Chapter 34

Alaric’s POV

Fuck. Me.

It should’ve pissed me off that Meadow was willing to go to this length just to stop me from killing that bastard when she couldn’t even give me a reason not to.

And it did. Pissed me the hell off.

But the words she had just whispered appealed to me in a way that no one else would understand. Not even her. They appealed to a part of me I wasn’t ready to show her yet, and I could hear it calling out to me.

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Meadow wasn’t ready. Not yet.

Raising my hand to cup her face, I stroked her cheek with my thumb. “You have no idea what you’re asking, Meadow.”

She inhaled shakily, trembling beneath my touch. I could already feel the fabric of my pants tightening. Too innocent.

Too damn innocent.

“I think I do,” she whispered, removing her hands from my shoulders as she bowed slightly, like she was trying to hide from me.

“Do tell,” I muttered, moving my hand fro