The Powerful Pride of an Immortal (Immortal Supers Book 4) Kurtis Eckstein (psychology books to read TXT) 📖

She then pulled right up to the house for us to get out.

Heidi was sound asleep against my chest, appearing wiped out after everything.

Carefully wrapping her up in my astral limbs, I got her readjusted in my arms without jostling her around a ton, and then climbed out of the car, silently thanking Winter for the ride. It wasn’t until we got inside that Lexi realized something was up – that everyone was gone.

I carefully explained that when I first told Freya about what was going on, she assumed the worst, not knowing if even our home was safe. And I also added that if it truly wasn’t secure, then we might have ended up at a hotel or something. However, while we knew otherwise now, it wasn’t best to be dragging Eden and Rose around everywhere this late into the evening.

Unfortunately, I could tell from Lexi’s expression that she was beating herself up about it all. If anything, I wouldn’t be surprised if she was upset at ruining Heidi’s date, in the sense that Heidi would have had a normal guy going out with her were it not for Lexi having a target on her head.

As I carried Heidi up the stairs, Lexi commented that she was probably going to sleep with her sister after taking a shower, since she wasn’t sure she could handle sleeping alone tonight. I agreed that it was probably a good idea and reminded her that I would also be awake all night, in the event she needed me.

She thanked me, asking if I would stay upstairs, which I had no problem agreeing to, figuring I could just chill out on the FRIL sectional sofa in the large loft area.

As I entered Heidi’s room, with Lexi going to hers to grab stuff for a shower, I set the sleeping girl in my arms gently on the bed, only for her to stir slightly and wrap her arms around my neck. And, against my better judgment, I didn’t stop her from pulling me down on top of her, her thigh suddenly between my legs, still seeming mostly asleep.

I took a few slow breaths as I felt her warm body underneath mine, feeling conflicting emotions. She was still wearing her gold sequins shirt and jeans from before, looking just as hot as she’d appeared when she first left for her date. Even her makeup still looked mostly great, indicating it was the waterproof kind because I had no doubt she’d cried and everything else in the last couple of hours.

So part of me was super aroused by my current predicament.

But then there was the part of me who wasn’t a horny jackass, who was extremely worried about her. Because what she’d just been through was traumatizing. Like, I wasn’t even sure how she was going to recover from this.

She’d avoided going out by herself for a long time, almost never doing it, and she’d finally worked up the courage to try to hang out with someone, only for it to end in the worst way possible. And sure, a part of me was morbidly glad it didn’t work out with her date, but never in a million years would I have wished this upon her.

I was fully prepared to give her extra attention to maybe try to get her to give up on the whole dating thing, as selfish as that was, but this was just horrible. I wanted her to choose not to date, not be terrified by it.

It was like Lexi’s situation. No way in hell did I want her to be terrified of sex. Like, if she didn’t have sex, I wanted it to be because she chose not to, not because she literally was scared out of her mind from life-altering trauma.

I turned my head when I noticed movement, realizing Lexi had stopped at the doorway. She didn’t react the way I expected though, seeing me like this, instead stepping into the room and carefully sitting down on the floor next to the bed, leaning against it with a slightly vacant look in her eyes.

“Are you okay?” I whispered.

She took a moment to respond. “Is there any way I can convince you to sleep in bed with us?”

Shit, that was not what I was expecting to hear, though I knew with absolute confidence she did not mean that sexually. Not after what we just experienced.

“Promise not to tempt me?” I asked seriously, before I’d even really considered the implications.

Her eyes widened in shock, only to nod urgently.

“M-Maybe for a little bit,” I agreed hesitantly. “At least until you fall asleep.”

“Okay,” she whispered, dropping the pajamas in her hand and getting up to push on my side.

I rolled closer to the wall, so that I was on my back, looking at her in confusion. “Wait, aren’t you going to take a shower?” I asked.

She shook her head, really pushing the limits of the agreement we just made by climbing on top of me, before squeezing between me and the wall. The movement caused Heidi to stir again, with her scooting closer so that her forehead was buried against the side of my chest.

Honestly, I didn’t really care if Lexi took a shower or not, since we really weren’t dirty despite everything, but I was just surprised she gave it up so quickly.

Maybe she was concerned I’d change my mind.

As Lexi got comfortable, resting her head on my chest, I stared up at the ceiling trying super, super, hard not to…you know…

Get hard.

I also tried, in general, to not think too heavily about the fact that I was lying in bed with them. I mean, it wasn’t too big of a deal, because I wouldn’t be falling asleep, and there was no way I was going to do anything with either of them, especially since Lily and Freya…

And that’s when it finally dawned on me – the obvious. I was lying in bed with two