章 31: Chapter 31 : Hope

~SINCLAIR~

"What is happening to me?"

After that first climax, she'd come back into herself, staring blankly at the space beyond his shoulders. He came up from beneath her, sitting at the edge of the bed instead. If he'd thought her smell was everywhere before, now, the room was drenched with it.

And for the life of him, he couldn't bring his heartbeat under control.

She wasn't looking at him. This wasn't the joyful intimacy he'd been hoping for, but he was not disappointed at the outcome. She may regret it, but that was a bridge he'd cross later. All he could think about was that he'd just brought his mate to completion. There was no way to get over that.

"Vannie?" he called gently, needing her eyes on him. "Are you alright?"

"Why did you–"

‘Why did you do that?’ she'd been about to ask. But this female was a woman of honor. She wouldn't say it, knowing she was the one who had initiated their intimacy, no matter how out of her mind she'd been.