Armageddon

Chapter 7: Unbent and Unbroken

Her eyes fluttered open, and she awoke before the sun did, feeling well-rested and exhilarated. When she looked around the pillow mound stacked within a small pavilion similar to Thor's, at first, she neither recognized her whereabouts nor had any memory of the evening prior—it seemed like a dream. Yet when she looked down, she shuffled through the blankets to cover her naked body.

"Good morning, my dear." Amused by her bewilderment, Silver sat cross-legged in a chair near the archway with an open book in his lap that he snapped closed and set aside. "Did you sleep well?" Selena bit her bottom lip and tightened her grip on her safety blanket as he came over to sit beside her and laughed. "You don't need to hide from me."

"Have you been watching me the entire evening?"

"What? Oh, no." Silver reached over and grabbed the tome he was reading. "I left after you fell asleep to work on your new hand. I returned from the laboratory a few minutes ago." He squinted at her with a curious brow. "Do you believe me to be a creep?"

"Of course not. I just—" Before Selena could brace herself, Silver tickled her back and arms. Her laughs echoed in the bedroom as she pushed him away, but Silver stopped and rushed in to kiss her when he saw an opening. Instead of fighting it, she pulled him down into the pile as the two locked in a tight full-body embrace. She broke away but held her hand to his lips to stop him from kissing her again. "If we continue, you know what will happen."

He laughed. "And you still wish to stop?"

"But you still have work to do on your project, remember?"

Silver wrapped his arms around her and rested his head on hers. "Must I? I would rather stay here in bed with you and make love to you all day." He laughed and kissed the top of her nose when he noticed the furrow in her brow. "I know. I was teasing."

"No, you're not."

"You're right. I'm not, but I'm not the one who's naked right now." Her face turned red as she pushed him back before he could rip the blanket away and scurried to her feet with her clothes ready. Even as she was getting dressed, she could still hear Silver laugh at her.

After finally donning her full attire, the two shared morning tea and breakfast of fried eggs with tomatoes and mushrooms served on top, sizzling bacon and buttered toast on the side when Selena voiced her concern regarding Thor outgrowing his harness. Silver agreed to help her resize the leather, but she couldn't help but blush every time she met his gaze between tea sips, even in the middle of casual conversation.

It didn't help whenever Thor kept snickering at her silliness and tugging at their mental link. I know what happened last night.

Seriously?

Yes, seriously.

I need you to leave that be. That's between Silver and me.

I will do as I please.

Selena was about to argue with him but noticed that his behavior seemed slightly off; his odd mannerisms made her face burn when she realized why. You have no right to judge me after the times you and Ebony were intimate.

Oh? I never said I was judging you.

Good. The pair settled their differences on spending their evening as she took another bite of her bacon. Still, Selena couldn't help but be happy that Thor found a mate, but she never imagined it to be Silver's sister, of all people, or dragons in this case.

"Are you all right?"

It took Silver's voice for her to realize that she stared into space, and she forced herself to snap out of her trance. "Yes, I'm fine."