Page 30 of The Hunt

He nodded and then pressed his head against hers.“I don’t want to lose you.”

She didn’t want to get lost.

Going to her knees, she pressed her body against his.He always smelled like the woods, so masculine and potent, but in every way that was good.She loved the smell of him.She had missed being this close to him.This was home.This was where she wanted to be.Then, she became aware of the fact he was very naked.

“Still no clothes?”she asked.

“None, and they haven’t replaced your top either.”

She glanced down at her chest and saw there was no top.“Do we think this is where they are going to start interfering?”She smiled at him.Jaxson was completely naked, and she was, well, not naked, but had on some clothes.

“I wonder if we’re being missed.”

Calliope tried not to look down at his naked body, but that was proving to be difficult.She wanted to look at him.She wanted to see him.This was going to be impossible.

“You know, to be a good sport, you could get as naked as me,” he said.

This made her eyes go wide.“You’re asking me to get naked?”

“I’m asking you to get as naked as me.I hope that is not a problem.”

It was only fair, she got that, but she had never been naked in front of anyone.Glancing down at her body, she couldn’t help but feel nervous.“What if you don’t like what you see?”She was so tempted to cover her body, but that would make him aware of how nervous she was.

“That’s not possible,” Jaxson said.“I’m going to like everything I see.I’m going to love every single part of you.”

She lifted her gaze and looked him straight in the eye, and it was like she didn’t even know why she doubted him.

Nodding her head, she got to her feet.She wasn’t even a little unsteady.She felt fine.Better than fine.Stepping behind a tree, she didn’t even know why she was bothering with modesty.What was the point?She was going to get naked and Jaxson was already naked.If he hated her, then they might as well call it quits right now.

Removing her pants, followed by her lingerie, she looked down at her body, and she clenched her hands into fists.She kept telling herself it was going to be okay.

How did they get to this point?Was it her nearly dying last night?Had she even been close to death?

She took a deep breath and felt a little sick, but then something came over her, and she squared her shoulders and stepped out from beyond the tree line.

Jaxson had his back to her, and she nearly freaked out, only she stepped on some kind of magical twig that seemed to echo throughout the forest, alerting him to her presence.

The moment he turned around to look at her, she couldn’t help placing her hands over her breasts and pussy.No matter what she did, this was not going to give her enough modesty.

“Calliope?”he asked.

“Uh, okay, I don’t know if this is as good an idea as we thought.”

“I’m still naked, so The Hunt must think it is a good idea.”

“The Hunt is terrible.We nearly died and it’s bringing our past ...games to life.No one trusts a child, not with these kinds of things.”

Jaxson chuckled.“You’re nervous.I get that.But look at me.Even after all we’ve been through, I’m comfortable being naked around you.”

“I thought wolves were supposed to be comfortable around everyone?”she asked.

“We are, but that doesn’t mean I am, and the truth is, Calliope, this is the most comfortable I’ve been in my skin in a very long time, and you’re the one that makes me feel this way.No one else.”

Okay, that was freaking cute.She couldn’t help it.Then, looking across the short distance between them, she was once again captured by his gaze.So shockingly blue.So stunning.She didn’t want to look away.

And then, something just swept over her.She didn’t quite know what it was, but it was such a force that she had no choice but to lower her hands.All she wanted to do was look at him all day and all night long.

The moment she lowered her hands, Jaxson’s gaze traveled down her body.She clenched her hands into fists as she refused to cover herself.His own hands were by his side, and that was when she noticed something was changing.It wasn’t even subtle.

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