Chapter 169: Once More with Feeling, Part 1

Gaze locked on Jax, I eased out of bed, being extra careful not to wake him. Although, I doubted he was actually asleep, but he didn't move, nor did he try to stop me. I grabbed the blanket from the foot of the bed and wrapped it around me.

After I made Jax stop kissing me last night, I should have asked him to get out of the bed, but I hadn't been able to get the words to form, and so I'd slept in his arms. Again.

Regret and shame threatened to choke me. How could I have been so stupid? Granted, I'd needed to save Jax's life, and by extension, my own. But I didn't need to kiss him. I tiptoed across the room and sat in the chair facing the window, feet propped on the sill.

Even though my body still felt like it was on fire, a chill wiggled up my spine. I pulled the blanket tighter around me, my fingers grazing my neck, lingering ever so slightly on where Jax had bitten me. A wave of desire and longing swept over me, and I shuddered. Would that happen every time I touched my neck?