Page 28 of Reaper

“Did I hurt you?” he asked.

“No, Reaper.That feels so good.”

His heart swelled in his chest at her words, and with one last sweep of his fingers against her skin, he pulled her close and settled her against his chest.

“Sleep, beautiful.I won’t let you go, ever.”

Her hand traced his face and he watched the start of a smile tug on her lips.She brushed a light kiss against his mouth, before she settled her head on his shoulder and blew out a breath.

His arms tightened around her and soon her breathing turned deep and even.It took him a long while to fall asleep.His worry and need to protect her had adrenaline tingling through his limbs.But when she burrowed deeper into his side, he concentrated on the beat of her heart and the breaths hitting his heated skin, and found his body relaxing.

She had become everything to him in such a short amount of time, and he would do everything in his power to have her believe his words.He knew that time would be his greatest asset.Well, time and perseverance.He would show her, in big ways and small, that she meant the world to him.Each and every day.She was his future.