He gave Logan a sharp look and left in ahuff.
I stepped up to my mate. “We’re partners in all this, right? Isn’t that what the wordmatemeans?”
Shame colored his face and he nodded. “I was just trying to get some different plans in place, and then I was going to talk to you about it. Last time it all happened so fast, and to be honest it was hard to controlmyself.”
I nodded and side-stepped him to unlock the large sliding glass door. Once it was open, I spun to face him, unzipping my jacket. “Logan, I don’t want to control anything anymore. Life’s too short for that.” Dom had almost died and who knew how much time any of ushad.
His eyes flashed to green dragon slits as I backed into the small house and let my jacket fall to the floor. He shook his head as if to clear histhoughts.
“Sloane…” His voice was barely human. “I wouldnevertake advantage of a female inheat.”
I rolled my eyes, unzipping my pants. “I’m not in heat yet. Check your app if you need to.” It was true. I was close, but not for another day, maybe two. I let my pants drop to the floor and he practically jumped inside the house, shutting the door behind him with awhoosh.
Standing in my black lace panties and soft blue t-shirt, I walked over to click on the gas fireplace. This home was cozy and romantic. It had a simple bed on the floor surrounded by white mosquito netting, and a small kitchenette with enclosed bathroomarea.
When I spun around, Logan was still standing rigidly by the door he’d just closed, his eyes glowing like lit-up emeralds, dancing with the reflection of thefire.
“Shy all of the sudden?” Iteased.
At that, he stepped forward, taking my face into his hands. “Sloane, I need you to knowsomething.”
His scent wrapped around me, my heart picking up speed as his body pressed intomine.
His thumb stroked my bottom lip as he looked down at me with a half-lidded gaze. “I’ve never loved anyone the way that I love you,” he whispered. “It’s all-consuming. From the moment I started dreaming about you, until now. You have this way of taking over every part ofme.”
Holy romantic hotness. Do menow.
My lips crashed onto his, as his hands cupped my butt and hauled me up to straddle him. I parted my lips as his tongue entered my mouth with a warm sweetness that made me moan. A bright color below caught my eye, and I looked down to see our magic dancing between the two of us, teal and purple, like a star ready to combust. He walked me over to the bed and lowered me gently into it, taking his shirt off in a swift, one-handed move. I raked my fingers over his tight chest muscles and down to his abs. My dragon flared to life then, sending a spark of heat between my legs and I moaned as Logan leaned down to peel off mypanties.
“You know … there was a saying in the village I grew up in as a kid,” hemurmured.
Why is he talking? Morekissing.
“What’s that?” I asked, as he dropped his pants and I pulled off myshirt.
He gave me a lopsided grin. “If you can keep a female in heat satisfied, then she won’tshift.”
A slow grin crept across my face. “You better get to work, then, LoganSharp.”
And get to work he did.Twice.
* * *
The next morningI sat up, and looked over at my sleeping mate.Mate.That word held so much more meaning now that we’d fully come together. Last night the walls had glowed with purple and green magic as we made love. Nadine had snuck in before giving me the key and had stocked the place with water bottles, food, and condoms. Ya know, the usual stuff. All the way up here on the top of the waterfall, it kind of felt like we were on vacation, not a care in the world—for a shorttime.
My phone beeped with a text and the sound woke Logan. Taking a look at the screen, I groaned.Sophie.
- Get down here princess. The obstacle course is gettingcold.-
“Who is it?” Logan’s voice was gruff with morning sleep and it made my toescurl.
“Sophie just wants to torture me some more,” I told him, and got off the bed. I started brushing my teeth at the kitchen sink. The bathroom only consisted of a composting toilet and river water shower, heated by solar panels, so the kitchen sink was where you had to brush your teeth and wash yourhands.
Logan came up behind me, wrapping his hands around my waist before starting to brush his own teeth. “I don’t know. I think she’s got the right idea. I heard about what you did with thatknife.”
I rinsed my mouth and grinned as Logan finished brushing histeeth.
I chuckled. “I fell on myass!”
