Page 68 of Protect Me
Bracken heads for the door. “I’ll see you later, okay?” he tells Sway.
“Be careful,” she says.
“Always, gorgeous.” He nods at me, and then he’s gone.
He doesn’t have to tell me Sway changed her mind about the three of us, not with everything I felt from him through the bond last night, but I haven’t heard it from Sway’s mouth yet, so I remain where I am.
“Are you okay?” she asks.
“Yeah, love, I’m fine. Why?”
“Do you still...? I mean…” Her face flushes. “Bracken said you all still want to… if I want to.”
I bite back a groan at how fucking cute it is that she’s being shy about it.
“We all still want you, love, if that’s what you mean.”
She bites her lip. “Even after what I told you last night about what I can do?”
“Sway, there’s not a damn thing in the world you could tell me to make me stop wanting you.”
“And you don’t want my power for anything?”
“We want you, love. Your body, your personality, your kind heart, your strength, and your bravery. We don’t give two shits about your magic.”
She looks relieved at that. “That means a lot. No one’s ever wanted me for me, you know?”
I force myself to remain where I am even though all I want to do is hold her and wipe away the memories she’s clearly still haunted by. Well, it’s not all I want. Not if you count fucking her senseless. And then killing every last creature who’s ever hurt her.
I watch her carefully, tucking away my murderous thoughts. I’ve already taken one life today and it’s not even eight in the morning. “Does that mean you want us?”
Her gaze snaps back to mine. “I... yes.” Her flushed cheeks turn even redder than before, and I consider it an achievement that I don’t just blow my load right here in the sweatpants I’m wearing. She’s the sexiest creature I’ve ever seen.
“But.” She bites her lip. “If you want me, then why are you still standing all the way over there?”
Yeah, I am so fucked. “Because I buried a dead hunter not an hour ago,” I say in a hoarse voice. “And I’ve yet to shower, so I don’t think you want me in your bed.”
She brightens. “That’s perfect because I happen to need a shower too.”
The shyness is gone, and the look she gives me has me tossing caution to the damned wind. Not that I had much left to begin with. In less than a second, I’m across the room and scooping her up, bedsheet and all. She squeals, grabbing my neck and holding on for support as I lift her off the mattress and into my arms.
I look down at her, noting the flecks of gold in her amber eyes. “You are fucking killing me, woman, you know that?”
Before she can answer, I kiss the fuck out of her.
She opens for me immediately, kissing me back with a passion and need I didn’t expect. But the moment she does, I stride for the bathroom, our lips still locked. She tastes delicious, and my already hardened cock aches to be inside her. Maybe even inside that mouth of hers, too.
All I know is I’ve wanted her since the moment she showed up on our doorstep, and nothing is standing in the way of this fucking moment.
Inside the bathroom, I set her on her feet and back her against the wall, still kissing her like it’s our love language. Sway sighs, her palms landing against my bare chest. The moment her skin touches mine, heat ignites.
Mine, my animal growls.
This time, I don’t even try to deny it.
My hands slip around the top edge of the sheet, and I yank it free. It falls to the floor at her feet, and I step back so I can admire the perfection of her naked body.
I let my eyes scan slowly over her breasts and down her abdomen.