Page 81 of Heart of the Hunted
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
Natalia
Natalia had been hoping that Taredd would have joined her in the bed again last night while she was sleeping, but he hadn't. Instead, he had just stayed in the chair all night. She wasn't sure if he slept at all, but she had a feeling the answer to that was going to be no.
As soon as she had opened her eyes, she noticed that he was watching her.
"How long have I been asleep?" she asked.
"All afternoon and on into the night."
"Shit, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sleep that long,” she said, shaking her head. "You should have woken me."
"No, I shouldn't have, you needed the rest,” he told her before he asked: "Are you hungry?"
Natalia didn't need to reply, her stomach did that for her as it rumbled loudly, but she still said: "Yes, I'm starving."
"Dain dropped off some fresh food this morning,” he told her, pointing to the table next to him.
Natalia sat up in the bed and looked at the array of different food for her to choose from.
"Have you eaten?" she asked him.
"Yes, I've had plenty," he told her. "This is all for you."
"I can't eat all of that," Natalia said looking at how much food was there.
"You don't have to eat it all," Taredd said, smiling. "Just eat what you want, I'm sure Dain will finish the rest."
Natalia couldn't help but smile in return. Every time Taredd smiled at her, it sent butterflies off in her stomach. Natalia still couldn't quite believe that she'd had sex with him, she didn't regret giving herself to him though.
That must be worthy of going in the history books. A Human having a sexual relationship with a Demon… willingly… was quite possibly a first all around. Well, it was definitely a drastic change from them killing her kind.
Natalia wondered what Amberly would say to her about it. She hoped her friend wouldn't disown her for it. Natalia didn't want to choose between Taredd and her friends.
Climbing out of bed, Natalia realized she was naked and quickly covered herself with the blanket off the bed.
"Sorry,” she said, blushing.
With a sexy grin, Taredd said: "No need to be sorry, I enjoy seeing your body."
Blushing even more, Natalia asked: "Did you strip me?" Indicating with a wave of her hand to her lack of clothing.
Natalia didn't think it was him, but she still asked anyway, just in case he did have a hand in it.
"Nope, that was all you,” he said, grinning from ear to ear. "Just like the night before."
Only this time she didn't have on her knickers and vest top underneath. Nope, after her bath Natalia had slipped on a pair of shorts and a t-shit, thinking that she would be safe from stripping since she didn't have many clothes on to begin with. That'll teach her to try to trick her unconscious mind.
"Yeah, I thought so,” she said. "Sorry about that."
"Just so that I know, is it something you do on a regular basis?" he asked. "It's just, you didn't do it the first night when we slept under the stars, so I'm wondering if that night was a fluke."
"Yeah, it happens a lot,” she told him. "But strangely enough, it only happens when I'm sleeping in a bed."
It had always confused her as to why it only happened to her when she was asleep in an actual bed, but she was glad it didn't happen any other time. It could have been a real problem if she had done something like that when she was sleeping in the caves along the mountain pass, or anywhere else just as dangerous.
"Good to know," Taredd told her. "I wouldn't want to kill one of my best friends just because he accidentally saw you strip naked in the middle of the night while we’re between stops."
