Chapter 83. Love and Pain (Part 2)

Lyon being so sure of himself was, nevertheless, not enough reassurance for an almost panicky Hero who was now trying his best to hold his emotions under control as he had done so many years before. However, he was now noticing, to his absolute chagrin, that his coldness would go out the window every time the situation was about his mate.

“So… finally alone, huh?” Alicia said, nervous and blushing as she sat on the bed.

“Mm-hmm,” was the sole response that she got from the tall, broad-shouldered man in front of her.

Alicia couldn't help but smile then, for him looking so vulnerable. She looked up at her worried mate, standing almost unmoving and yet, glancing at the door as if he was planning to run away, and smiled at him.

For a moment, she remembered when he saved her and she saw him for the first time, his wide shoulders and marked muscular back that she had loved to sink her nails into. The few days in which the only thing they did was to make love were