My mind fumbles at the word truce.What game is he playing?Besides my compliance in coming back to Haven?
Hearing this, Saff puffs a large plume of smoke towards Gideon in a warning. Smoke lingers around the wolf as he stands his ground, not moving a muscle. The picture of an angry dragon provokes not even a slight tremor from the other immortal beast on the beach.
“What do you want, Gideon?” My eyes strain, trying to avoid the temptation begging me to look lower.
He stands the way I imagine a commander of armies might carry themselves, tall and imposing, not giving anything away. Not a tremor nor a twitch of the eye.
“Your cooperation,” his voice travels to my seated position on Saff.
I’m about to say no deal, but then I catch something within the depths of the golden pools staring intently back at me. It’s a question he cannot ask, but I can answer. “Do you know where Saff’s egg is?”
“Yes.” That’s it. He doesn’t say anything else. Instead, he eyes me down like I’m the reward. Squirming in my saddle, my gaze shoots downward.
Goddess, what is that?My blood pounds heavily within my veins in surprise as my eyes flip back up to Gideon’s faintly upturned lips. He gives me the slightest hint of fang, making my blood woosh through my eardrums.
Damn dyre wolf and his massive—
“Ummm” I begin to stumble over my words, rubbing my eyes as the dyre wolf shifter begins to step closer. “Yeeesss. That’s all you have to say?”
He continues to move towards us, and I refuse to let my eyes wander.Surely, what I saw cannot be right.Is he wider than Rivern?
Shut up, Dove. You are not comparing Rivern and Gideon’s dicks.
Saff moves backwards, and I tense. “It’s okay,” I say just for her.
“No trust.”I am beginning to understand. They have history built in a cycle far from my own.
“He let me go once.” I gently brush my fingertips over the exposed scales before me. “Any sign of danger, and I give you full permission to take us away.”
Without another word, Saff consents in her stilled steps.
Unfazed, Gideon continues walking towards us until he is at the left of my saddle. He looks up at me expectantly, and my confusion shows.
“I need space behind you, Songbird.” He gestures towards the saddle.
My brain stops working, and I assess the situation. The only thought that seems to find traction is that the male below me is completely and utterly naked. “You have no clothes on,” I blurt out.
“Yes, it is a side effect of the shifting.” He seems completely relaxed in his nudity, and I make a point of looking him square in the eyes.
“You cannot ride behind me naked.” I balk at the sheer audacity of this male.
Gideon tilts his head to the side and gives me no other option. “I see no other solution.” And without my permission or Saff’s, he effortlessly jumps from the ground to the back of the leather saddle behind me.
Saff grumbles underneath us at the intrusion but does not move a muscle. This new weight is nothing compared to her sheer size and strength.
Keeping my eyes forward, my brain loses all thought as his strong hands grab my hips, pushing me into a hard chest as he eases in behind me.
Gideon’s silhouette is utter warrior perfection. It moulds surprisingly well to my every curve as his arms snake to grasp snugly around my waist. “Don’t want to fall off,” the words brush against my ear, and my whole body turns to liquid. At this point, I am one with the ocean. I consider telling him to throw me back to save what’s left of my sanity.
“Not like,”Saff’s voice stretches out to me through my haze.
I want to agree, however a distraction presents itself. Something thick and protruding that pushes against my arse and back. One that I’ve tried to forget about since first seeing Gideon naked.
Coughing to hide the lack of air entering my lungs, I wheeze, “Where’s the egg?”
Gideon moves his firm fingers along the band of my breeches, tracing the edges where they meet my skin. The utter puddle I’m becoming serves as another diversion to the mission.
“Stop that.” I want to shove at him, but hold steady on the reins, not trusting that I won’t slip completely off my intimate.
