Her back leg steps forward as she straightens and turns, hands on her hips while she glares at me. “Who the fuck counts down from ten?”
“You didn’t specify. What’s wrong with ten?” I widen my eyes and blink, giving her my most innocent puppy-dog look.
“Oh my god,” she says, rolling her eyes again with a huff and getting back into position. “Whatever, just go.”
“Go!” I yell, my feet pounding the wet sand as I race into the water with a rambunctious cheer.
I dive under as soon as I hit waist-deep, then surface and turn, slicking my hair back and the water out of my eyes. Lor’s scowl has turned magnificent where she stands on the beach still, glaring daggers at me.
“I win!” I holler.
Her chest starts to shake and she purses her lips, then twists them to the side as her eyes crease at the corners. I break out into a little happy dance, shimmying my chest at her as I twistand turn, swaying my hips through the water in an incredibly over-the-top celebration.
Finally, she gives in. She lets out the most glorious rolling laughter, and wades into the water toward me. I whoop with victory, her grin lighting me up inside.
“You cheated,” she says with a crooked smile on her face.
“Did I?”
I reach forward to scoop her into my arms, one behind her back and the other under her knees. Before she can get her hands around my neck, I turn and toss her further into the water. Lor lets out a laughing shriek as she goes under, but then she disappears and doesn’t come back up.
My smile falters and my heart pounds in my chest as rush toward where she went in. I didn’t throw her far, I’m not a bodybuilder or anything, so she should be… right here… Where is she? Flames jump to my fingers and distort my vision, creating rippling reflections across the surface as I attempt to search the water for her. I plunge my hands below the water, which would normally put the flames out, but I guess my demon is so panicked that the flames keep coming. Fire flickers below the rippling water as I spread my arms out and spin around, searching.
“Lor?” I call, my voice frantic. “Lor!”
I yelp and leap straight up when something bites my ass cheek under the water. Then Lor pops up behind me. She’s cackling before her mouth has even breached the surface, throwing her head back as she laughs. Water streams from her silver hair, and her wet skin shimmers in the light of the moon.
My breath hitches in my throat. She’s so gorgeous it’s dangerous, and when she laughs… There’s no better sound in the world. I think I might die without it.
Her laughter trails off as she meets my heated stare.
“Ro?” she says, her voice a soft rasp.
“Lor,” I reply just as quiet, drawing out the end of her name.
Her nipples harden, and she shivers. I’m not sure if it’s from cold or want, but I sweep her up against my chest either way. Her legs circle my waist, and her arms loop around my neck, one hand trailing into my hair as she draws me closer. I palm her ass, then slide one hand up her back to press her into me. Her nipples scrape across my chest, and she shudders at the contact. Her eyes dip down to my lips as she licks hers, then parts them.
Our mouths are a scant few inches apart, but it feels like miles as I wait for her to close the distance. I won’t push her. Not tonight, anyway.
Lor releases a shaky breath, and then her eyes gently close as she leans forward and presses her lips to mine in a sweet, soft kiss. My arms tighten around her, and she arches into me, my warmth seeping into her chilled skin. I squeeze her ass, and she tightens her legs, her kiss turning harder, more demanding. She licks the seam of my mouth, then twirls her tongue around my lip ring. I can’t hold in the groan of desire, and she smiles against my lips in response.
Then her tongue is plunging into my mouth, hot and wet and demanding all of my attention. I’m dizzy with desire for her. Physically, yes, but emotionally too. No one has ever affected me this way, and I don’t care that I’m gone for her already. I just hope I’m good enough, that I can be what she needs.
I break our kiss to lick the fresh water off her jaw. Lor tilts her head, giving me more access, and I grin, knowing I’m about to push her buttons again.
“That’s my good girl,” I murmur into her neck.
As expected, she stiffens in my arms, but I also feel her nipples get impossibly harder as her thighs clench around me. I smirk and continue moving my lips in a lazy path to that soft spot beneath her ear.
“I’m not…” Lor rasps, panting. “Don’t… call me that.”
I simply ‘hmm’ into her skin as I kiss, suck, and lick my way down the column of her throat to the hollow between her collarbones. I lick up the droplets of water pooled there, her skin cool against my tongue. She’s already relaxed against me again, settling all her weight into my palm cupped under her ass, buoyed by the waist-deep water.
“Alright,” I say, bending lower as I lean slightly away from her. “My naughty girl, then.”
Before she can deny it this time, I suck her nipple into my mouth and pinch it between my teeth, then tug gently. She gasps and arches into me, shoving her tit further into my mouth when I release her nipple. I groan at the feeling of her soft breasts against my mouth as I switch to the other one, giving it the same attention.
“Ro,” Lor chokes out.
