Chapter 16

Despite only having been sitting on the floor for a few minutes, a dull ache already began to settling into my lower back. I wasn't used to sitting with such improper posture, one that portrayed submissive. I stood tall, displaying my height, shoulders back with confidence and power, the hunched form going against everything in my nature. Though, if it meant my mate felt safe enough with my posture to look me in the eye, rewarding me with her gaze, I could suffer through the temporary pain for her attention brought me the upmost pleasure. Once her muscles relaxed, her body curving more into the wall rather than leaning against it with rigidity, it made him relax more as well. Although she was hidden from the light, shrouded in the darkness, the iridescent tapetum his my eyes permited to look upon her, and he could not. He was absolutely infatuated with the freckles dotting her face. The more he focused on them, the more he tried to map out constellations he knew, the favor