My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian (Sera and Fenris) novel Chapter 250

Jace

I started walking.

I took it slow because she didn't need it fast. Three steps. The rug had give under my shoes, the thick weave that absorbed your weight before it gave it back. She knew I was coming. She kept her hands where they were.

I stopped two arm-lengths from her.

"Are you shy?"

A small, fast shake of the head. "No."

"You haven't looked at me in five minutes."

"I'm not shy."

"Then look at me, Mina."

She brought her head up. She did it in stages — eyes first to the middle of my chest, then to my mouth, and then she made herself meet my eyes and I watched the moment that decision cost her, the small tightening at the corners of the eyes, the throat working once. She held me there for two seconds before she broke and put her gaze back down to the floor.

A short breath came out of my nose. "See? You are shy."

"I'm not."

"Mina."

"I'm not."

"Then look at me, little bird."

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