Page 13 of The Hunt

“You look nice,” he said.The words just kind of blurted out of his mouth.She looked up and then smiled.

“You don’t have to just say it.”

“I’m not just saying it, I mean it.”Now he felt embarrassed.“Uh, so, yeah, that’s what I was thinking.”And then, with her getting closer to him, he stepped beneath the spray of the waterfall.It didn’t take her long to join him.

She was so close and he could smell her.Calliope always smelled like vanilla to him, which was one of his favorite scents.He loved vanilla—vanilla cupcakes, vanilla frosting, vanilla ice cream.If it had vanilla, he was sold.

He couldn’t help but be drawn to her.She looked so beautiful.

Jaxson watched as she tilted her head back and enjoyed the spray of the water.She let out a moan, and this was different from the one he heard a few short moments ago.

Her lips had been perfect.Kissing her was better than he ever imagined it would be.Every single part of her was perfection.

She opened her eyes, looked over at him, and smiled.“You’re watching me.”

“I can’t look away.”

This made her chuckle.She stepped toward him.“And why not?”

“I have no idea.”He took a step toward her, and Calliope tilted her head back.“But I want to kiss you again.”

He watched as she licked her lips, and it wasn’t fair to keep teasing him.

“Then kiss me,” she said.

He didn’t know what had gotten into her, but he was not about to tell her no.Banding an arm around her waist, he pulled her in close and then took possession of her lips.She let out a brief moan, and he wasn’t done with her yet.

She said he could kiss her, and he intended to take full advantage of that as he slid a hand down to her ass, cupping the flesh, as he finally ravished her mouth in the way he always wanted to.

Calliope was his mate.The elder said so.

This was why he didn’t go to the elder, because he wanted Calliope all to himself.

Chapter Four

Since the waterfall, they hadn’t spoken.They didn’t have sex, but kissed, and it felt so good.Even now, Calliope wanted to put her fingers to her lips and touch them, just to see if she was thinking clearly.

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