“Only slightly?” Garrin resumed kissing her neck and nudged the top of her tunic until his soft lips pressed against the tops of her breasts, his hand cupping the bottom. “Hmm.We’ll have to work on that. I want you as desirous of me as I am of you.”
Lex exhaled on a shaky breath while her heart pounded in her chest as though she were sprinting. No need to unnecessarily stroke his Fae ego, though. “I could be persuaded.”
“You are so beautiful… And so mine.”
Lex looked down skeptically. “You keep saying that.”
He laughed. “You doubt it? Human women are strange. I’ve never given this much attention to another, and yet you question my feelings?”
Presently, she was pushing her chest into his palm, so clearly, she wasn’t stressing about it. Still… “First of all, I’m Fae, in case you’ve forgotten. Second, attention is one thing. Emotions are another.”
His talented fingers continued their delicious torture of her breast. “Do not doubt my feelings for you, Lexandra. Whether we give in to desire or not, you are mine.”
* * *
Garrin would waitcenturies to be with Lex. Thankfully, it appeared he wouldn’t have to.
Lex sank her fingers into his hair, pulling his head up from where he’d been showering her decolletage with attention and delivered a kiss of her own. “You’re mine too.”
Garrin fit himself more fully over Lex, his hands running over her body, kissing her with a passion he’d never experienced. He ran his nose along the soft skin of her neck, moving his lips up and across her cheeks and seeking her mouth. Until a surge of energy filled him, and a loud crack sounded.
Garrin had just lifted his head when ice rained out from behind. He threw his arms over Lex.
“What the…” Lex wiggled and tried to escape his hold. “What just happened?”
Garrin looked back and saw the faces of their friends, their chests rising and falling as though they’d run at the sound.
The ice seal he’d created at the entrance of the small cove to provide privacy had burst into a thousand pieces.
The crook to Amund’s mouth indicated he knew exactly what Garrin and Lex had been doing. “Is everything okay?”
Garrin rolled off Lex until he crouched in front of her, his protective instincts revved. “Yes, but…” He looked at Lex. “It seems Lex’s powers are growing.”
“Mypowers?” Lex was sitting up and staring at him now.
“Did you not feel it?” he asked.
She blushed. “I felt…something.”
His lips twitched. “The ice wall should have held. Most cannot detect when another uses their ability, let alone define that energy and re-create it. Earlier you said you sensed my power when I made the wall. I felt you push the energy back at me before the wall shattered.”
“But I wasn’t trying to do anything.” She bit her lip. “I might havetouchedit when we…”
Garrin waved off the crowd. “You may go.”
Isle remained, ignoring the command. “She sensed your power and mimicked it, breaking apart the ice. What I wish to know is why you felt it necessary to put up a wall separating my daughter from the rest of us? Are you attempting to ruin her?”
“Oh my God!” Lex said. “I’m an adult, Mom.”
Isle huffed out a sigh. “You are a powerful Fae who could rule a kingdom. You must think of your future.”
Lex scrambled to her feet. “I don’t want to rule a kingdom, Mom.”
Isle murmured something aboutback in her day, but she cut off her words. “In any case,” she said, and stared at Garrin, “my daughter consciously drew on your ability like a true puppet master.”
Lex shook her head. “I wouldn’t exactly sayconsciously. I wasn’t thinking about taking down a wall.”
“But you felt Garrin’s power—were ‘touching it,’ as you said?”
