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Chapter 31

Luna

When I climax, I scream so loudly I feel like the window might splinter into a million tiny pieces. Lucien comes again, too. Hard. Fast. Hot.

He holds me against him as his thrusts slow. His hands move up my body. He cradles me tightly. Everything feels too sensitive, too alert, too turned on.

His thumbs brush my nipples and I whimper.

He plays with me for a while, testing which pieces of me are still tender. What will make me gasp and what will make me lean into him.

“Have you ever fucked a human before?” The question leaves my lips before I have chance to stop it.

“Not like that,” he whispers, breath warm on my neck.

“Have you ever loved a human before?” I stiffen a little, waiting for his answer.

Finally, he says, “No.”

“Do you love me?” I turn in his arms and meet his gaze. He tries to look away, but I cup his face in my hand and make him look at me. “You killed for me. You’ve protected me. Why?”

His jaw twitches. His words echo in my head. Stay out of my business.

“Lucien… why am I here?”

“Yes,” he says, taking hold of my arms. “Yes, I do love you, Luna.”

I stare up at him. I want to tell him I love him, too. But there is something I need first.

I need the truth.

“Then tell me why I’m here.”

Lucien hesitates, then strides away from me, bracing his hands behind his head, elbows jutting out to the side. “Because it is my duty to protect you.”

“Why?”

“Because you are special.”

“And you love me?”

“Yes.”

“Then tell me the truth, Lucien.”

There is a long pause.

“I can’t.”

“If you loved me, you’d tell me.”

“I cannot tell you. Not yet. It is for your own safety. And I don’t truly understand it yet myself. So, you’ll just have to trust me.”

Fury blooms in my chest. Trust him? How can I? After everything, he still won’t tell me what’s really going on.