19. ANGEL

Something had to be wrong. I glanced over at the clock. My frown deepened as I turned my focus back to the door. I had been sitting staring at the door for the last half an hour. I had soaked in the bath for a few minutes, washed my hair, and shaved my legs and under my arms. I skipped the body lotion since we were going to get sweaty anyway and then got dressed in the clothes the maid had laid out for me. It was a perfect fit despite the dress being new. When I finished dressing, I explored the clothes that had mysteriously appeared in my closet. Dresses, pants, t-shirts, underwear, shoes. It was more than I could ever wear. A sigh fell from my lips. Standing, I kicked off my shoes and made my way over to the window. Pushing the curtain aside, I glanced around the courtyard and then looked up at the sky. It had been cloudy, but the sky was darkening fast. My stomach twisted with nerves. I loved rainy weather on Earth. In their world, the thunderstorms were scarier. A soft knock on my bedroom door made my body jerk in fright. Spinning around, I hurried over to the door, but my steps slowed when I neared it. What if I opened the door and it was their mother? She didn’t like me, and I knew that despite what Mason had told her, she would be happy to kick me out of the castle. “Angel, open up.” I closed the space and pulled the door open. The first thing that caught my eye was the roses. They were from the garden I could see from my window. And then Nate’s face appeared. I smiled. “Sorry I’m late, honeybee,” he apologized as he handed the roses over to me. “It’s okay.” I pressed the roses to my nose and sucked in a deep breath. “Mason is also running late.” Nate frowned. Stepping into the room, he closed the door behind him as he pulled his phone from his pocket. “Let me call him.” I glanced around the room, searching for a place to put the roses while he talked to his brother. There was a lot of space, but I decided to place it on the bedside table I didn’t use. That way when I open my eyes it would be the first thing I’d see in the morning. “Mason is going to be late,” Nate said softly. “Is it because of your mother?” His eyes snapped over to me. “You’ve met her?” “When Mason was escorting me back to my room we ran into her,” I told him. “She doesn’t like humans, does she?” “She doesn’t like anyone.” It was the same thing Mason had said about her. Holding out his hand towards me, Nate gave me a small smile. “Dinner is probably already cold, but I can send someone to heat it up. Let’s go.” I slipped my hand into his and allowed him to lead me over to a door on the right side of the room. It was locked the last time I tried to open it so it came as a surprise when the door swung open the moment Nate turned the handle. “Wow,” I breathed. The room was bigger than mine. It had its own sitting room where a table had been set with candles and everything. The bed covers had been pulled back and rose petals covered the floor around the bed. “The rose petals were Mason’s idea,” Nate said softly. “He didn’t feel comfortable with lighting candles.” “I like it,” I told him. “You must be starving.” He led me over to the table and pulled out a chair for me. “Do you want me to heat up the food?” “It still looked warm enough.” “Okay. Why don’t you start eating, and I’ll just go have a quick shower.” He sniffed at his armpit. “I kind of stink.” “I don’t smell anything,” I muttered. “You will once I get you under me.” Color flooded my cheeks. Nate pressed a kiss to the top of my head and then hurried into the bathroom. He didn’t bother closing the door which wasn’t such a big deal since I had seen him naked at the cabin. I bit my lip as I watched him undress. He really was good-looking, and I couldn’t wait to touch him and kiss him. Pulling my thoughts away from the gutter, I pulled the covers of the food and filled a plate with a little of everything. I had just finished the carrots when the water in the bathroom shut off. My eyes instantly shot over to him. Drying his body, Nate only wrapped a towel around his hips before he walked out of the bathroom and joined me at the table. His smile widened after glancing down at my plate. “I love that you have a healthy appetite.” “The food is good,” I told him. The rest of dinner was spent feeding each other and talking about random things. We had a lot in common despite the obvious age difference between us. He refused to tell me his age which I found a little unfair since everybody basically knew my age. As the night progressed, my heartbeat increased. Excitement filled me when he stood and led me over to the couch. He took a seat and pulled me down onto his lap, so I straddled him. “We don’t have to do anything,” he said softly, fingers slipping through my hair. “We can just continue talking.” “I want to,” I told him honestly. My body was excited and craving his touch. Besides, I wanted to experience everything I had read about and heard others talk about. Gripping the back of my neck, Nate pulled my lips down to his. He kissed me slowly, exploring my mouth with his tongue. My stomach clenched when he sucked my tongue into his mouth. I could feel his hard length digging into my stomach. “S-should we wait for M-Mason?” I breathed when he finally broke the kiss. “Do you want to?” “Is he going to take long?” I asked him. Nate frowned. “He might be a while. It’s hard to say exactly how long he’s going to be busy.” I bit my lips as I thought about it. But Nate made the decision for me when he stood with me in his arms and carried me over to the bed. Lowering me to my feet in front of it, he reached back and slowly pulled the zip of the dress down. I lowered my arms, allowing the dress to drop to my feet. His eyes dropped, following his fingers as he traced it down between my breasts to the front clip of the bra. He expertly undid it and then pushed the bra from my shoulders to the ground. Nate tugged the towel loose around his hips and allowed it to drop to the floor. Wrapping an arm around my waist, he picked me up and carefully climbed onto the bed. I sucked in a breath as he lowered his body on top of mine. “Just say the words and I stop.” I nodded. There was no way I was going to tell him to stop. Wrapping my arms around his neck, I kissed him. My hands traced his skin as the kiss got hotter. His lips slipped down my jaw to my neck. A gasp fell from my lips when one of his hands gripped my breast and squeezed. His eyes locked with mine briefly before he lowered his head to wrap his lips around my nipple. My back arched, a cry falling from my lips at the pleasure his simple action caused. He sucked on my nipples as his hands massaged my breasts. And then his lips started moving lower, down my stomach. His eyes locked with mine as he traced the band of my panties with his lips. I sucked in a breath and lifted my hips a few inches. Nate slipped his fingers into the band of my panties and slowly pulled them down my legs. Sitting up, he guided my feet through the holes of my panties and then threw them over his shoulder. I swallowed, eyes trailing over him. He looked like a model. Big and scary with abs for miles and a deep v-line that led down to his hard length. Nate lowered my feet to his chest and slowly slipped his hands up my legs to my knees. When he reached them, he slowly spread my legs apart, exposing me. “Beautiful,” he muttered huskily. “I really can’t wait to use the toys on you. Or tie you up.” Leaning down, he pressed a kiss to my thigh and slowly slipped his mouth higher up my leg. “Still with me?” he asked. I nodded. “What do you want me to do?” I had to swallow a few times to find my voice. “K-kiss me.”