"How long have you been awake for?"
Khalan had raised her head to steal a glance of Nathan's beautiful sleeping face, only for her to find his eyes wide open.
"Not too long" he breathed.
She raised her upper body and drew her face to his before speaking again "Is something bothering you?" She asked sweetly, blinking her eyes a few times which emphasized very much on how her emerald orbs glowed in the dark.
"No" he smiled sweetly at her, tucking her fallen wavy hair back behind her ear. "I am perfectly fine Khalan, I just could not get myself to sleep anymore" he brought himself up a bit and gave her a peck on her forehead.
"Are you sure?" She stared directly into his eyes, making it seem as if she was getting a message from them that told her otherwise. "Why do I feel like you are not being entirely honest with me Nathan?" she finally asked.
"You are getting worked up over nothing Khalan" he drew her back to his embrace and kissed her hair. "I am totally fine and you don't need to get worried about anything, okay?"
She nodded slightly, inhaling his scent deeply as she hugged him back.
"Now get back to sleep alright…" he patted her head slowly, stroking her hair with gentle touches that sent shivers of delight through her scalp. "There are still more long hours till morning".
"Would you get some sleep too?" She asked, creasing his chest with her fingers.
"Yes of course" he replied quickly. "I will get some sleep too Khalan. I need the rest".
His last statement sounded very odd to him. He could not remember ever in his long life saying that he needed rest. As a matter of fact, he never rested. He was always busy with something, going places, attending and hosting meetings every now and then, and other official duties that concerned the demon race. He has never for once in his life been intentional about sleep or rest, and he definitely was not going to start today. He knew very well how worried she would be and how worked up she might get if he lets her know that sleeping was one activity that was never meant for him.
She as Sheba would fully understand but Khalan might loose it on learning he never sleeps, not ever and not even now after he just assured her he would.
Afterall, besides the strong ordeal of him not being cut out for sleep or rest, he had a very serious matter that did not even need him to be lying down right now, he should be doing something, something reasonable.
He was left with two choices, he could either reunite with Moist, find out whatever her plans were about Sheba's reincarnation, thwart them for the safety of Sheba till she fully awakes and can protect herself or better still, remain here with Sheba and protect her from any attacks Moist might come with.
He thought about going with the former, but it involved too many sacrifices and losses he had to make which he definitely was not ready for.
First, he must leave Sheba's side, that was one price he could not pay. He was not going to leave her or let her go, not now he was already sure she felt something for him, maybe not as the Sheba she really was but Khalan was the same person too and he could work with that for now. Letting it go or taking a break from it was not something he never plans on doing.
Besides, even if he finally decides to make that sacrifice, that would be the first in line because he had a lot more to make in the bid of subduing Moist. He would have to even give himself just like he did before at the time he took the amulet and during the period of Sheba's reincarnation. He did not regret any of his actions, looking at the way things turned out and feeling the warmth of the sleeping Sheba laying on his chest right now, he believed it was all worth it. Every single bit of torture and agony he had to bare silently was worth the reward he earned.
Nevertheless, he was not going to go through it all again. He was not going to let such affliction fall upon him the second time, not now that he had options. In the past, they were none but now they existed. He was not going to go with the former choice, the later was what he opted for.
The least he could do to make up for not taking the first choice was visiting Moist. Yes, he was going to pay her a visit, because if he wanted to protect Sheba, he had to have an idea of what was going on in Moist's head and to do that, he had to visit her. He was not going to let anything happen to Sheba, nothing at all.
He squeezed her a bit and kissed her hair.
"I will not let anything happen to you okay" he said more to himself than to her which got her very concerned.
She knew something was definitely wrong but did not know how to convince Nathan to tell her what was actually going on.
Nevertheless, she decided not to push any futher, she simply raised her upper body again and brought herself forward to press a sweet kiss on his forehead.
"I trust you Nathan and I know everything will be fine" she spoke softly into his hair, kissing it like he did hers earlier and made to push herself downwards to lay back down on his chest but he held her halfway, grabbing her shoulder with his arm to put her in place.
"I love you so much" his voice was husky with desire, love and lust as he leaned in to kiss her.
She was a bit surprised by his actions but that did not mean they did not please. She ran her fingers through his hair, rubbing lightly on his scalp.
The kisses started off slow and sensational till he broke it off and began kissing and licking her neck. He licked, sucked, kissed and nibbled on her soft skin, moving from her neck to her ears, her cheeks, jaw and even clavicle, making her let out low raspy moans, as if trying to control the way her body reacted to his touches.
On noticing this, he paused for a moment and made his way back to her ear and spoke to her in a low velvety tone "it is just us in the whole house Khalan there is no need for you to control your moans, they are like caress to my ears".
The way he spoke alone, made her feel hot all of a sudden but what made the effect all worse was the bite he gave her ear after speaking.
At that moment, Khalan felt like all her senses were lost. She felt nothing but pleasure as he trailed her with kisses while he made his way back to her shoulder bones and then her. breasts.
She was wearing a light night dress that he had made available to her earlier and the scented oils she had applied to her skin made him want to let hell loose.
She let out soft sensual sighs with each kiss he planted on her skin. Her senses were very drowned into the pleasure that she did not know when he loosened the fastening of her dress and brought her breast out in the open.
She only got to know when she felt his tongue like a delicate brushstroke of desire, paint her nipple with tender precision, igniting a canvas of sensations.
"Agh!" A breathless sigh escaped her mouth.
"Nathan…"
He ignored her, squeezing her breast lightly and stuffing the much he could into his mouth, sucking and savoring the taste of her full breast and pink nipples. He sucked, licked them and at intervals, rubbed his fingers around them and playing with them while he devoured her lips with hungry kisses.
Khalan did not know were the pleasure was most intense. Was it on the kissed he passionately gave her or the way his fingers played with her breast or rather, his tongue. She certainly did not know but she felt a very high amount of pleasure, bubbling in her whole being and making every other thought that was not Nathan disappear completely.
He was the only thing and person that mattered to her right now, most especially the way he made her feel. It felt all good and she wanted more of it, yes! She wanted more.
On deciding that, she immediately rolled over and stayed on top of him instead, making him seem a bit surprised.
"I want more Nathan" she said in a gentle gravelly whisper as she went ahead to kiss him while she busied her hands with unfastening the buttons of his shirt.
In no time, she succeeded in taking his shirt off. She kissed him one more time before deciding to do to him what he had done to her, to make him feel the same pleasure and ecstasy.
Without words, she pulled downwards to his nipples. Like a warm honey dripping on parched earth, her tongue soothed his nipples.
He let out strong desire-filled gasps as she sucked and nibbled on his nipples. The whole feeling of it was ultimate pleasure but at the same time, he felt his self control slowly slip away. His ruby eyes glowed and his fangs elongated while his nails became sharper and longer. Oh no! He had to stop immediately, if he did not, he might hurt her and that was the last thing he wanted.
"I am sorry Khalan" he managed to say before he quickly pulled her away from him, stood from the bed, walked briskly out of the room and slammed the door behind him…