Page 319 of Night's Fall
He held her until he was sure she was steady, then he reached for the soap.
He’d taken care of that part of the shower for her before things got out of hand and he had no choice but to fuck her against the marble.Nowhe had to see to himself.
Laura tried to take the soap from him, but he pulled it out of her reach.
She pouted up at him, adorably blinking those extraordinary eyes in the spray.
“Darling, we both have busy days.Ifyou lather me, we might never get out of the shower,” he warned.
She appeared to be contemplating that, so he burst out laughing again.Stilldoing it, he pulled her close, kissed her deeply, then scooted her out of the shower.
He soaped up and watched as she toweled off.Andhe made quick work of it so he could exit the shower and stand beside her as she cycled through her toilette tech.
In the beginning, his driving need to be with her every second of the day alarmed him greatly.Especiallysince he’d never experienced anything like it before, and making matters worse,Lauradidn’t seem to feel that same need.
This had settled.
It helped when she showed him the article aboutAerinandIphelia.
Aleksei reasoned that his creature understood she was warrior caste before evenLauradid, and this led to the intensity ofAleksei’sresponse to her.
That need still buzzed low, always, but it was something he could control.
Now, he just enjoyed every second he had with her.
Even when she was drooling through aDenti-Clean.
“I could get you a sonic toothbrush,” he offered for the third time, reaching for his own.
She pulled theDenti-Cleanout, rinsed, spit and replied, “Itdoesn’t do as thorough of a job.”
She was incorrect about that, but considering how cute she was drooling through herDenti-Clean, he didn’t push it.
Laura donned her cosme-mask and mane-mate while he shaved.Thentogether, they went into the closet.
“You did well yesterday, love,” he said.
She pulled a face.
“Don’t make that face, you did,” he asserted.
She stopped slapping through the hangers (there was no cycling program in their closet atSpikeback, like nearly everything but her toilette tech, they had to go manual), tipped her head to the side and asked, “Doyou really think so?”
“Those young were eating out of your hand.”
“You’re sure?” she pushed.
They’d gone to the drama department of a school inNocturn.Asit was her first official visit, and her first appearance after the horror of the night of theMasque, it had been a mad crush.
Aleksei knew it was nerves and grit that kept her head high, the warm smile on her face, and her focus on the young ones.
And she was amazing with them, attentive, openly interested, seeming to have all the time in the world for each, even if she skillfully made certain to limit that time so she could spend as much with as many as she could.
Laura was a superb princess, and she would make an excellent queen.
More importantly, he’d learned yesterday (not that he didn’t already know it with the way she treated her pets), she would be an amazing mother.
He moved to her, hooked his arm around her waist, dropped a kiss on her nose, and murmured, “I’msure,bissi.”
