"Welcome home Mr Trusk." Lauretta greeted as she slowly took Angelo's bag from her "Mrs Trusk,"

Anna smiled just as she clung on tighter to Angelo's arm while they walked inside. Angelo took a deep breath. It was all he had wanted to do for the past eight days he was at the hospital, home, it had felt like forever.

"We already got your room prepared for you." Lauretta told Anna not bothering to take off the wide smile on her face. She was so excited Angelo was back home. Everyone was

"Thank you Lauretta." Anna said . She watched how the lady nodded and then walked away. Anna slowly turned to Angelo. He had barely said a word all day.

"Are you alright?"

Angelo turned to look at her. He smiled and then reached for her hand. He squeezed it.

"Of course."

Anna exhaled. She couldn't help but notice the band aid wrapped around his arm. She could see the tiny drops of blood that stained his sleeved shirt

"You opened your wound again."

Angelo turned to his arm. Anna was right.
His arm was bleeding again and he had no idea when he hurt himself

"Come on." She pulled him "let's fix that."

Anna pulled him slowly towards the stairs and then up

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Anna shut the first aid box. She picked it up from the bed and headed straight to the bathroom

"Is there anything else you need?" She asked him as she walked out of the bathroom

"What would you like to eat?" She sniffed "I'd have Lauretta get it ready. Would you like to do anything? Go somewhere? I'd take you."

Angelo looked at her.

She looked so anxious and tired at the same time. It was like she was biting her lip, trying to force a lot of words back into her throat. She had a lot of tears in her eyes, and sadness she was trying to keep in. It was all she did since after his operation, cry when she thought he wasn't looking.

Now she was just trying to hold back.
He exhaled.

He got up slowly just as Anna held her breath. He walked straight to her.

"Don't do that ." He told her

Anna held her breath.

"Do what?"

"I've seen you Anna, you've been affected by what happened just like I am, you feel guilty for what happened to me."

She exhaled,

"I Uh." She shut her eyes for a second

"You don't have to do that. It wasn't your fault."

Anna wiped the tear that rolled down her eyes quickly and forced a laugh out.

"I'm sorry."

She walked straight to the bed and pulled open the bag Lauretta had brought up for them. She had to unpack and it was a lot of unpacking to do for an eight days admission.

"I just can't help myself." She said. "My emotions haven't exactly been on my side recently. It's just - all over the place."

She said throwing the clothes on the bed as fast as she could. Her hands were shaky, her palms were sweaty too.

"I can't help but think and blame myself for what Happened to you Angelo. You almost died and it was all because of me. I don't know what I'd have done if-"

He walked quickly towards her

"Hey-" he didn't need her feeling that way. He slowly reached for her arm and then turned her to face him. Anna couldn't stop herself from crying anymore. There were more tears coming out now.

"It wasn't your fault."
She scoffed. Of course he was going to say that.

"Anna, you didn't force me to jump into that bullet. I did that on my own, to protect you. That man had a mercury bullet and it'd have killed you."

"You aren't exactly immune to mercury bullets Angelo. You almost died."

"I knew the risks, there was no way that man would have got the punishment he deserved if you had died. But since he shot me-"

Anna exhaled

"I don't regret it. And I'm not promising I won't do it again if it means I get to keep you safe. It's what we do when we love someone."

He placed his hand on her face and wiped her tears. One cheek after the other

"When we really love someone."

Anna smiled.
God, this man made her heart flutter so much. He was the only one that had the ability to make her belly butterflies dance so much in her belly. She wanted to say those words back.

I love you too

But she just wasn't sure how.

She had never been that way with anyone. She was scared that the day she ever opened up to him about how she really felt, she was really going to lose him to all the secrets she was hiding. She was scared.

She was scared of how much she loved this man. Scared of everything she was ready to give up for him.

Angelo scoffed

"You have no idea the kinds of things I want to do to you right now." He told her looking into her eyes. "Things this crazy bullet wound won't let me do."

Anna held her breath as she felt his warm hand tickle down her face, caressing and appreciating every part of it. She could feel his fingers  circle her lips slowly and then found its way down to her chest

Anna shut her eyes

She wanted it. She wanted him too, she didn't want him to stop

Angelo froze.

He didn't want it if she didn't. He wasn't going to make her have guilt sex with him. He wasn't going to take advantage of her like everyone else did.

He was really bad at reading through people. Anna opened her eyes for a second wondering why he had stopped. He turned, forcing his feet to pull him towards the window before he thought of doing something he wasn't sure that was the right time for.

He smiled

"We should probably get something to eat." He told her, trying to brush the fact that he was ten toes down and craving for her out of the window.

Anna scoffed.

If only he knew. If only he knew how her body ached for him all day long, all week. If only she knew how much she wanted him inside her every singe day.  She walked behind him placing her hand behind her so she could reach for her zipper. Angelo turned too. He watched her pull the zipper down slowly, exposing her beautiful skin 

God, she was so beautiful

Angelo could never get tired of looking at that perfectly carved arch that embraced her beautiful hip. Her skin was so silky, so shiny. He could see it again, the crescent tattoo on her back. and there it was.

His erection even before she turned.

He watched Anna's dress drop to the ground and she stepped away from it, turning slowly to face him. Even with no bra on, her breasts managed to remain so firm, so beautiful. Angelo could feel himself salivating at the sight of her beautifully risen nipples.

Anna stood still

She wanted him to have a long look. A long look at her amidst all the scars. She needed him to look through her and that was all he was doing, exactly what she wanted

Angelo was dumbfounded

It was like the first time all the time. He smiled warmly as he walked closer to her, one step at a time

He stopped right in front of her. Anna could feel his breath on her skin, it felt so good, smelt so good too. He wrapped his hand around her waist and pulled her closer to him so she could feel him. So she could feel exactly what she did to him and it was a lot.

Anna could feel it. she could feel him on her already. She stretched a ribbon to him and Angelo took it. She knew how much he loved her in a ponytail. Angelo clasped her hair into his hand and wrapped the ribbon around it slowly in the perfect ponytail. Anna shut her eyes as she felt his hands rub her neck slowly. That was it. The touch she needed. His touch

She reached for his zipper and pulled it down. His button was next. Angelo stopped her. His lips sought hers. He engulfed her with his lips, kissing her gently. He grabbed her legs from the ground, pulling her up completely and she wrapped it around him. She knew exactly what he wanted as he walked her to the wall. She didn't let go of him

He placed her back gently on the wall while Anna tore off this shirt from his skin, too impatient to fasten his buttons.

She wanted him, she needed him. She was breathing fast at the thought of what was going to happen next. Anna let out a soft cry as he went into her. He was hungry, he was hungry for all of her. He held on tight to her hip line , thrusting in over and over again, savoring every moment. He took his time, he always did when he was with her. Anna could feel him, she could feel every part of him. He was an expert at making her loose herself.

"Angelo." She let out a tiny whisper of his name, encouraging him to keep it up. She felt him in her soul. Her entire body trembled at the thought of him, at his touch. Her legs were trembling as Angelo went faster. He was good at it. He was good at doing all she wanted, he worked her body like he owned it.

Of course he owned it.

He knew every inch of her. He knew where and what to do. He knew what she wanted, it was like he read her every single time.

His breathing was just fine. He lifted her from the wall and then headed straight to the bed. He gently placed her on it. He wasn't done with her yet.

Angelo pulled off his shirt and pulled out his shorts but Anna was a step ahead. It was her turn now, her turn to satisfy him. She pushed him on his back and climbed right on top of him.

It was the first time.

She reached for his hands and pinned them to the bed. She kissed his chest slowly, her soft lips circling his nipples one after the other. Angelo watched her kiss her way down his body slowly till she got there. Till she got to where he wanted her too. He felt himself running out of breath as she wrapped her mouth around him gently sucking him. She took her time with him, she owned it. Anna raised herself back on him. She rode him gently without breaking a sweat.

She was such a beast, Angelo could see that. He had heard a lot of stories about how much pleasure Atians could give. It was unfathomable. He had read books written by humans about how savage they were sexually but he had never witnessed one firsthand.

She was doing that with him, to him.

Darn it!

And she was so good at it. Angelo had never felt so satisfied all his life, so Alive. He wanted more, he wasn't holding back anymore. He kissed her deeply and pushed her back to the bed. He pinned her on it, wrapping her hands into his. He was at his climax, they both were. He rode her gently. Anna could feel her claws trying to push its way out of her skin. She could feel the wolf in her try to force its way out. She could feel her eyes turn blue from what Angelo was doing to her. She was trying to but she couldn't hold it in anymore. She had reached it, he had taken her there

Anna let out a silent howl.
She loved him, she really did.