Chapter 128

Sienna

He handed me a cup a few minutes later, brushing his lips over the top of my head before sitting down beside me on the floor, our backs against the edge of the bed.

We sipped quietly, the silence between us comfortable and warm.

“This feels like a dream,” I said softly. “And did you just walk out naked in front of the maids, Damon?”

He turned his head toward me. “It’s not. This is us now. And the someone jealous that anyone else would have seen her mate being naked?”

“No, I’m not jealous. It’s just awkward that you would walk around being naked. I believe that you could at least put on some pants or boxers.” I said, and he laughed.

And in that moment, with sunlight streaming through the windows, his mark throbbing gently beneath my skin, and his fingers laced with mine, everything just felt whole. The two of us together just felt real.

Because this wasn’t just a new chapter.

This was our beginning.

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