Sweet Provocation

Beatrix's P.O.V.

"Do I need to ask if you're okay, or can I assume by your smell that things went well?" Garrick asked with a grimace, but there was disappointment on his face. He moved away from me subtly, but I didn't have it in me to feel guilty.

Bastian said I was his.

I had nothing to be mad about ever. The world could burn around me, and I would still be happy.

"I'm better than okay, but