Chapter 146. You Are Mine

Colton pulls back to rest his nose against mine gently, stroking my hair back from my face, and smiles at me in that knee-weakening, full-on dimples way. Slowing down the tempo and breathing out slowly with me as his touch softens.

“I want to hear that multiple times a day for the rest of my life. I swear I’m crazy in love with you, and I’ll never let you down again. You’re my priority. The Luna the people need; the Luna I need. I’ll never doubt us or put you second again. I needed to lose you to realize how stupid that was, how fucked up my priorities were. Your mate should always come first. You will always come first.” Colton kisses me on the forehead, a light grazing tenderness that makes me feel delicate and unique, igniting the butterflies inside me and the softer side that is not consumed by lust.

“Unless you turn into a power-crazed psychopath!” I point out in quiet humor and get a flash of that gorgeous smile for my efforts, even if it was a tongue-in-cheek rema