𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 | ✔

THIRTY

"What's wrong?" He questions in his groggy sleeping voice.

His warm body slides in close to mine, heating up my cold skin yet burning heart.

Kassian sighs and slides his hand against my cheek gently, his fingers flicking over my jawline softly. "Are you hurting?" He asks after a few moments.

Words refuse to form in my mouth so I nod my head.

"Okay," he whispers as he shuffles closer and rests his head onto the same pillow as mine.

Slowly, he removes his fingers from my cheek and drops them to my waist. He hoists up my t-shirt and drags his fingertips across my spine slowly. My eyes close instantly, my stomach clenching as he glides across my skin.

"That feel good?"

"Yes."

I bite down onto my bottom lip as he reaches my shoulder blades and weaves in and out of the outline of my ribcage. Through the middle of my spine and then over my shoulders. My body physically shudders at the sensation.

No matter how much the curse was trying to push us apart, he was the only person that could make me feel better right now. I could detach my thoughts from the curse and accept what I actually wanted, even if it would hurt me in the long run.

"Can I do anything else?"

I hum instantly as I shuffle closer to his face. "Just kiss me."

Kassian's fingers stop directly in the centre of my spine, then he removes them and places them against my cheek again. My eyes could just about make out the outline of his face, merely inches apart.

He breathes out through his nose slowly before leaning in and pressing his lips to mine gently.

The heat that was building up inside me began to ease. Kassian's mouth opens to claim my bottom lip, the kiss was sweet, everything that made my stomach turn to mush as he holds my face closer to his.

I could taste toothpaste on his tongue. My throat releases a tiny groan as he kisses me harder, taking my breath away completely.

After a few moments the kiss slows and we break apart, our lips still touching gently.

"Is that what you needed?" Kassian's deep voice made my core clench.

"Badly," I admit.

Kassian grins against my lips before placing another soft kiss on them. He pulls back and looks at me through the sheer darkness, his hand bushing my hair over my ear softly.

"So I've been thinking," he says out of the blue.

"About what?"

"I want you to help train the pack with me." His voice was determined, like he wasn't going to take no for an answer.

The corners of my lip twitch. "Finally come to your senses then?" I challenge him.

Kassian inhales deeply. "Maybe I didn't want to admit that I needed the help, but you were right the other day. You should have been up there with Mace and Alfie, helping with the training."

"Well..." I trail off slowly. "I feel honoured."

"You'd be a good leader Cleo," his tone made my heart ache painfully.

I was ignoring every vibration of the curse completely so I could focus on this conversation.

"That's a bit of a stretch," I chuckle out a dry laugh.

"I'm being serious." Kassian cuts over me. "You could easily run your own pack."

My eyes blink back at his silhouette and feel my pride burn through me like no other. "Well that's very honest of you to say," I breathe out quietly.

Kassian doesn't say anything for a few moments, my breathing becomes uneven as I attempt to keep all my emotions under control.

"How are you feeling now?" He asks.

"You're the only person that I can touch without wanting to kill something. I thought that the curse would destroy me but now I can control it, it makes things slightly more bearable." I find myself saying before I shut my mouth and curse my brain for being so soft.

"How much pain are you in?"

"So much pain," I strain out. "Everything hurts all the time. A constant headache, brain fog. But I refuse to let it defeat me. We're so close now."

"You won't be like this forever," Kassian whispers to me as he presses a delicate kiss to the edge of my jaw. "Not if I rip out your mothers throat for you."

"I'm glad you hate her as much as I do," I chuckle quietly to myself.

"You never told me why she cursed you?"

I hum in confusion. "Really?"

"Think we were too busy despising each other." Kassian comments.

"True," I snort silently. "She cursed me because she was jealous of the relationship I had with my dad. I don't even think she meant to fall pregnant with me, she just wanted my father all to herself. So when I came around and my dad would spend time painting with me, staying up when I had bad insomnia. She hit the roof."

"You had bad insomnia?" He questions with a hint of shock.

I nod my head, humming quietly. "I never really felt welcome there, the pack would drop like flies because of Pandora. She pushed everyone away, hurt them, betrayed them. I guess I always had something to think about, maybe I was scared of what she'd do to me."

Kassian shuffles closer and brushes a kiss over my forehead gently, my skin burning against his lips. "Well I'm glad that you're free of her," he tells me gently.

"Me too," I nod. "I just wish I didn't have to be fucking cursed. I'd never wish this on anyone except her."

He smiles and nods. "I agree," he says deeply. "She deserves that but a million times over."

"I just want to get this over and done with," I sigh.

"Couple weeks and we will take her down. It will be over soon."

"It can't come soon enough."

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