Chapter Nineteen: Seeds of Submission

Chapter Nineteen: Seeds of Submission

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POV: *Lavender*

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Fate closed his eyes and laid his head back slightly after our kiss. He was attempting to take in every moment of my touch.

It was an odd feeling I wasn’t used to. For me, it felt as if when I touched him was in some way healing. I wondered if he felt it too.

It wasn’t a biological type of healing. It was a soulful one. One that even though physically there was no reason to, I felt it in my bones.

“How do you not hate me right now?” I asked.

I couldn’t help myself. I needed to know if I was falling for someone whose only intention was to use me. Coming from a very similar situation, it didn’t seem illogical that I was only worth what I could give.

“Hate you? You saved my life,” he said this as if it was a shame I didn’t know this sooner.

The problem was, I knew this. I also knew his life needed saving only because of me.

“I ate that seed without permission, and they were there because of…” he cut me off