Page 72 of Knight’s Absolution

Luna’s gaze moved between his gaze on her and what he was doing between her thighs.

“How does that feel?”

Her hips rolled, and she licked her lips. “Good…nice.”

Being as gentle as he could, he spread his fingers, parting her pussy through her underwear, opening her up, exposing her tight, little clit. He pressed down on it softly, then scissored it gently between his fingers, sliding up and back.

Luna gasped and arched. “Th-that’s, god…even better.”

He smiled at her, hoping she didn’t see the pain there because his cock was about to snap the hell off. “It’s gonna get even better than that.”

“I-it is?”

At her broken words, his heart cracked wide open. “You’ve never felt like this before, love?” he asked as he carried on rubbing her gently but firmly. “Not even by yourself?”

“N-no,” she said and whimpered.

Of course, she hadn’t, but it was hard for him to imagine what that had been like for her. What it was like to be numb to physical touch. Her thighs trembled and her hands fisted the sheet, those impossibly beautiful violet eyes heavy-lidded and focused on him. Then her eyes shut tight and her lip trembled.

“Luna?”

She slammed her knees together on a cry, but not because she was coming.

“Luna, what’s going on?”

“You think I’m strange, don’t you? Some weird…unnatural monster.”

She whispered the last, and the pain that came through tore his already decimated heart to shreds. “Fuck, no. Never. I think you’re perfect, Luna. So fucking perfect.”

She turned away, and he slid up the bed to cup her jaw, making her look at him.

“Don’t look at me…my eyes are…”

“Beautiful,” he whispered hoarsely. “Don’t let him in, Luna. Don’t you fucking dare let him in here with us. That’s all him, those ugly words. He said that shit to you, didn’t he?”

She nodded, lips trembling, body shaking.

“He’s pure evil. He likes to cause pain any way he can. He fucking lied to you, Luna, lied to keep you down, to keep you compliant. To control you. He filled your head with that hate when you were too small to know different. Listen to me now. You. Are. Perfect.” He cupped her precious face. “Female, you take my breath away.”

She blinked up at him. “Why are you so nice to me? Why do you…like me so much?”

He had to fight the emotion spreading, expanding in his chest. Jesus, she had no idea how amazing she was. None. “I never knew it was possible to miss someone I’d never met,” he said. “But I missed you, Luna. I missed you. I’ve been waiting for you, love, for so fucking long. Now you’re here and everything about you is perfect, wonderful, fucking breathtaking. Better than I ever imagined. I want to take care of you, protect you, make you happy.”

Another slow blink. “You’ve been waiting for me?”

“Yes,” he choked.

“Me?”

“Yes, love.”

“Why?” she whispered. “Why me?”

He chucked, and it was shaky as fuck. “Because you’re mine, Luna, and I’m yours.” He hadn’t planned to tell her yet, but he didn’t want to wait anymore, he couldn’t. “You are my mate. Like Eve is to Lazarus, Mia to Zenon, Meredith to Kryos, and Grace to Chaos. You are the half of me that I’ve been missing my whole life.”

She froze. “No, that can’t be…”

“You know it’s true. Think about it. You were drawn to me, weren’t you? You felt things you never had before.”