Scarlett:
I wake up hours later to the faint, steady thump of my heart beat. I didn't even know when I fell asleep, but I knew that Malakai watched me fall asleep, because I had even offered him the other side of the bed.
When I turn my head, I almost gasp because Malakai is here, on the freaking bed, sleeping! He must have slipped in when I was sound asleep.
I take my time inspecting him, he's shirtless. Of course he's shirtless, and he's sleeping on his stomach, one hand over his head, he looks so human and innocent. Black ink waves across his bronze skin, disappearing into his shoulder blade.
Without hesitation, I reach out and trace the tattoos, his muscles clenching and unclenching under my touch.
These tattoos…they are so beautiful, I wonder if each one represents something. A
