Page 25 of Twin Warriors

“Yeah?” she replied but kept her eyes on the ground.

He reached out, gently turning her face to look at him. “What is it? You are upset. Tell me why.”

Tears filled her eyes again and she tried to blink them back but failed to capture one. It slid down her cheek, cutting at Cole’s heart.

“What is it, Sila? Please, tell me.”

She pulled in a ragged breath, glanced back at Cane then met his eyes.

“I hurt him,” she whispered. “I can see he is upset with me, and it's killing me to think that I hurt his feelings like that. I’m so confused, Cole. I don’t know what's happening to me.”

He frowned. “How did you hurt Cane?”

She blushed, her cheeks taking on that beautiful pink tone.

“I kissed him in the cave.”

Cole smiled, “Trust me, Amy, that would not have hurt his feelings.”

She shook her head, “No, but my feelings for you would. I don’t know why I feel like this. It's so strange. I feel something… I don’t know, deeper for Cole, but… But I have the same feelings for you as well.”

Cole let out a long sigh and smiled. His heart jumped at her words, making his entire body hum.

“Amy,” he said and waited until she met his eyes again. The worry and confusion he saw in them wiped the smile from his face.

“There is nothing wrong with feeling that way.”

She spun on the bench to face him. “How can you say that? Look at him, he’s pissed at me for it. He won’t even look at me, and he’s keeping his distance. I want to apologize to him, to try and explain it to him, but I have no idea what to say. I don’t even understand what is happening to me, so how am I supposed to tell him?”

Cole reached out, gently cupping her cheek. “I want to ask you something, Amy, but I need you to tell me the truth, no matter what the answer will be. Can you do that? Can you look deep in your heart and tell me the truth?”

She nodded, biting her lip. The sight made his body tense, his cock responding in a painful twitch.

He cleared his throat, shifting so she wouldn’t see how much she affected him and asked, “Did you want to kiss my brother?”

She nodded. “Yes, I did. So much.”

He smiled. “Do you want to kiss me?”

She blushed again, lowering her eyes with a nod.

He pulled her face back up to look into her eyes. He needed to see the truth in them.

“Then kiss me,” he whispered, keeping his eyes locked with hers.

“I can’t. Not with Cane here.”

“Trust me, Amy. I will show you the truth. It is better than any words I could speak.”

She frowned up at him, her eyes wide as she stared at him.

He inched his lips closer to her, watching for any sign that she wanted to stop or pull away. When her lips brushed his, desire exploded inside him, making him groan with pleasure at the slight touch of her lips. He leaned in closer, deepening the kiss. When her tongue swiped at his lower lip, he parted his lips for her and let her explore his mouth.

Pleasure, need, and hope soared in his blood, pooling in his cock, and making his mind fill with a need to claim, to take and to possess. To love, to protect and to cherish. When Amy broke the kiss, he licked his lips, loving the sweet taste that remained there.

He opened his eyes, looking into her desire glazed eyes and slowly rose to his feet. He pulled Amy up, holding her close to his chest as he mentally called for Cane to come closer. When his brother moved on silent feet and paused behind Amy, Cole gently turned her in his arms to face his brother.

Amy sucked in a sharp breath at Cane so close but didn’t say anything.

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