Chapter Twenty-Five

I feel fingertips over my arms, shoulders. My face, cheeks, eyes, my lips. I blinked awake slowly. Pitch blackness greets me. I register the feeling again, this time over my neck, my chin before coming back to my mouth.

Is someone touching me? “Niko?" I call out, traces of sleep still cling to my voice.

"Hmm?" someone hums directly in front on me.

I feel hot air, breath on my neck. Soft hair tickles my cheek.

I move my hands blindly in the dark.

"Is that you?" I ask.

"Always" he says, his lips trace the shell of my ear before nipping.

I claps smooth skin moving my touch upward until I feel silky strands of hair, his shoulders.

His lips trail open-mouthed kisses down my neck, shoulders. As he goes lower my silk night gown follows pooling on my hips.

My breath hitches when he pulls off the bed covers.

My mind immediately goes to his insult from earlier and I'm tempted to kick him off me. he kisses the valley between my breasts, his palm massages my