Chapter 100
Chapter 100
Kaeleen’s POV
The first thing I registered when I woke up wasn’t silence, but peace. A deep, bone-settling peace that felt as foreign and as welcome as the morning sun warming my bare skin. The light, a soft, hazy gold, filtered through the large windows of my bedroom, painting stripes across the rumpled sheets and the sleeping woman beside me.
Astrid.
She was curled on her side, facing me, one hand tucked beneath her cheek. Her dark hair was a wild, beautiful mess spread across the white pillowcase, and her lips were parted in a soft, gentle sigh. The scent of her, something uniquely, intoxicatingly her, now mingled with my own, was the only air I wanted to breathe for the rest of my life. My arm was draped possessively over her waist, my hand resting on the gentle curve of her hip. I didn’t remember falling asleep, but after everything that happened yesterday, it wasn’t a surprise that she was asleep.
Last night replayed in my mind not as a series of distinct memories, but as a flood of sensation and emotion. The taste of her, the sound of her moans, the feel of her body moving with mine. The way she had looked at me, with a mixture of raw desire and complete trust. It was everything, honestly.
I leaned in, my lips brushing against the warm, smooth skin of her shoulder. She stirred slightly, a soft murmur escaping her, before settling back into a deep sleep. I smiled, a real, slow, easy smile that reached my eyes.
’You’re quiet this morning,’ I sent to the beast that lived inside me.
There was a pause, not of reluctance, but of deep, rumbling contentment. ’Peace,’
was the single word Ryker sent back.