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“Is that what you’re hoping? For me to fall in love with you?” My heart stutters at the question before it races.

“Of course.” He says it so casually. “There is nothing more I hope for than for you to love me like I love you.”

Before meeting Evren, I wouldn’t have said I believed in love at first sight, but how else do I explain this connection I’ve felt since he first found me?

Chapter 13

Evren

None of the mated males mentioned tongues were involved with kissing. I had been uncertain when I first felt the touch of Astrid’s against my lips. However, I followed her lead. It had been worth it. The glide of her tongue against mine had hardened my cock nearly to the point of pain. I ache to sink it deep into her cunt, but until the time when she is ready, I will be satisfied with this new kissing method.

“I think I am,” Astrid says. “Or at least I think I easily could.”

“What is that?”

There is a brief silence before she fills it. “Fall in love with you.”

My heart soars at her response, and my soul light flares like it is stretching toward her, seeking her in order to give part of itself to her. It makes me wonder if she can feel it. “Do you feel any kind of heat or different sensation surrounding you?”

Astrid glances up at me with a crease between the furry lines above her eyes. “What do you mean?”

Now that I have asked the question it does not seem possible. “My soul light burned hotter and brighter when you said you might be falling in love with me, and it made me curious if you could feel it. It is not something I have asked any of the other mates males or their humankeeshla, because it does not seem appropriate. It is too personal.”

Astrid makes a small humming sound in her throat. “I’m not sure. What exactly should it feel like?”

“That I do not know.” Not even my own nene or baba spoke of what it felt like when their soul lights seared them together. It would not be the same with Astrid and me anyway, since she does not posses one.

She squeezes my hand. “I’ll pay more attention. If I do feel like something different is happening in any kind of way, I’ll let you know.”

We continue along the path that runs alongside the hill until it takes a sharp turn toward it.

“We’re heading up into the mountains?” she asks.

“Yes. It is not much farther.”

After only a small hesitation, we keep walking up the winding slope with trees surrounding us on both sides of the path. Soon, the sound of running water reaches me. Astrid does not mention it, but as Tavikhi’s sense of hearing is much sharper than a human’s, it makes sense. I hope she enjoys the sight I wish to show her.

It is not long before she cocks her head. “Is that water I hear?”

“It is.”

Up ahead, there is an opening in the trees off to one side of us. I change directions and we break off the path and carefully weave our way through the forest until we come to a stop at the edge of them. Astrid sucks in a sharp breath.

“Oh my god.” She releases my hand and creeps forward, only stopping when she reaches the edge of the body of water that pools at the base of the massive wall of falling water. She glances over her shoulder at me with a large smile curling her lips. “It’s a waterfall. I’ve only ever seen them in videos on my datapad.”

“I found it when I was out hunting one turn.” I move and stand beside her. Drops of water hit my flesh and I reach for her hand. “Come.”

She clasps my fingers and I tug her to the very far side of this thing she calls a waterfall.

“We may get a little wet,” I warn her before rushing forward.

Together we cut through a small section of water and come out on the other side in a small cave hidden behind the cascade. Astrid gasps again and turns in a circle, her gaze taking in the damp, dim space. The walls are covered in a glowing moss that gives off enough light to see each other.

“Evren, this is incredible.” She runs her fingertips along the tendrils and with each stroke the glow becomes brighter before fading. Her giggle is infectious.

“I am glad you are enjoying it.”

She turns. “Thank you for bringing me here. For showing me this.”

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