I contemplate it for a moment, regarding North as I do. The surge of power once we do it could trigger an avalanche atop us, a chain of events the island could be vulnerable to if we haven’t completed the task.
“Tonight, angel,” I say, kissing her cheek. “We have to be ready first.”
“The fallout begins with you,” North says.
Chapter 28
Juniper
The rest of the afternoon, I’m packing with a lump in my throat.
This is it.
This is the beginning of my new forever. With them.
As the moon eventually rises high above the trees, the island feels as if it’s holding its breath. Even the trees seem stiff when I look out the window. It’s bewildering. The ice is heavy, the snow thick.
Blaze and I are just getting in from taking the last of my boxes and his to the storage unit. I could sell the house, but I figured that might require too many people to be able to contact me, so, per Blaze’s request, anything that’s important will go into storage, and I’ll keep the house for the day that we’re freely able to be together without having to look over our shoulders.
I don’t know how that’s going to happen. I don’t know what all will happen once we’re in the Nether Realm. However, Blaze seems entirely confident that we’ll get through this.
I fucking hope so.
“North?” Blaze calls out upon entering the house. “Brother?”
He walks around to the bedroom, brows narrowed, as I close the door behind us and pet Oreo.
“Guess he’s still out. I’ll text him,” he says, taking his phone out.
I put Oreo down, and as I do, I’m reminded of the thing that’s had me soaking half the day.
“Hey, is it okay if I take this plug thing out?” I ask him, pointing to my ass.
His brows lift, lips curling upward. “Are you uncomfortable? You haven’t mentioned it again.”
“No, I just… I thought my ass could use a break before later,” I reply.
Blaze chuckles. “Would you like me to take it out?”
I eye his eager expression. “If you want to, I’m not saying no.”
He slides his hand into mine and pulls me into the bedroom. I’m spun around at the end of the bed, and he grins down at me so sinfully that if I wasn’t already sure he was a demon, I’d wonder if he was now.
He bends and presses his lips to my cheek in that way that makes my knees weak. His hand lays softly on my neck, mouth descending to my collar. I close my eyes and feel my entire body relax against him. I don’t know if it’s intentional, if he knows what exactly his kiss does to me, but my shoulders draw up and I forget about everything else when I’m in his arms.
“Lie down on your stomach. Give me a view of this beautiful ass.”
I shouldn’t obey as quickly as I do. Still, I look up at him one more time before twisting around, and lying over the end of the bed, my forearms braced against the mattress. Blaze moves my hair off my shoulders and begins kissing down my spine, his fingers dipping beneath the waistband of my leggings as he does. Cold air breezes over my skin, and he tugs them off one leg at a time.
I suck in a sharp breath at the feeling of his breath skating across my ass.
“Relax,” he breathes. “Take a deep breath for me.”
I do, and as I exhale, my forehead meets the mattress. He curves his fingers around the end to pull it out, and once it’s free, I groan. Chills roll down my arms. My chest collapses.
“Fuck, angel,” he hisses, his thumb swirling around my sensitive rim. He leans in and kisses my ass cheek. “You’re going to take me here tonight.”
I pick my head up slightly and look back. “Really?”
