His Estranged Mate

Chapter 60: Peace

CONNOR

A good night's sleep can do wonders for your body.

Getting out of the bed, I stretch my muscles, feeling fit and fine as if nothing had happened the day before. I walk into the bathroom for a shower before walking over to the spare cot on which Catrina's sleeping.

She just refused to sleep beside me yesterday, saying that she didn't want to hurt me in her sleep. How do I explain to her that her touch could never cause me pain? Smiling a bit at the memory of her pout, I bend down to kiss her head, and then unable to resist myself, I proceed to land a kiss on her cheek and mouth too.

She moves a bit, so I step back not wanting to wake her up. She was twisting in her sleep, last night, murmuring something and calling mine and Cayden's names. Stroking her cheeks once, I walk into the shower.

"Connor!"

Catrina calls just as I am done, panic evident in her voice so I wrap the towel haphazardly around my wet body and run out of the bathroom to find her sitting on the cot, looking around the room as if searching for me.

Quickly walking over to her, I pull her to me, her heart beating frantically in her chest. I hold her to me until her breathing returns to normal.

"God, you scared me," she whispers, pulling back and looking up at me.

"I was in the shower, baby," I whisper and no longer able to resist myself I bend down to catch her lips in a much-needed kiss. The moment my lips touch hers, she melts in my arms, giving me this feeling of being the King of the Universe.

Unable to control anymore, I devour her mouth, wanting to keep kissing her but she pushes me away due to lack of oxygen, and I have to let go reluctantly.

"How are you today?" she asks, breathing in a lungful of air and my eyes catch the sight of her breasts as they move while she's heaving for air.

"I am all good. Healthy!"

She rolls her eyes at me, making me want to pull her under me but instead, I squeeze her hands, knowing that she's too worried about me.

"Go get showered," I whisper and looking at the smile that lights her face, I know that I made the right decision.

A few minutes later, we both make our way out of our infirmary room and towards her home. I hold Catrina's hand which she entwines in mine, before kissing my jaw, smiling at me shyly.

I suddenly feel ten feet tall!

Knocking on the door, we both hear voices from the inside of the room, so I just push the door, without waiting for anyone to respond to my knock.

Catrina rushes from beside me to her brother who's laying on the couch, with his bandaged shoulder now visible. It's the same one that was injured before when he was in the cavern with Catrina.

"I am so happy to see you up and about."

Hearing Cayden's sarcastic words, I smirk and wave at him when he scowls back at me.

"Have to say. My mate healed me up fast," I say, and watch him growl at my words where Catrina blushes before narrowing her eyes at me. For a moment, I think she's offended but then a small smile graces her lips, relaxing me in my position at the door.

I glance towards Mila, Cayden's new mate who's sitting on the chair on the other side of Cayden, watching the twins interact with each other as if they are meeting after a year and not just a day.

As if feeling my stare, her head jerks up to look at me before she turns away to look back around the room and then down at her lap. Her behaviour confuses me. She's too submissive, unnaturally submissive which makes me think if she's really submissive or pretending to be that.