Chapter 628

CHAPTER 128 : MARK ME… AGAIN

*Lena*

“I am coming back,” he said, his voice a whisper.

I swallowed, nodding my head and looking down at the ground.

“Lena.”

“Yeah?” I looked up at him, unable to stop the tears from welling in my eyes. One tear spilled over and trailed down my cheek.

Xander stepped toward me, then knelt before me. He reached up and used his thumb to wipe the tear from my cheek. “This isn’t forever. I’ll come back for you.”

“We’ve said that to each other so many times–”

“And this is the last time, I promise.” He took my hands in his, knitting his fingers around mine. “I promise.”

“What–”

“I don’t know what we’re going to do, or where we’re going to live. But I need to return to Egoren to find that out. It’s going to be okay. We made it through this. We can make it through anything.”

He rose on his knees and wrapped his arms around me. I knew it hurt him to do so; I could feel the way his muscles strained and then trembled around me.

“Xander,” I said into his shoulder. I could feel the welts beneath his shirt as I ran my hands down his back. “You’re hurting–”

“I’m fine,” he replied, one of his hands running up the length of my back and into my hair, which was tousled from sleep. He pulled my head back so I was looking into his eyes. They darkened, a flash of need passing behind them that set a fire burning through my stomach.

He kissed me gently at first, his lips brushing against mine.

“I can give you my blood,” I whispered against his lips.

“I need a lot more of you than that,” he growled, and I felt my body go limp in his arms. His tongue parted my lips, tangling with mine as his grip on my body strengthened. He pulled me into him, almost pulling me off of the cot in the process.

Primal desire took over. I couldn’t remember the last time we were truly alone together. He had me out of my clothes before I could blink, and then he rose to his full height to shed his own.

throat as my eye focused on

His mark was… gone.

reaching up to touch the barely

“It doesn’t matter–”

as I took in the scars that roped around his chest, his arms, and his

knew that much. But these scars would be there forever, a constant reminder of what had happened to both

he breathed as I trailed my fingertips over his skin. “I want you to. I need you to do that for

again,

hurt me,” he said,

can’t, not when

in his hand

my mate,” he rasped. “I want your mark on my

clouding my judgment. I didn’t want to cause him

but Xander didn’t seem to care that it was likely splintering

heat, and my core was begging to be touched. I rocked my hips against his, a barely audible plea escaping my lips in a

traveling down my neck and across my collarbone, over the mark he’d left on

testing me. I was already drenched, and a raspy grunt of approval was all I heard before Xander ran his tongue over one of my n*****s. I sucked

whispered against my

moaned his name and bit my lower lip as

he whispered against my cheek as he positioned himself between

blur of conflicting emotions, but my body was pleading for release and willing to do anything

off the cot with one hand while his other hand explored my body, teasing me in all the right places. He knitted that free hand in mine and pinned our hands above my head, dipping

I tried to keep my mind clear and let my body take control. But my heart was

was probably

of his weight was sheltering me. More of him, I

as he

that took my breath

picked up speed, desperation lining his face as he closed his eyes and moaned low

tear rolled down my cheek as I kissed his shoulder, my lips brushing against his skin, then

***

a sweater over his head. Moonlight drifted through the small holes in the roof of the tent, illuminating the red

on the cot, smiling softly at me. I matched his smile as

itself was a small comfort. I could hear the sound of warriors waking up all around us even though the sky was still dark. Xander checked his watch, and sighed, his

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