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“There are no ifs about it, my dove. Iamyours. No one in any universe can ever complete me the way only you can.”
“Then let me take care of what’s mine. Let me take all the steps necessary to fix this,” she said in a slightly pleading tone.
Years of fear and distrust shouted at me to stand my ground and turn down her offer. But beyond the fact that I genuinely trusted her, I couldn’t continue living this shadow of a life filled with pain. I owed it to us to try everything possible for a chance at the kind of future my beautiful dove deserved.
“Very well, my Linsea. I will trust you to do what you think is right.”
The emotion that welled within her in response to my words wrecked me. We weren’t in love with each other, but we might as well have been. The songs of our souls intertwined in such a beautiful crescendo that it nearly had me in tears. What I wouldn’t give for her to be able to hear how we harmonized the way I did.
She leaned forward and rubbed her beak against mine. I reciprocated, my hand gliding in a gentle caress down her back and the length of her slender waist. Her mouth parted, and I instinctively responded in kind, my tongue timidly poking forward before making acquaintance with hers. A bolt of fire lit in the pit of my stomach as we deepened the kiss.
Her pleasure mingling with mine quickly had me throbbing in a way that I didn’t want to… at least not so soon. That I clearly perceived her own arousal didn’t help my inner battle for restraint. With this being her first time coming to my house, I didn’t want to let things go too far so that she wouldn’t wonder if I had brought her here specifically in the hopes of taking advantage of her.
Instead, I broke the kiss and nudged her up. Although a little confused, she complied while casting an uncertain look my way. It had to be confusing for her not to be able to feel anything from me as empathic abilities were an intrinsic part of a Temernsensory system. It would be like losing the ability to see or hear for someone else.
With a vocal command, I activated some soft music, the type I often listened to in order to relax. The happy smile Linsea gave me was all the confirmation I needed. I drew her back into my embrace. For the next eternity, we swayed to the music, exchanging tender kisses and gentle caresses as we basked in each other’s presence.
Whatever the cost, I would marry my dove.
Chapter 9
Linsea
Standing on the front lawn of the university after class with Mares and Tala, I struggled with my mind constantly wandering back to Kayog. I wanted to feel guilty about skipping classes yesterday as I ended up spending pretty much all of it with him. It disturbed me how hard and fast I was falling for that male. We’d only met a few days ago and had spoken far too few times for me to know him. And yet, with a certainty that couldn’t be denied, I knew that I was falling in love with him.
There was no question that I would marry him someday.
But first, we had to fix him. The fact that he allowed me to take whatever measures were necessary to get the medical assistance he needed moved me to my very core. As much as it frustrated me not to be able to sense his emotions, I understood his reluctance to being treated. His dread of the medical staff had almost been palpable as we talked. He was taking a massive leap of faith in me, and I would be damned before I let him down.
I already had a few things in motion with the blessed help from my nan. Tomorrow, I would receive a special scanner that would allow us to get the type of advanced data standard hospitals couldn’t provide. To the extent possible, I would provide the specialists with the samples they needed without exposing my mate to them until it became essential.
That said, it would be a lie to pretend his medical condition hogged my every thought. The memory of his arms around me, of his muscular body pressed against mine, the gentle and respectful way in which he touched me, and the tenderness of his kisses had me tingling in all the right places.
More than once, I wished he had grown bolder and carried me to that wondrous bedroom of his with the breathtaking view of nature, and the massive bed which seemed to have the most comfortable mattress in the universe. At the same time, I loved the restraint he displayed.
Although our males retracted their naughty bits inside their bodies, we could feel when they were aroused if rubbing against them the right way. In some cases, you could even see the bulge beneath the thin layer of feathers on their crotch. As we danced, the state of his arousal had been loudly expressed. Too many times to count, my fingers itched with the urge to venture south and gently stroke that intimate part to coax him into extruding.
I wanted to feel embarrassed by the lascivious thoughts that he stirred within me. With any other male, I probably would have felt dismayed to be so eager this early after meeting. But with Kayog, everything felt right and fated. Still, I loved that he showed me in both words and action that I wasn’t some fling or another conquest to add to his record.
“Stop fantasizing about your man and tell us how breakfast went with him—not to mention the rest of the day with Mr. Perfect,” Tala demanded, wiggling her eyebrows in a suggestive fashion.
“She didn’t have breakfast with me,” Mares interjected with pretend confusion that had both of us chuckling.
“She had better not,” my friend replied with false severity. “As much as I love her, should she come sniffing anywhere near you, I’ll have to pluck her bare.”
I burst out laughing. “I’d tell you to bring it, but as much as I appreciate your man, I’m already taken.”
“Taken?!” Tala said, opening her eyes wide as she spoke the word in a manner heavy with raunchy undertones. “Do tell!”
“I already told you that I don’t kiss and tell,” I deadpanned.
“Oh, my God! So you did kiss?!”
I hadn’t meant it that way, but my cheeks heated, and my embarrassed expression to have thus tattled on myself erased any doubt she might still have had.
“Let’s freaking go!” she exclaimed, clapping her hands excitedly. “I want all the deets!”
“Tala,” Mares said in a disapproving tone.
