“Good. I like the idea of getting something nice.” Her hand slid up his stomach, his chest, to the base of his throat. “And I like it more that I finally get to give something nice to you.”

“My sweet, if you don’t think that watching you take pleasure from me, which means you’re allowing me to give you pleasure, isn’t giving me something nice, you’re very wrong.”

She bit her lip and dipped her face closer.

Letting her lip go, she whispered, “Good.”

“Now kiss me, Aurora, and let’s get some sleep.”

A smile hit her eyes before she bent to him and pressed her mouth to his. Her timid tongue touched his lips and he gave her access, allowing her to taste him before he tightened his arms on her and gave her the good-night kiss she deserved.

Her heart was slamming in her chest when he released her mouth and pulled her back down his body.

“Settle in, my sweet,” he murmured as he reached to turn out the light.

When the room was swept with darkness, she did as told.

But she didn’t sleep.

He allowed this for some time before he called, “Aurora?”

“I’m not a seer,” she said strangely.

“Pardon?”

Her arm around his stomach went tight.

“I’m not a seer, Yuri, but I still can’t get it out of my head that something is gonna happen soon. I’ve never had this feeling before.” She took in an unsteady breath. “And it kind of scares me.”

He turned into her, keeping her close, and when he settled on his side, he tucked her closer.

“This is just a feeling?” he asked.

“Yes.”

“No visions with it?”

She shook her head on the pillow and said, “No.”

“It isn’t a stretch, button, to have anxiety about what’s happening.”

She was silent, thinking on this, before she said, “I hope that’s it.”

Yuri hoped the same.

“Try to set it from your mind so you can sleep.”

“Okay, sweetheart.”

He gathered her closer at the same time she snuggled deep into him.

Having given her concerns to him, she found sleep quickly.

Smelling her, feeling her tiny softness pressed close, her warmth, listening to the steady thrum of her heart, even with all this, Yuri did not do the same.

Chapter Twenty-Four

Hope Is Powerful

Delilah