Chapter 396: Consummation, Part 2

I kicked off my shoes, lowering myself back down to my normal height, and Trent smiled. "Much better," he said.

I laughed. "Seriously? Now you have to lean down to kiss me again. It's so much easier when I'm taller."

He licked his lips and trailed the back of his hand down the side of my face. "Your height is just one of the many things I love about you," he said, his gaze intense. "I have a weakness for short girls."

I stood there, stunned. "How did I not know that about you?"

Then again, there was still so much I didn't know about him. He'd lived a long time, and he had a past I couldn't begin to comprehend.

He lifted one shoulder in a lazy shrug. "Don't worry. You'll have an eternity to learn everything there is to know about me."

My heart tripped over itself, then beat hard and steady.

"I really like that, too," he said, his voice dropping to a husky rasp.

"You really like what?"