Page 140 of The Warrior
“Same thing, Laura.” Magni played with my hair. “But to be fair, I was the same way at his age. Always thinking I was invincible and immortal.”
“And now?”
“Now I know that I have a big weakness. I don’t fear rebels or warriors, but I fear you.”
“Because I’ve learned to fight?” I winked at him.
He smiled and leaned in to plant a slow kiss on my lips. “What I meant was that I fear losing you.”
I held up my thumb and index finger, letting them almost touch. “Aren’t you just alittle bitscared of fighting me?”
He laughed. “I’m terrified of fighting you.”
“Aww, that’s so sweet of you to say.”
“Imagine if I hurt you by accident; that would be unforgivable.”
I pretended to be offended and tried to get up from his lap, but Magni held on to me and his low chuckle made me soft inside.
“Where do you think you’re going? We did the talking.” His eyes fell to the bed with an insinuating smile.
“You want make-up sex?”
He nodded and slid his hand up my leg. “It’s been a month and I’ve thought about you non-stop.”
Nuzzling the hair on his nape, I whispered, “I thought about you too. I regretted that I didn’t tell you how much I loved and admired you.”
“Admired, huh?”
“Magni, when your Huntsmen came to find you, one of them told us a story about how you took his place as a hostage last year.”
“Hmm. And you want to know why I didn’t tell you about it. There was no need to worry you.”
“I want to know how you got away from those men.”
Magni shrugged. “Laura, sweetie, most rebels are disgruntled men who have no military background. They talk a big talk, but have little to back it up.”
“But they had tortured your men.”
“True, and that’s why I showed the rebels no mercy. It was supposed to be an easy assignment so I sent a team of new guys to take care of it. They were too green; it was my fault that I hadn’t sent a more experienced group to deal with it.”
“But the rebels had weapons and you volunteered to be a hostage. How did you get out of that situation?”
“With your training you should know that a warrior like me doesn’t need weapons to defend myself. They were amateurs who overestimated the threat of a gun to my face.”
“They held a gun to your face?”
“Not for long.”
“But how did you unarm them?”
“I’ll show you some other time, but right now I want to make love to you.”
I angled my head with a curious smile. “Not fuck me?”
“I’ll do that in round two.” Magni was kissing me and pushing me back on the bed when a knock sounded on the door.
“Not now,” he shouted.
