Page 59 of Gift from the Nexus

“What’s wrong, little wanderer?”

“I…”

“I don’t want to go to the bath alone. I’m not quite ready for a break from all your overprotective, watchful eyes,” she says aloud.

No explanation is needed as the four of us are up and out of our seats, surrounding her in a Vito Nexus circle. With a bright smile, the previous unfavorable emotions vanish and are replaced with deep-seated delight.

There’s no hesitation in her as we step into her favorite place in this whole mansion and she strips her clothes away, blessing us with the most glorious view in all the realm. Popping her hair on top of her head, she wastes no time stepping right into her bath, releasing a happy sigh as the hot water welcomes her in.

Corentin, Caspian, and Tillman perch their asses on her counter quietly and make themselves comfortable, while I stand here, mesmerized. We all know how long she likes to lie around in this mini pool of hers, and I’m not going to miss an opportunity to shower my little wanderer in some love and comfort.

“Room for one more, sweetness?” I ask, already stripping my shirt off.

“Always,” she says with a bright smile just for me.

I’m fucking incredibly proud of my dick for behaving right now because that gorgeous smile and the fraction of tension that dropped in her shoulders could bring me to my knees where I’d beg her to let me worship every inch of her. I couldn’t give a shit if everyone were to catch a glimpse at a boner the sight of her caused, but right now, she just wants to feel surrounded by us, and I want to give her that without her thinking I expect anything in return.

Deciding that keeping my boxers on is the wisest choice, I climb in behind her and pull her until she’s nestled between mylegs. As soon as her soft skin touches mine, I start purring for her as she leans back easily, embracing me fully. There’s no greater sensation in the realm than feeling her tension leave her body as she sinks closer to me, bathing in me.

“How are you feeling, princess?” Corentin asks once again, breaking my sweet moment.

Regardless, Willow and I snort because he’s so worked up over the fact the pattern of what happens after she bonds has been broken.

“I’m fine, your highness. No signs of the sun bursting out of me while I’m naked for everyone to see,” she teases and we all laugh at Corentin’s expense.

“Very funny. I just want to be ready for however it may emerge.” He huffs.

“It may not emerge, but based on how everything else has happened to me, just expect it to be epic and inconvenient. How are you feeling? Any crazy power up?”

“Not that I’ve noticed yet, but I also haven’t been in a situation to let my gift out full force, nor have I gotten riled up like Draken and Tillman did when their first ability boost happened.”

“First ability boost? You think there will be more? I mean my dragon can already shift into any size I’ve commanded. I haven’t found anything my blue fire can’t burn and now the mental connection. What else could there be?” I ask curiously. I for one am very satisfied with the power boost I’ve already received and don’t care if anything else happens or not. I wouldn’t have cared in the first place. I’m a dragon, for fuck’s sake, and the bond with Willow is all I wanted.

“Who knows, dragon. Who fucking knows,” Caspian says ominously and with him darkening the light conversation, we all fall quiet in our thoughts, while I gently wash my sweetness’s body.

No one tries to fill the silence. The small little content sighs and happy hums Willow lets out as I massage her shoulders and back are enough for us. The day started full of stress, heartache, and rage. It’s nice to end it on a much calmer, easier note.

I give her plenty of time to just lie in the bath and relax against my chest before finally picking her up out of the tub bridal style and immediately the guys get to work.

Corentin’s air dries her body while Caspian uses his element to remove all the water on me and my boxers, followed by Tillman dressing the two of us in some pajamas. Life can be super fucking convenient and seamless with brothers like I got.

“We’re spoiled princesses, little wanderer.”

“That we are.” She laughs before clearing her throat.

“Thank you, all of you, for a wonderful day today. I know it started a little rough, but I…I feel so much better. Physically and mentally,” Willow says sweetly as the five of us crawl into bed.

“It’s not a race to feel better, princess. We aren’t rushing you to move on from this or anything of the nature, so you take as much time as you need, and we’ll be here no matter what. You name it and we’ll do it,” Corentin swears seriously.

Really, all day she’s held herself together remarkably well. Those two occurrences earlier this morning were the only times she broke down, and she genuinely doesn’t feel like she’s burying her emotions or hiding them from us.

“I know that, I do, but…” she trails off.

“But what, Primary?”

“I needed today. I did. I needed today to break down, cry as hard as I could, tell the truth of everything, and then just spend time with you all, Gaster, and Oakly. It’s what my bonds needed, my mind, heart, everything. Now, I really do feel better. Not in the sense of I’m just over it. I don’t know if I’ll ever be “over it,” but I don’t feel crippled by it.” She pauses, releasing a deep sigh as she looks around at us. “I need to move toward the next stepand…and I think the next step in me feeling better is by actually doing something. I don’t need another day sitting in the house tomorrow.”

The four of us glance between one another, waiting to see which of us will speak. Not gonna lie, we kinda had it planned to keep her right here in the mansion for the week, safe and surrounded by us. Tillman has Ry running the E.F. teams. Corentin’s new male assistant is handling admin work, sending him everything he needs here. Plus , there are no classes, and Caspian and Gaster can do whatever research they want. Me, I just planned to be with her.

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