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so…okay.”
I kissed her forehead, touched at the trust she was giving me. “Okay, Soph. Go into your room, strip down to your panties and bra, and get under the covers.”
Chapter Seven
Sophia
I had no idea what Aaron was up to, but my insides fluttered and my hands shook as I took my clothes off. The sheets felt cold as I slid into them, though with the heavy blankets I knew I’d be warm before long.
With his better-than-exceptional hearing, Aaron knew when I was in bed, but he still knocked.
“I’m ready,” I told him, but as he entered I muttered, “Or as ready as I’ll ever be.”
His smile calmed me, and he said, “Nothing to be afraid of, Sassy. Humans need touch, and shapeshifters need it even more. I’m wondering how you survived with no one touching you for most of your teen and adult years.”
“My hairdresser gave me scalp massages,” I told him, “and when my bodyguards were doubled up, Jonathan turned into his leopard form and leaned against me, rubbed against me, and laid with me and let me pet and rub him. I wasn’t allowed to touch him in human form, but I could pet and cuddle with him all I wanted when he was a leopard.” I rolled over and watched Aaron’s abs and chest come into view as he took his shirt off. “I miss him, and Angelo, and Sissy, but I’ve discovered I’m happy not to have to deal with anyone else in that house.”
“Jonathan and Angelo were on your security detail, who’s Sissy?”
“The cook. She made it a point to find out my favorite foods and make them for me, and keep the teas I liked stocked. She took care of me.”
He nodded, and I looked away as he unbuckled his belt, my heart in my throat as my cheeks flamed. “No, Soph, I have boxer shorts on so you won’t see anything. I’d like you to keep talking to me, please. Just a normal conversation. You’ve seen me in shorts and without a shirt. You won’t see anything else right now, okay?’
I nodded and remembered the morning’s conversation about not letting anyone take me off my game by finding my weaknesses. I went back over the conversation, figuring out how to keep it going. “Angelo was a sharpshooter, so he couldn’t change around me because he was there for his weapons abilities, but Jonathan was a fighter and said he could fight in either form, and could hear and see better as a cat, which was why he had permission to change around me when he was teamed with Angelo.”
Aaron draped his jeans over a chair and slid under the sheets with me, and I grew hyperconscious of the long, warm length of him beside me like a line of living fire.
“I don’t have a cuddly animal form,” he said as he gently pulled me to him, cradling my head to his chest, “so you’ll just have to make do with me in human form when you want to cuddle.”
He smelled of the earth, the woods, the trees, as if I were standing on a mountaintop in a primal forest, and I breathed him in. “You’re so warm. I miss the sunshine down here, but having you beside me almost takes the place of it.”
“I have a shopping list for the wolves. They’ll be bringing some grow lights and a few plants when they come in a few days. I’m trying to make you comfortable but there’s only so much I can do.”
He sounded apologetic and I rushed to say, “I’m not complaining, Aaron. I’m here for a short amount of time, until we can get me ready to do whatever it is we’re going to do, which I have a feeling will involve some kind of confrontation with my father. I appreciate all you’ve done to try to make me comfortable, but you don’t need to ask the wolves to lug plants down here. Some full spectrum light bulbs would be nice, but I don’t need plants for the short time I’ll be here.”
“The wolves will need plants if they’re to spend any amount of time without going topside. They aren’t just doing it for you, Sassy. The last thing we want is two grumpy
I kissed her forehead, touched at the trust she was giving me. “Okay, Soph. Go into your room, strip down to your panties and bra, and get under the covers.”
Chapter Seven
Sophia
I had no idea what Aaron was up to, but my insides fluttered and my hands shook as I took my clothes off. The sheets felt cold as I slid into them, though with the heavy blankets I knew I’d be warm before long.
With his better-than-exceptional hearing, Aaron knew when I was in bed, but he still knocked.
“I’m ready,” I told him, but as he entered I muttered, “Or as ready as I’ll ever be.”
His smile calmed me, and he said, “Nothing to be afraid of, Sassy. Humans need touch, and shapeshifters need it even more. I’m wondering how you survived with no one touching you for most of your teen and adult years.”
“My hairdresser gave me scalp massages,” I told him, “and when my bodyguards were doubled up, Jonathan turned into his leopard form and leaned against me, rubbed against me, and laid with me and let me pet and rub him. I wasn’t allowed to touch him in human form, but I could pet and cuddle with him all I wanted when he was a leopard.” I rolled over and watched Aaron’s abs and chest come into view as he took his shirt off. “I miss him, and Angelo, and Sissy, but I’ve discovered I’m happy not to have to deal with anyone else in that house.”
“Jonathan and Angelo were on your security detail, who’s Sissy?”
“The cook. She made it a point to find out my favorite foods and make them for me, and keep the teas I liked stocked. She took care of me.”
He nodded, and I looked away as he unbuckled his belt, my heart in my throat as my cheeks flamed. “No, Soph, I have boxer shorts on so you won’t see anything. I’d like you to keep talking to me, please. Just a normal conversation. You’ve seen me in shorts and without a shirt. You won’t see anything else right now, okay?’
I nodded and remembered the morning’s conversation about not letting anyone take me off my game by finding my weaknesses. I went back over the conversation, figuring out how to keep it going. “Angelo was a sharpshooter, so he couldn’t change around me because he was there for his weapons abilities, but Jonathan was a fighter and said he could fight in either form, and could hear and see better as a cat, which was why he had permission to change around me when he was teamed with Angelo.”
Aaron draped his jeans over a chair and slid under the sheets with me, and I grew hyperconscious of the long, warm length of him beside me like a line of living fire.
“I don’t have a cuddly animal form,” he said as he gently pulled me to him, cradling my head to his chest, “so you’ll just have to make do with me in human form when you want to cuddle.”
He smelled of the earth, the woods, the trees, as if I were standing on a mountaintop in a primal forest, and I breathed him in. “You’re so warm. I miss the sunshine down here, but having you beside me almost takes the place of it.”
“I have a shopping list for the wolves. They’ll be bringing some grow lights and a few plants when they come in a few days. I’m trying to make you comfortable but there’s only so much I can do.”
He sounded apologetic and I rushed to say, “I’m not complaining, Aaron. I’m here for a short amount of time, until we can get me ready to do whatever it is we’re going to do, which I have a feeling will involve some kind of confrontation with my father. I appreciate all you’ve done to try to make me comfortable, but you don’t need to ask the wolves to lug plants down here. Some full spectrum light bulbs would be nice, but I don’t need plants for the short time I’ll be here.”
“The wolves will need plants if they’re to spend any amount of time without going topside. They aren’t just doing it for you, Sassy. The last thing we want is two grumpy
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