Page 118 of Blood that Burns
“Concentrate, sunshine. In your mind, picture yourself reaching to the side and sliding a door closed in front of you.”
I can’t do this.
Oh my god. I can feel his dick pressing against my back.
Shit. I want him.
“Maggie,” I groan, loving her internal ramblings.
And this right here is the very reason that the idea of her conquering her mental shields isn’t favorable for me. I fucking love knowing how much I affect her.
But she needs to be able to do this. It’ll protect her, and that means more to me than anything.
“Concentrate. Stop thinking about anything other than your shield.”
She inhales and blows it out, shoulders loosening for the first time since we started this exercise.
I tap into her thoughts, but it’s fragmented.
He... do... this.
“Good girl. Keep focusing, Maggie. You’ve almost got it.”
I press again and this time, I’m officially blocked.
“You did it.”
She twists around, smiling wide. “I did? You couldn’t hear me?”
I shake my head, grinning down at her.
“I couldn’t hear you.”
My head lowers, capturing her mouth.
Need him.
I chuckle. “That didn’t last long, sunshine. You have to work on keeping that shield up. It’ll take a lot of practice at first.”
She slinks back down, turning away from me again. “I’m not ready to do this with Reese. I won’t be able to hold it all night without making it obvious.”
She isn’t wrong. It’s going to be difficult to keep Reese out. Reese is strong and adept at breaking through some of the strongest shields.
“Then we’d better keep practicing,” I suggest.
It’s the last thing I want to be doing tonight when I have her naked and pressed against me, but her safety comes first.
Until I know whether Reese can be trusted, I’ll do what I need to in order to keep Maggie safe.
Even if that means breaking a cardinal rule and infiltrating girls’ night.
I’ll make sure that Maggie’s safe.
Nobody will get through me. I’ll lay down my life for this woman, because the feelings I have for her are so intense, I’m not even sure I grasp the severity of them.
The one thing I know for certain is that I’m fucked. Royally. Epically. Eternally.
Love is a strong word, but if it’s an emotion I’m able to feel, then that’s what this is.