Chapter Twelve

After we got fresh and clean again, we got into bed. I’d promised Lio that I would sleep naked with him so, here I was being spooned by a werewolf. My life was definitely not normal. Lio was kissing the back of my neck gently and it sent shivers through me each time his lips touched my skin. How was he doing this to me?

“Astraia, I’ve never known anyone who reacts to me as strongly as you do.” He said nuzzling his nose in my hair.

“It scares me.” I said almost whispering.

I felt him sit up a little and I could see him looking down at me out of the corner of my eye.

“Why does it scare you? Is it because of what I am?” He asked in a somewhat melancholy tone of voice.

I shook my head no but there was a small part of me that felt that way.

“Then why? Tell me.” He said rubbing my arm.

“It’s because I feel vulnerable. I’m so drawn to you I don’t seem to have control over myself sometimes. This whole soulmate thing is in the back of my mind all of the time…” I said tur