“Sorry, baby, that would take far too long. I have you exactly where I want you,” I say and drag his mouth to mine and kiss him.
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX
We surface from our ardor sometime later.
“What day is it?” Cole mumbles and it takes me a minute to think.
“Saturday, I think,” I chuckle. “Shit, this has been a hectic few days.”
“It always is with you,” Cole points out.
“True. I long for some quiet days but…”
“What?” he asks straight away. “What is it?”
I shake my head. “Nothing,” I lie. I still have this feeling of dread that something terrible is coming.
“Liv,” he says. “No more secrets, remember?”
“It’s not a secret. It’s just a feeling.”
“Of what?”
“Dread,” I say before I wish I hadn’t.
“Dread? That doesn’t sound good.” He looks concerned. “Should we be worried?”
“I don’t know. I don’t know what it is,” I say truthfully.
He frowns at me. “Liv, don’t make light of it because you don’t want me to worry. If you know something, tell me.”
“Cole, I honestly don’t know. It’s just this feeling. Forget it. Whatever it is, is probably nothing after all we have faced.”
He doesn’t like it, but he drops it and I snuggle into him. “It’s going to be weird having everyone in Toronto with us. I had gotten used it being ‘ours’.”
“I know. Me too,” I say softly. “Unfortunately, we don’t have much choice. I’m not leaving Devon with that girl. I need to help him. Especially as he doesn’t have a bond with her.”
“What?” Cole asks surprised. “How is that possible?”
“CK reckons it is because she forced the turning. He says it’s rare, but it happens in cases like this.”
“Shit. That is intense. I can’t imagine how I would feel if you had no bond to me. Poor Jess.”
Poor Jess? Is he nuts?
“What about Devon?” I snap at him. “Think how this is affecting him.”
“Alright, mama bear,” he laughs at me. “I am only drawing on what I know. Never having sired with or without a bond, I can’t really comment.”
Appeased by his humor and candor, I apologize, “Sorry. You’re right. You can’t know. I don’t even know what he is going through, really. I can’t imagine how it must feel to have no bond.”
“Did you… erm, did you have a bond with all those you, you know… during the evil years?”
I’m taken aback by his question. “Yes,” I say honestly. “I may have turned them for my own amusement but yes, I did have bonds to all of them.” I sit up and away from him suddenly.
“Sorry, my love. I didn’t mean to upset you.”
“No, it’s fine. You have a right to know. Anything you ever want to know, just ask.”