6
I lay in Liam’s arms, our limbs tangled together so I wasn’t sure where I ended and he began. Sweat coated the small of my back where he trailed his fingers along my spine.
I nestled my head on his shoulder and let myself drift into the most wonderful kind of exhaustion the gods have ever created.
Liam shifted beneath me, and fear demolished my peace.
“Don’t.” The word cracked through my chest.
Liam froze. “Did I hurt you?”
“Please don’t.” I fought the urge to wrap my arm around his chest and cling to him.
“Don’t what?”
“Don’t say this was a mistake. Don’t say you care for me but I’m safer without you. Don’t come up with some other chivving reason to kick me out of your bed.”
“I thought I’d lost you.”
“And now you’ve realized I’m alive and are going to protect me from you by re
