His Midnight Luna のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 51 - チャプター 60

CHAPTER 52: AlmostMIAI woke up warm. That was the first thing I noticed, even before my eyes fluttered open. Not the ache in my body or the dull throb in my wrists. Just warmth and the steady rise and fall of a chest beneath my cheek.We’d fallen asleep on the couch. I was curled against his side, my head on his chest. His arm was wrapped around me, holding me close.I lifted my head slowly, careful not to wake him. But his eyes opened anyway. Alert and locked on mine.“Hey,” he said softly. His voice was rough with sleep. It made my stomach flutter and a flush that had nothing to do with his warm chest spread from my chest to my face.“Hey.” I replied, my voice sounding soft.We stared at each other for a moment, not speaking but somehow communicating. Our hearts were beating in sync, I could feel it.The way we fit, it was too perfect. Simple logic didn’t explain the connection I felt to him. It made me want to learn about the mate bond thing.Xavier moved, pulling me from my thou

MIASilas escaped.The words echoed in my head. Over and over. Getting louder each time until his name was all I could hear.My chest felt tight and my heart was heavy. Like someone had wrapped a band around my ribs and was pulling it tighter and tighter.I opened my mouth, to breathe, to speak? I wasn’t sure. Nothing came out.“Mia?” Xavier’s voice sounded far away. “Mia, look at me.”I couldn’t. I couldn’t bring myself to so much as blink. All I could see was Silas standing in that doorway, his cold eyes pinned on me with that twisted smile on his lips.‘What I want is you. As my wife. Obedient. Compliant. The way you should have been from the beginning.’His hand grabbing my chin and forcing me to look at him.‘When he comes, I’ll kill him. And then you’ll have no one left to run to.’My breathing came faster. Each breath felt like I was trying to suck air through a straw.He has escaped. He’s going to come back for me.“Mia!” Xavier’s hands were on my face now. “Baby, you need to

XAVIERI didn’t expect him to answer. Really, I thought he was going to end the whole thing.“It’s not her I don't trust. I don’t trust what I don’t understand.” He started walking again. “But I trust you. If you say she’s not a threat, I believe you.”Something in my chest loosened. I swallowed thickly and nodded.“Thank you.” My voice came out thick with emotion. I cleared my throat and tried to speak normally. “What do we do now?”“We keep her here and make sure she is safe and under watch.” He glanced at me. “That won’t be enough. She should know how to defend herself so she needs to be trained.”“Train her?”“Whatever power she has, she needs to control it. Otherwise she’s vulnerable to Silas and anyone who wants to use her.”He was right. But she didn’t even know what she truly is and neither do we. How can we train something we don’t know?“And if she doesn’t want to?”“Then you convince her.” My father stopped. “Because the alternative is her getting taken again. And next time

MIAI gasped and instinctively pulled it away from my skin.I looked down at it and saw the crack in the moon was glowing again. Soft silver light pulsed from it. Flickering on and off, it took a second for me to realize it was in sync with my heartbeat.“No,” I whispered, moving back to the desk. “Not again.”Before I could do anything else, not that I even knew what I was supposed to do, the ground shifted beneath me. The room tilted and the room tilted, and everything started moving around in circles.I grabbed the desk for support. My legs felt weak and like they wouldn’t hold me.The brighter the necklace got, the hotter it got and I didn't know how to tug it off when every contact I made with it seared my skin.Something bright moved above me and I looked up. My mouth hung open, probably to scream, no sound made it out,Symbols started to form in the air around me. They looked almost like the ones in my dreams and they were flickering, shining.“Stop,” I tried to say. But my voi

MIASomething shifted in Xavier’s expression, his eyes softening. He leaned down and pressed his forehead to mine.“How are you so calm right now?” he whispered. “After everything you just learned?”“I’m not calm. I’m terrified. Angry. Very confused.” I took a shaky breath. “But I have you. And that makes it bearable.”His arms came around me again and pulled me close. I was fully pressed against him now.We stood there for a long moment. Just breathing together. I closed my eyes and let my body relax. It is the calmest I have felt in a while.A warm feeling started spreading from my chest. Particularly where my necklace lay. I opened my eyes in surprise, expecting it to turn into that burn like it usually did.I could feel it spreading through my whole body, settling in my lower belly then travelling to my core. Goosebumps rose all over my skin, a pleasure hum travelling from my head right down to my toes.“Xavier,” I said against his chest. My voice came out breathier than I intend