Chapter 329: Maps of Flesh and Forest
Sophia lay with her back against Orion's chest, warm and pliant, the steady rise and fall of his breathing grounding her as much as the arm draped loosely around her waist. His fingers traced idle patterns against her skin, unhurried, familiar.
He leaned down and pressed a soft kiss to her shoulder.
She sighed into it, the sound low and content, leaning back into him instinctively. "You know," she said lazily, "for someone who was very concerned about me not hurting myself again, it seems like all that concern flew right out the window."
Orion huffed a quiet laugh against her skin. "Can you blame me?"
She tilted her head slightly, glancing back at him from the corner of her eye.
He smiled anyway. "You're tempting."
Sophia's lips curved into a smug smile. "I know, right? Anyone that can resist me is—"
"Shorty, let's not go too far," he told her.
"Well, whatever. As long as you just admitted that I'm tempting, that's enough," she told him.
