Page 136 of Master of My Heart

“Why are you apologizing?” Chase smiled. “Theo couldn’t even see those memories. Don’t be ashamed if you can’t hold onto them if they slip out.”

Sabrina was quiet for a few minutes. “You really think they were playing with my head?”

“I’m certain of it.”

She stared at his chest. When he pulled her into his arms, she didn’t resist.

It was heaven, standing there with her. She’d told him her fears in anger, but he hoped she now understood that he wouldn’t reject her because of them. She felt relaxed. Slowly, she wrapped her arms around his waist.

Heaven.

Chapter Forty-Five

Sabrina leaned her head against Chase’s chest and sighed.

It felt like the calm after a massive thunderstorm. She’d told him everything—well, almost everything—and he hadn’t rejected her. For some strange reason, he’d let her admit everything and then had opened his own heart to her, telling her something he’d never told anyone. Then again, she’d admitted things to him that she’d never told anyone, either. Maybe that was why she felt accepted now. Maybe he really was a good guy.

For now, she’d let herself rest in his presence. She needed to think over the things he’d told her. Especially about not being a bad Immortal. It seemed too good to be true. But she had now seen there were good Immortals out there. Maybe what Tom had said was true. There were good and bad Immortals, just as there were good and bad humans.

“Chase?” she asked a few minutes later. She pulled back and looked up at him. “Why doesn’t anything... any of the weird stuff freak you out?”

“What weird stuff?”

She looked away again, trying to figure out how to explain what she meant. “I mean, I’m not human. I apparently have a Master...” She tipped her head up again. “Why do you not think it’s weird?”

He gave her an endearing smile. “It’s not weird to me. My world... It’s not exactly normal.”

She looked around, not understanding what he meant, and frowned. “You seem normal.”

Chase laughed. She loved the sound. “It’s probably easier if I have Richard explain it. Is it okay if they come back in?”

Sabrina chewed her lip. Would he tell them what she’d told him?

“Sabrina, they’ll understand what you told me as much as I do. Trust me, please.”

“Okay,” she said slowly.

“Go sit down. I’ll be back in a few.”

Sabrina sat on the couch and stared at the fruit for a long moment before picking up a strawberry. By the time Chase and the others returned, she’d eaten quite a bit.

Richard smiled warmly as he sat down. “Feeling better?” he asked, glancing at the apple slice she held in her hand.

She had a feeling he wasn’t just talking about her physical being. She nodded.

He grinned. “Good.”

She gave him a shy smile. For some reason, she felt lighter than she had in a really long time. It was a nice sensation, but very strange. Almost disconcerting.

Almost.

“Chase said you’d asked why we didn’t find you...” Richard glanced at Chase, “weird, I believe is the word he used.”

Sabrina put the apple slice down and looked at him nervously. “I don’t understand why you’re not freaked out or anything.”

“Well, you can see that we deal with Immortals quite often,” Richard said.

“Does everyone around here?” she asked. The men laughed, but she didn’t think they were laughing at her.

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