Chapter 54

Gabbie POV

Kade had been quiet. He joined me in the tub and let me lay on his chest while he poured water on my back with his hand. He stared off into nothing. His mind was probably working a million miles per hour. His body was tense but I couldn’t come up with what was bothering him. The monster? The trial I would have to go through? Was there more he kept to himself?

Later we wound up in his bed tangled in each other’s limbs. He held me tightly as if I was a rope keeping him from falling into a river of crocodiles.

“Tell me what’s bothering you,” I said.

“Don’t worry about it, baby. It’s nothing I can’t handle.”

I smoothed the hairs on his thigh. “What if I can help?”

He chuckled. “You’re helping me now. Are you spending the night with me?”

“No, I shouldn’t.”

“Why not?”

I untangled myself from him and sat up to face him.

“I don’t belong here Kade, you do. I’ll be more comfortable at the quarters.”