Page 106 of Under an Endless Moon

Hesitation billowed through him before he gave, plopping down so he was lying on his side next to me.

Laughter rolled out of me, joy uncontained. I scratched my nails through the scruff on his jaw. “You’d better be careful or you’re going to toss me right out of this bed.”

He curled one of those massive arms around me and pulled me close. Two of us face-to-face. His voice went soft. “Never.”

I wanted to claim that forever.

I snuggled closer, clinging to the light, to the smile that couldn’t be erased. “Good. I’d much rather you tie me to this bed than toss me from it.”

A groan rumbled through his massive chest, and his lips tweaked into a grin. “You really do want to be the death of me, huh?”

“Death by orgasm?”

He chuckled low, and those big fingers threaded through my hair. “Death by your brother is what it’s likely to be, but I’m fairly certain it would be worth it. Seeing your face when you came around my fingers. I’m never going to forget it.”

He tucked me even closer.

I lit, a full body glow. The tease still rolled from my tongue, even though there was a small piece inside me that shivered, sure I was in over my head because I had no real clue what I was doing.

“Are you sure that was worth it? I could think of a few ways I could make it even better. You know, risk to pleasure ratio. Because I don’t know about you, but I’d really like to see your face when you come a few more times.”

A billion, but I probably shouldn’t push my luck.

Otto took me by the chin, and he tilted my face in his direction. Moonlight streamed in behind him, and it cast him in a milky silhouette, though even in the shadows, I could make out the intensity in his eyes.

“You are worth it, Raven. You are worth everything. But I don’t want to wreck what we are.”

“What are we, Otto? Because this feels likeusto me.”

TWENTY-NINE

RAVEN

SIXTEEN YEARS OLD

“You’re here!”

Raven flew out the front door and down the sidewalk that cut through the yard. Haddie’s smile was wide as she climbed out of her little red sedan, though she playfully rolled her eyes as she dug into the backseat to grab her bag.

“As if I wouldn’t show?”

“Um, since you’re miss popular now, it was a tossup.”

“Pssh…like I would ditch my bestie for a couple acquaintances who only like me because I have a car now?”

Raven hurried to unlatch the gate and ran through it and out onto the sidewalk.

“Well, I only like you for your car, too, sooo…” She drew out the tease as she rounded the tail of the car parked at the curb.

Haddie playfully slugged her in the arm. “Shut up.”

Giggling, Raven snuggled into Haddie’s side as Haddie slung her arm over Raven’s shoulders. “Okay, fine, maybe I still kinda like youbecause you’re basically the most amazing person in the world and I can’t live without you.”

Haddie squeezed her tighter. “Now that is what I like to hear.”

“Aww, did someone need their ego stroked?”

“I’ll tell you about something Istrokedwhen we get inside.” Haddie whispered it salaciously at Raven’s ear.

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