyone to spell out loudly that her husband was asking her to show trust in him and that was the least she could do in a situation where she was of no help to them. So, she took in a deep breath before nodding her head with a determined look on her face.
A soft smile appeared on Valerius’ lips as he took hold of her hand with his before entangling their fingers together. All four of them returned to their seats and the first thing Annalise noticed was how the witch was eyeing Valerius’ hold on her hand.
The possessive part of her stirred again but this time, she held herself back and tried to ignore the witch.