Love & Loss

Chapter 2

"Does he know about us?" She asked.

I shook my head.

I'm sure Marcus may have his suspicions, but it's not like I was explicitly trying to hide it.

After what I did for him I doubt he would say anything to anyone even if he did know.

But I didn't want to risk telling anyone directly.

If you want to keep something a secret, you keep it close to you and only you.

That way only you control when or if it gets out.

I felt myself stiffen at the thought, my brows furrowing.

I don't know what Id do if this got out, so I'll just have to make sure it never does.

Ever.

People can have their suspicions, but the source is the only thing that holds proof. Whether their suspicions were true or not, they'll never know without hearing it from me.

Which they never will.

No matter what, I couldn't risk it

I couldn't risk losing this. Losing her.

After all it took to get her...

Khloe's touch snapped me out of my thoughts, her fingers running through my hair right above my ear.

"You OK?" She asks, her concern now focused on me as she read the look on my face.

Her icy blue eyes wide with wonder.

God, how could I ever not be ok with her around?

I leaned down, cherishing her small gasp as I lightly kissed her neck, then her jaw, placing my final kiss on her lips, lingering there longer than the previous ones.

Her hands paused as I leaned back, seeing the new heat on her face.

"I'm fantastic," I responded softly.

I began to lay back down to where we were positioned this morning, feeling Khloe lightly pull on my hair like she was debating on whether or not she was going to one-up my affection.

In the end, her small defeated sigh told me she wasn't before she began trailing her fingers back through my hair.

"You didn't try to go back to sleep?" I asked, wrapping one of my arms around to hold her lower back.

I felt her shake her head.

"No. I knew I wouldn't be able too. I'm too excited about what's to come."

"You're excited?" I questioned.

I wanted her to be. I knew that this was something that she was going to enjoy, but I also knew that this was where she's lived her entire life.

"I am," she laughed quietly to herself, "My mind keeps coming up with all the possibilities of things I'll be able to do there... that well be able to do there."

I let my eyes close as she began massaging the back of my neck.

We laid like that for a few minutes in silence, save for the purrs that frequently resonated from my chest.

"Is this really going to work?" Khloe broke the silence.

My eyes shot open, the worst coming to my mind and making me think that she meant us.

"What?" I asked, trying to mask my thoughts.

"Getting out of here under Bronwyn's nose. I mean once Layla tells him what happened and he realizes we left, isn't he going to try to come after us?"

The tension left my chest as my worries vanished.

"He can try, but once we're out of his territory, he can't do anything. He only has authority in his city, and once were in my domain, he won't even try to come after us." I explained.

"So he'll just ignore what happened?"

"Well, probably not ignore. He'll get mad, that's for sure, but he'll eventually get over it once he realizes that there's nothing he can do."

She hummed a short response.

"So then as soon as we leave were safe?"

I breathed out a small laugh at here meaningless concern.

She worried about her safety like I wasn't going to protect her no matter what.

I pushed myself up, having heard the water in the shower turn off.

"Yea Khloe, were safe."