Mathena didn’t know how long they lay there, wrapped in each other’s arms, their bodies slick with sweat and blood and the musky scent of their lovemaking. Mathena could have stayed there for hours. Days. Forever.
She groaned when he rolled away, taking her with him.
In the adjacent bathroom, the water began to run in the tub at Xeon’s mental command.
Mathena rose off the bed with him, smiling as he caught her in his embrace and pressed a tender kiss to her forehead.
She drew back, searching the banked embers of his gaze. "That was…amazing."
He inclined his head in solemn agreement. "Yes, it was. More than amazing."
She traced the dark pawmark swirls on his chest. "So…where do we go from here?"
He grunted, a smile playing at the edges of his sensual mouth. "To the bathtub, for start
