My laugh rolls right into a groan when she lifts her shirt to wipe her face, revealing her body that I’d literally die to worship.
“Amick giving Riven a lesson and Riven not receiving it well.”
“Aww, it’s okay, my little psycho. I don’t receive all the lessons well either.”
“Don’t you worry, angel. You’ll never be able to forget this lesson when I teach it to you.”
She tilts her head to the side, but Creed cuts in with a grunt. “Are we staying out here and working on her power or going back to the house?”
“I planned on us going to the hot spring, but that’s completely up to Thayla.”
“The hot spring is good with me. I need something to drink first, though. That was a workout.”
I smirk at the twitch on Creed’s lip.
Smug asshole.
Same.
“You all go on over there. I’ll go to the house and grab some stuff, then meet you there,” Creed says, giving Thayla a hard smack on her ass before starshooting away.
“I’m going to punch him in his throat again when he gets back,” she says, rubbing her ass cheek as we start walking toward the tree line.
“Again?” Riven asks.
“Yeah. He took me by surprise one day and I reacted.”
“So violent and tempting.”
She rolls her eyes as we start walking, and Amick and I reach out at the same time for her hands.
“So are we reading our way through this or hands on?”
“Hands on. If you liked to read up on the Goddess of Seduction during any downtime, that’s fine, but I think what’s going to benefit you most is jumping in. Riven can help calm you with his power to start, but you’ll eventually have to do it on your own.”
She releases a deep breath as she nods. “Sounds good. I don’t know if I could read right now and focus anyway. I’m nervous and surprisingly excited.”
“Both of which is understandable, but you got this.” I squeeze her hand and she gives a sweet smile.
The rest of the walk to the hot spring is made in silence, with the exception of Riven’s humming that Thayla joins in on. They definitely aren’t singing the same song in their minds, but their tones always match.
I don’t know if she does it because it’s contagious or because it’s her way of bonding with him, but either way, when she does it, his beat always becomes more excited.
Kind of worrisome but in a good way. Like he may pounce on her at any second, and Amick and I would need to walk away.
We trek through the last line of trees and Thayla bursts out laughing at the sight of V sitting on top of Seismet’s head. She releases our hands as she makes her way over to them and she has to stretch her arm up completely to reach V.
“Good morning, boys.”
We turn as Verlet trots up to us and Riven meets him for a hug.
“Everyone’s here to support today, huh?”
“Of course. We weren’t going to miss her overcoming her fear.”
“You think she’ll get it today?”Amick asks.
“I strongly believe she’ll have a major breakthrough. You guide simply and directly. Don’t focus on the bad the Goddess of Seduction has committed. I wouldn’t even bring it up, or that’s what she’s going to lock onto. Solely focus on the power and abilities that can come from it.”
