“Are you okay, honey?” he asked.
“I miss Violet,” she confessed. “I know that sounds kind of strange. I’m not even related to her. But I suppose because she’s connected to you.”
Nox ran his hands through her hair, which she crooned in response to. The scent of her strands engulfed him, lulling him further into a state of tranquility.
“It’s not strange. You are a loving and caring person, so it makes sense that you would be attached.”
She nodded against him. “How has she been?”
“She’s been doing so well with my friend Sydney,” Nox said. “Suspiciously well, some might think.”
Kelli giggled into his chest, the reverberations moving through his body like a song.
“Our little girl is growing up,” Kelli whispered.
Something inside Nox clicked, panged, and Kelli felt it too. She sat up with a desperate look of fear in her eyes.
“I’m sorry,” she said frantically. “I didn’t mean that she’sourlittle girl. Of course, she’s Nevel and Elise’s. I guess I’ve just felt so close to her and you.”
Nox was surprised by the feeling within him that the change was the increase in the capacity of his heart. He touched Kelli’s cheek, peering into her hypnotic eyes.
“You don’t have to explain yourself, darling,” he said softly. “I love that you care for her so much, and it’s because of you that I have cared so much too.”
He began tracing her lips with his thumb, and she parted them. The glint of naughtiness in her eyes surely did not help their celibacy clause for the time being.
“You have … truly changed my life, Kelli. I wish that I could relay that to you in words that are sufficient enough.”
She smiled at him, making his heart skip a beat. She took his fingers from her mouth, kissed each pad, then placed it on her chest.
For a second, Nox thought that she was going to move it down to her breast, but she didn’t. She let his hand sit there toward the left side of her body, and he felt the subtle, beautiful, and harmonious beats of his beloved’s heart.
“You and Violet live here,” she whispered, eyes glazing over. “I have no doubt in my mind that no matter what happens with all this, you both, and anyone connected to you, will stay there.”
Nox couldn’t help himself. He pulled her to him, and their kiss was electric. There was no way to stop the oncoming train of their desire, so they made love on the couch nearest the front door. Kelli rode his cock with urgent bounces while Nox bit into her breasts, tasting her desire acutely, having desperately missed the closeness of their intimacy.
Kelli and Nox tried to keep their passion quiet, with both parties reaching the height of their climaxes soon after becoming one. Kelli remained on top of her mate, rolling her body back and forth to absorb all of her spellbinding orgasms.
“Oh, baby, I missed you,” she muttered.
He growled into her ear, sending a blanket of chills over her supple, tasty skin. “I missed you more.”
He didn’t stay the night out of the anticipation that Archie could, once again, come in anytime and hear what they were planning. So they talked about Kelli remaining working as the trainer for some time, attempting to gain more contact with Nevel and Elise while the opening show time grew closer and closer.
“I hope I can get some time without Archie being around, and we can hatch an escape plan.”
Initially, Nox had felt guilty about bringing Kelli into his tumultuous world. But as he watched her perched on the couch with only a sheet over her breasts, he knew that she was right where she belonged.
TWENTY-SIX
KELLI
The day after Nox visited her in the cabin, Kelli noticed that Archie was busier and busier the closer the date of the show came. They had put it off a few more nights, which had seemingly irritated him, but he had directed that agitation away from her and Elise and Nevel.
As usual, he sat and watched her for a bit, holding the raw bleeding meat in his hands to hand to her. But he merely did it for a minute or two before receiving multiple phone calls and disappearing into the back of the cave.
When he returned, he moved the bucket of slop over to her.
“You don’t need my eyes on you 24/7,” he muttered. “Train them and iron out the details of the show yourself. Report back to me when you got it all planned.”