Page 56 of The Soul of the Dragon

When I didn't exit the water right away she turned around. "What are you doing?"

"Enjoying the view."

She gave me a look that almost made me laugh. "Isaac." I assumed she'd meant to admonish me, but my name on her lips came out breathless and needy. Also, she took several steps back to the waters edge. I doubt she realized what she'd done until I emerged and grabbed her hand and pulled her to me.

"You are going to be the death of me," I said, meaning every word and yet not caring as long as she let me touch her. I knew it was a mistake we would pay for later, but it couldn’t be helped. Her interest in my life without being quick to judge wasn’t something I’d been prepared for.

She shivered under my touch and that led me to cup the back of her neck and pull her fully against me. My ability to keep her at arm's length was quickly eroding. Even the threat of being caught at any moment didn't seem to dissuade me all that much.

"Would this be easier if we had sex?” she asked, her lower lip trembling. “Will this feeling go away?"

I laughed. "I think not. Going as far as we did before only abated it for a short while and I still can't get it out of my head. What do you think will happen when I finally get my cock in that tight pussy of yours?"

"Isaac," she cried, arching against me. "Don't say things like that."

"Why? Are you too delicate for my crude words? They didn’t bother you before. You should probably get used to it because as long as your body is tormenting me I'm not going to stop talking about bending you over and getting as deep inside you as I can."

Her heart raced against my chest, and I groaned. I could peel her dress from her body right now and take her here and I believe she’d let me. Fucking mating heat. And now that I’d stoked the flames, we would both ache incessantly until something was done.

“Fuck.” I released her, and pushed her away. “I should not have done that.” My words as breathless as hers now.

“Why not?”

“Look around, Princess. We aren’t safe here. And yet I’m a breath away from pushing you down into the dirt and mounting you like an animal.”

“You wouldn’t do that.”

I laughed darkly. “I would. The delicious scent of your arousal lingers in my head, but now it’s as ripe as a southern peach and I need to partake.” As if the words weren’t enough to get my message across, the tone in my voice had turned downright guttural. The dragon was as close to the surface as he could get and his presence pushed me to claim what was ours.

“What do you want me to do? How can I help?”

My thoughts darkened at the invitation of her words. I didn’t think that was the spirit in which they were meant, but it was all I could think.

“How close is the portal? Can you take us through it now?”

She nodded her head, and bit her lip. “Just through there.” She pointed to what looked like a cave opening that I hadn’t noticed before now.

“Good. Lead the way.”

For a moment she looked unsure, but the good girl in her seemed to sense when I most needed her to comply. She turned and started walking and I followed, doing my best to keep some distance between us. If I touched her one more time, it would all be over. I’d have to have her and damn the fucking consequences.

We entered the cave, and while my eyes could easily adjust to the dark, they didn’t seem to need to. Up ahead there was a source of light, and it was pretty fucking bright.

She stopped in front of it and held out her hand. “Ready?”

I took a step back, trying to maintain some distance. “You can’t touch me right now. I want you too much.”

Her eyes softened as she fully turned to me. “You must. You are not fae and cannot pass through without a connection to fae.”

“Oh he is fae. Or at least fae enough.”

We both jerked at the voice of someone new and turned to find Magnus standing behind us.

“Get behind me,” I barked at Kitra.

Magnus laughed. “What? Are you actually going to defend her from the big bad dragon who has helped protect her since she entered this kingdom? That’s rich. Really, Kit. Is this what we’ve come to now?”

“Maybe,” she said on a shaky breath. “Your kindness tends to come and go at your whims, and lately it’s been pretty far gone.”

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