The Beast And The Blessed

The Beast And The Blessed Chapter 56

Fifty-Six: Natalie

Natalie’s P.O.V.

I was mortified.

Killian laughed it off, but I could see that even he was uneasy with what had just happened. Having him talk about someone catching us had been a huge turn-on… until it actually happened. Then, I just wanted the ground to swallow me up whole and never let me see the light of day again.

Joselin was gone in the blink of an eye, and Killian and I rushed to our room to get ready for dinner. I couldn’t look him in the eye and rudely blocked him from entering the bathroom and showering with me.

My plan to talk to him about Charlie and Damien went right out the window as we got dressed and walked down to the private dining room. I knew that we were still okay. Killian let the back of his hand rub against mine while we walked to meet the others for our meal, but I was too embarrassed to face him and didn’t know how to respond.

We were the first ones to arrive.

Killian pulled out my seat, placing a gentle kiss on my temple before sitting at the head of the table to my right. The ice water in front of me was quickly downed as I nervously waited for the tense dinner to come.

This would be the perfect time to talk to him about Damien before they got here, and I glanced around the room, confirming there were no servants or guards inside before opening my mouth to speak.

“Killian…” My jaw snapped shut as the door to the dining room was pushed open, and the witch walked in. I instantly felt my cheeks burn from the intensity of my blush, and she slowed with a pained look on her face. I hadn’t been expecting her. I had just assumed that it would be a family dinner. Although they had all grown up together, so I should have known better.

It was like there was a silent agreement between the three of us not to speak, not even about what had just happened, but at all.

to the table and pulled out the chair to my side, leaving the two chairs across from us open for Charlie

painfully aware of my inability to blink as I tried to think of a way to escape this dinner or maybe even the castle itself. I could rent a room at one of the inns or I could sleep in one

myself tense even more. My legs

to watch if they seem to be into it, but I didn’t. I left. There is

head snapped up at the same time Killian’s did, disbelief on

at her. “You? Are you kidding me? Maybe you’ll at least

“You were in the hallway, not a private room. And having sex is different than walking in on the two of you going at it! That

snapped back, placing a defensive hand on my knee as if he could

she was free to do as she pleased. But I knew Killian and I had amazing, mind-blowing sex. To hear anyone say it was

and I turned to look at Killian who looked green. The idea of seeing his little sister having sex made all the

He said, clearly taken aback by

water and taking a sip. The single eyebrow that she raised toward me as she drank her water made me suddenly feel very flattered and also frozen with discomfort. Vocalizing that she had been looking at me… looking at me

because he needed to be back to his normal self before Charlie and her mate showed up. But my mortification must

“Mine!”

turned her head to see a disgusted Charlie standing in the

summer dress, her curls perfectly styled with only a small section from each side twisted and pinned

her wore a pair of jeans with a black button-up shirt that didn’t fit him quite right and appeared to be brand new by

as wide as Charlotte’s. His pitch-black hair

than the vampire from the road. While the vampire’s eyes were completely black, on Damien I could still see the whites of his eyes very

he shifted with discomfort, stopping before looking