Chapter 064
Emilia's POV
His hand lightly pressed against my lower abdomen, and I could feel the heat from his skin seeping through my shirt's thin material. As if he already knew, his thumb moved slowly in warm circles over the area.
With our bodies still drenched in perspiration and his scent—musk, smoke, something wild and mine all over me, we lay entangled in the tangle of blankets. His lips lightly touched the skin he had kissed hours before, as if he couldn't get enough, and his mouth lingered just above my collarbone.
I muttered, barely audible above the gentle rustle of the wind, "There's a heartbeat inside me."
He froze.
Then his fingers ceased to move slowly. Something I couldn't identify filled his eyes as they rose to mine. Fear? Hope? I wonder?
"Are you certain?"
With
