Page 36 of Guarded By a Monster

She looked at me from the corner of her eyes. “I bet.”

She grabbed my hand and led me into the bathroom, stepping in the oversized shower and turning the water on. I shuddered and pulled against her hold.

Her brows crinkled as she looked up at me. “What’s wrong?”

I licked at my muzzle. “I don’t like water.”

She looked back at the shower, then at my seam. My fur was matted from our activity and our combined cum which had run down the inside of my thighs while she slept.

“Is it the water, or the sensation of the water falling on you?”

“A bit of both, but more the sensation.” If I wanted her to be my mate, I needed to start opening up about our experience in the lab. “They didn’t allow us to bathe. Instead, they dropped soap flakes on us and sprayed us with high-powered hoses.”

Her fingers clenched on my forearm before she wrapped me in a hug. I hung on until she looked up at me. Her eyes swung to the massive tub. She stepped out of my hold and turned the shower off. The tub filled as she tested the temperature with her hand. “Let’s try this instead. I won’t fill it much, just enough to wet and rinse ourselves.”

She took my hands in each of hers. “You are in control. Take as much time as you need getting in, and get out if you get uncomfortable. I’ll wait for you.”

She dropped my hands and stepped backward into the tub, sinking in the few inches of water. Drym wasn’t shy about sharing how pleasurable he found water now, but the fear was well entrenched in me.

Jade didn’t watch me or try to get me to join her. She sat and bathed herself. The washcloth ran over her skin in a caress I wished was mine. Wanting it to be my hands soaping her body pushed me over the rim of the tub.

The water was warm, and Jade didn’t make a big deal of me being in it. She handed me a second washcloth, and I quickly scrubbed my lower half before holding it out in a silent plea.

“Do you want me to wash you?”

I shook my head. “No, I want to wash you. Is that okay?”

She grinned and spun and rested her back against my chest. I started slowly rubbing the cloth over her body, marveling at the feel of her skin beneath my palms.

By the time she shivered from the water going cold, I’d forgotten where we were.

I’d have to tell Drym he was right. Being in water could be quite nice.

We dried off with fluffy towels, and I eyed the bed with longing. I knew there wouldn’t be a round two, as she said, for a while yet, but it didn’t make me want her less. She was pulling on her panties—a blue pair dotted with tiny flowers which came up to her belly button and well down on her legs—when Nanna’s voice carried upstairs.

“Yoo-hoo! Are y’all indecent?”

Jade rolled her eyes. “Partly. We’ll be right down.” She caught me staring at her perfect ass. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Because I want to eat you. I want to hear you scream my name again.”

Her blush spread down her chest. “I screamed your name?”

“Several times.”

She covered her face and shook her head. “I’m in the ugliest pair of underwear I own, my pussy feeling wrecked, and you still made me wet. Please behave. At least until I feel steady on my feet again.”

I bowed my head to her. “I’ll do my best.”

Her eyes narrowed on me and I chuckled. She grew still and serious and my ears fell, my claws scratching at the fur on my thighs.

“We need to talk about the mate thing.”

Ice ran through my veins. “Can we wait until later?”Can I enjoy you for the day? Can I have you one more time before you tear me in two?

She gave me a smile. “Yes, we can wait until later.”

My elation came close to how I felt when we freed ourselves from BioSynth. I vowed to be present every minute I had left with her.

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