Page 25 of Claimed By Her Monsters

“Ugh! You make me act weird,” I huffed and tried to jump off the bed, but my wings extended which left me shrieking as my body went further up. “How do I use these things?!”

“Hmm.” Atticus admired me as I was literally rising toward the ceiling. “I think we’re gonna have to get Lucifer to help you out,” he confessed before he was up and meeting me in the air with a blink.

Taking my hand like I was a lost balloon in the midst of the sky, he guided me back down before his wings easily retracted back into his back.

“How are you able to do that?”

“You just will them to return,” he instructed.

“Will them to return,” I repeated and tried it out, but all that did was press the massive wings to my back, which forced me to drop from my floating height.

“EEP!”

“Got you.” Atticus caught me with ease before he managed to get me into the bathroom even with my wing situation.

“I’ll find time to teach you,” he assured me while beginning to drain the bath to make me a fresh one.

“Why do I feel so giddy?” I whined. This was definitely not how my personality normally was.

“It’s the light magic,” he assured me as if nothing was really wrong. “We exchanged a lot of energy during sex which is why you’re acting more…” he needed to pause to figure out the right word, “girly?”

“Girly?” I questioned and tilted my head while I crossed my arms under my breasts on purpose. “I have breasts and a pussy! Of course, I’m ‘girly.’”

“That’s not what I meant by that,” he voiced before he walked right up to me and very gently kissed me.

The sudden kiss left me flustered which was really fucking with me because I totally didn’t act like this.

“Breathe, Sweet Theia,” he encouraged against my lips before he tugged me in close. “The way light energy works is when you’re happy, your levels accelerate far faster than normal, which puts you in a state that some would call bubbly or even hyper. That doesn’t mean something is wrong with you. You’re just happy and this is your body’s way of reacting to it.”

“D-Doesn’t explain why I get all nervous around you,” I mumbled and watched the way he further smiled and pulled me in for another sweet kiss.

“That’s simply because you like me the same way I like you,” he stated like it truly wasn’t rocket science. “And there’s nothing wrong with that.”

He was right.

“So…you’re okay with these wings?”

“I have no problem with them at all, Nerissa,” he assured me before he lightly kissed my forehead. “They’re beautiful on you.”

“Even if I don’t know how to work them,” I acknowledged again.

“I’ll teach you,” he reassured me and pulled me into a soft hug. His arms wrapped around my waist to avoid my wings.

His sudden affection encouraged me to hug him back before I whispered, “You came after me before I passed out, didn’t you?”

“Did you expect me to leave you to perish?” he asked in return.

It took me a moment to reply.

“No,” I genuinely answered.

“You’re not used to relying on others to be there for you when you need it the most.”

“It’s not like I don’t want to,” I quietly admitted. “It’s just…”

“Your dark gods act a lot different than I do,” he concluded, and I slowly nodded into his chest as I hugged him tightly.

“It’s not their fault. I always tell myself that, but when you have others come into your life and treat you the way you’ve always yearned for, it makes it hard to justify what you’ve endured all this while,” I quietly confessed. “My pack treats me well. Erebus, Koa, and Ciel respect me and show me affection in the best way they know how. Then you came along, and I guess…it’s hard to wrap your mind around how easy it can be to love.” I closed my eyes and sighed. “I should be panicking about where we are or what happened prior to landing in this unknown place, but your presence just makes me feel safe. Like…no matter what’s happening in my body or the changes I’m embracing from all of this sudden madness, I feel like I can endure it all.” My arms tightened around him as I whispered, “Weird, right?”

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