Chapter 39
Overcome with emotion, my mouth covered hers. She reached for me at the same time, pulling my head down to her. I tasted her tears on our lips as I poured all my love and months of longing into the kiss. When I felt the faint joy of her Mori through our bond, it was like finding a lost piece of me.
I lifted my head and used my thumbs to brush away her tears, humbled by the love shining in her eyes.
“Ya lyublyu tebya,” I whispered gruffly.
It took me a second to realize I’d professed my love to her in Russian and she had no idea what I was saying. Smiling at my blunder, I took her face in my hands.
“I love you.”
Her smile stole my breath. “I love you, too,” she said huskily.
My lips captured hers again in a slow, lingering kiss. Then I wrapped her tightly in my arms and bu
