I go still under her. “What do you want, Leanna?” I ask quietly, my hands tightening on her waist. “I won’t do anything till you tell me.”
She sighs. “Since when did you get so careful? You always used to take what you wanted before.”
My heart tightens. “When I realized that I could risk losing you.”
Her fingers trace my cheek and then my nose. “I want my mate back. Things are fine between us now, so why are you still—”
I curl my hand around her wrist. “Living without you was worse than losing you. I will do whatever it takes, become whomever you need me to, if it means keeping you by my side.”
This time, Leanna’s eyes tighten. “I don’t want you to be anybody but yourself. I want my mate. Stop walking on eggshells around me. If I don’t like something, I’ll tell you.”
I can sense her
