Alpha Damon (Sienna) novel Chapter 175

Damon:

The sunlight filtered through the curtains, casting soft golden streaks across the bed. I blinked against the light, feeling the weight of the world, at least for this moment, lift just enough for me to breathe.

For now, I allowed myself to feel the peace that I wanted to feel. I wanted to allow my mate to feel my presence by her side. I wanted her to understand that she was safe in my arms, that no one and nothing was going to harm her.

Sienna was still asleep beside me.

She was curled up under the blanket and I couldn’t help the smile that formed on my face when I saw how calm she looked. Despite everything, she did her best to stay quiet.

Her hair was a dark halo on the pillow, one arm curled beneath it while the other rested across my chest. Her breathing was slow, steady, peaceful, and god, it made me want to freeze time. Just hold this moment for as long as I could.

I turned my head slightly to press a kiss against her forehead.

I let my lips linger longer than necessary, but I missed her presence in my arms. I missed her being by my side. I missed her but willing to look at me without flinching, without feeling like she was completely lost.

She stirred, nuzzling into my chest, and I wrapped my arm tighter around her waist. Her body fit against mine like she was made for it, made for me. My wolf settled inside me for the first time in days, soothed by her scent, her warmth, her presence.

“Mm,” she hummed, still half-asleep, her voice muffled. “You’re staring at me. And you’ve been awake for quite some time it seems.”

I chuckled. “Hard not to. You look better in my arms than anywhere else. And yes, I have been awake for a few moments, but I couldn’t bring myself to get up from bed. As you may know, I have a woman in my arms, my woman, my mate, my Luna, and the one person that I would want not want to lose in this world. I have her laying in my arms.”

She finally cracked one eye open and gave me a sleepy glare. “That’s because I don’t give you a chance to miss me otherwise. I should try to do that as an option, choose to sleep elsewhere, maybe would be missing me a little more.”

I smiled, running my fingers down her spine. “Not sure I’d survive missing you. I would rather not try doing that. Even going to work becomes harder when you’re not around. And now that you’re working in the same office, I don’t need to worry about that, do I?”

Sienna shifted to rest her chin on my chest, eyes searching mine like she was still trying to figure out how we got here, how we survived everything. I knew that look. I’d worn it too. She was still in pain and I knew that she was doing her best to try and cope.

“Did you sleep well?” she asked softly.

“With you? Always.” I brought a hand up to brush her cheek. “You?”

She nodded, her smile slow and shy, like the weight of yesterday still lingered but was fading. “It’s the first time in a while I didn’t wake up feeling like the world was spinning. I don’t know how I’m going to be able to get up from bed and face everything that I know. I don’t know how I’m going to be able to face those that surround us, and if I see her, I don’t know how I’m going to be able to handle it. But at least I know that right now I feel somewhat content.”

“I love you,” I whispered, brushing her hair back gently. “And I’m not going to let anything take this from us. Sometimes I’m going to love you more. Others your love is going to be more than mine. But in this world and everything that we are going through, I’m never going to stop being in love with you.”

She kissed me, slow and sweet, then smiled. “Then you better get up and prove it with food.”

I grinned, kissed her one more time, and climbed out of bed, determined to keep this peace for as long as I could.

“And Damon?” I turned to face her, shaking my head, and crossed him. She smiled. “I love you too.”

I couldn’t help the smile that formed on my lips and rushing out of the room. I knew that I was going to need to go a little faster. If I was going to want to come back as fast as I could, if I was going to want to hold her in my arms, enjoy the little piece that we were having, then I was going to need to move as fast just to be able to come back quickly.

Because after everything we’d been through, Sienna deserved a thousand mornings like this.

And I’d give her every one.