Reborn As Cursed Alpha's Mate
Chapter 211: I Hope You Dream Of Me

Chapter 211: I Hope You Dream Of Me

"Fine! But we are not sleeping in the same bed," Lotus announced, getting up and heading towards the room.

"Of course!" Razial quickly followed.

The room had a double bed, covered in white sheets and a mattress on the floor as well. There was a small window which had been opened just a fraction to let the smoke of burning coals escape. They had been placed in a large metal container to keep the room warm.

Lotus placed her satchel aside on the small wooden table.

She began to unbutton her coat. She wanted to take it off so she could slip under the thick duvets. She would have loved to change her clothes, too, but that wasn’t possible for now. Razial was eager to speak, she could sense his keenness.

"What do you want to say?" Lotus firmly asked as she tried to take the coat off but he stepped forward and held the lapels of her pink coat, carefully pulling it down and separating it from her body.

Lotus could sense his heat behind her as he didn’t attempt to move back, instead holding her dainty shoulders, which were half-covered in a lacy magenta shirt.

The beats of her heart upped as her palms began to sweat from the anticipation of what he wished to say. Her coat he softly hung on his arm, the flowery scents wafted from it, invigorating his senses, making him bold to what he wished to say to her.

His hands slowly slid from her shoulders to her arms as he turned her to face him. She slowly exhaled, trying to let go of the crippling tension in her body. It was reacting in ways she had never anticipated it to.

Her eyes slowly moved up until they connected with his misty blue orbs. The desires he held were naked too, too naked for her to miss.

’Were his lips always this curvy?

Or is it the first time I have noticed them?

The shape of his jaw is too rugged, with little stubble decorating it. Will it feel good against the skin?

When did he become this handsome? Or did I never notice before?’

So many thoughts curled and awakened in her brain and she didn’t realise she wasn’t breathing at all, only staring openly.

"Lotus! Can I say something?" He murmured, his voice held this raw masculinity irrespective of it not being harsh.

She blinked, trying to set herself free of whatever spell this mage was casting on her but nodded for him to continue.

"I have known you for an eternity, it seems, and from the moment I got to know you, I have liked you, admired you and gradually fallen in love with you. It’s you and has always been you, will always be you," he confessed, letting his hands drift to her face and cup them. Tips of his thumbs slowly traced her soft cheeks.

Keeping his anticipated orbs on her, he waited patiently for her answer.

Her exposed throat moved in sensual movement as she gulped; her lips, which complimented the flower she was named after, had parted as she tried to breathe in rapidly, willing herself to answer him.

The top two buttons of her shirt were unhooked and he wages a war with himself to not let his eyes dip and keep them on her face.

Her heart had known for a long time but it was her brain which wasn’t ready to accept him or his advances.

First it was because of Cassandra and his actions and now, why wasn’t she accepting him now?

Hadn’t he redeemed himself enough?

What was she afraid of?

"Say something, please," he pleaded, content at the fact she hadn’t blasted him with her powers in anger or pushed him away.

"Have you been pushing away the suitors who used to come for me?" She finally asked, keeping her gaze on his intense one. The deep-seated adoration in his eyes, held her captivated.

"Yes!" He softly answered, his thumb now wandering onto her lower lip. Feeling the delicacy of them under it.

Dangerous, he was treading on very dangerous waters. She would sink him in a second but he didn’t care.

He had waited an eternity just to be able to hold her smooth face and touch her lips. They were softer than he could have ever anticipated.

His ravenous eyes dipped to them, parted and plump, so inviting for the taking.

"Keep your eyes up, Commander. I haven’t permitted you to ogle at my lips for now."

Razial had to bite down on his own, hearing her words. She had no objection with his thumb caressing them but his gaze was where she drew the line.

"I am waiting for your answer, Lotus?" He pulled her so the space between their bodies would lessen even more. Her hands landed on his chest.

"What will you do if I say no?" Lotus asked, her voice not as crisp as she always used with him.

"I will keep pursuing you till the end of the world until you say yes," he concluded, pressing his thumb on her bottom lip, invoking these desires in her she didn’t wish to curb anymore.

"You are one stubborn man." Lotus could feel the healthy beats of his heart under her palms, somehow they seemed to be calling her.

"Not even quarter as you are. I wonder what it will take for you to finally accept me." His thumb was slowly sliding inside her mouth now and touched her incisors.

"Let’s see. Why don’t you take out your thumb from my mouth and claim my lips and show me how deep your desires run..." Razial didn’t let her finish as his thumb retracted and his lips shrouded hers. It was like burying her mouth in the softest warmest pillow she owned.

She gasped from the feel of his hands on her face as he angled it. Delicacy with which his lips rubbed against hers as if tasting and savouring the finest wine in the world, had her swooning. The way he had her body flushed against his. She didn’t wish to admit but she could feel his hardness. It did make her mind wander.

Lotus had her share of kisses from her suitors but they were mere pecks on the cheeks or lips.

Nothing like this enthralling feel of having flowers blossoming on a spring morning.

Or as if a skilled artist painting the canvas in his colours.

His lips were meticulously curated moving in slow sensual movements as if the male possessed all the time in the world to thoroughly explore her and her mouth.

Branding her as his, for she felt him slowly permeating in her bones.

He was thorough, too thorough. His tongue had stealthily slithered inside her mouth like a dragon in search of his gold.

An ache she deciphered between her legs.

What was happening to her body? She was no longer in control and Lotus always wished to be in control.

Lotus abruptly broke off the kiss and staggered back, chest heaving, face burning ruby red. She hadn’t anticipated such a reaction from her treacherous body.

Now she understood what all those romance writers wrote about in those books she loved to read.

And these eyes of his, the way he watched her as if in a drunken state with few strands of his coal shaded hair slipping in front.

Razial let her catch her breath, judging from her condition he could tell she enjoyed it too. The longing and yearning he had felt all his life, she felt it too now.

Lost for words she couldn’t even bring herself to look him in the eye anymore and turned around. Her long tresses cascaded down her back as he wished to lose himself in them.

He was dying to ask her about the kiss but her words made him halt.

"That was intense, give me some time to consider. Can you do that?"

His hand reached out and pried away a curtain of her hair which rested on her shoulder, exposing the smooth skin under. Leaning in, he seductively whispered near her ear.

"Can I hold you while you do that?"

Her needy heart began to thump faster and faster at his words. Her fickle body wished for his hands to explore her heated skin.

Seeing her quite and breathing rapidly, Razial slipped his hands around her small waist, feeling the curve from the silken garment she wore. His nose slowly traced the perfect slant of her neck, his mouth partially open as he wished to caress her there.

Her neck inadvertently slanted, giving him ample access.

How preciously he held her as if she was his treasure.

’A few more moments and then I will tell him to sleep,’ her greedy heart requested, wishing to be held a little bit longer.

’He is too sweet for you, he can never fulfil the dark fantasies you weave,’ her brain warned as his sumptuous lips landed on her burning skin and he softly caressed the spot between her neck and shoulder.

A shiver ran down her whole being as if he had plunged her in a sea of thunder.

Too tender, he and his touches were too tender.

"Razial! Please!!" Her voice trembled, this was so not like her. This man was tearing away her control.

Sighing defeatedly Razial let his hands drop and took a step back. He didn’t wish to make her cross and lose the chance of finally making her his.

Although he did understand that she had enjoyed the kiss because of how blown wide her eyes were, he had promised her he would give her the time she needed.

Placing a small kiss on the back of her head, Razial murmured into her hair.

"Good night, Lotus. I hope you will dream of me."

With these words, he took her coat and moved away to sleep on the reserved mattress on the floor, leaving her burning in unfulfilled desires.