Page 59 of Sapphire Flame
Chapter Six
More than life itself.
The words disturbed yet thrilled Grant. “The answer’s yes, but I need my gear.”
She smiled and kissed him again. “Make it quick.”
“Hell, yes, ma’am.”
She drew the slider open and as he flew into the air, he could feel dawn prickling his skin. He still had time, but that wasn’t the reason he flew like a bullet back to his burrow.
He needed this time with Natalie and maybe like her it was with a desire more than life itself.
He packed a bag while half-levitating, half-running. He contacted Ryan and told him where he’d be, then he was out the front door and shooting back into the air.
The prickling dawn sensation was stronger this time, so he added a booster and shot to the canal part of Revel. He descended into Natalie’s backyard once more as the steel shutters all along the patio began to descend.
He flew beneath them and landed just outside the doors.
She laughed. “Show off.” She then grabbed the front of his tank and hauled him inside.
The kiss she gave him this time wasn’t anything like before. She hooked him around his neck with her arm and planted her lips against his. He dropped his bag and wrapped her up in a lung-squeezing hug.
Her groans parted her lips and he drove his tongue inside in swift thrusts. When her other arm wrapped around his neck, he was pretty sure one of them was about to squeeze the life out of the other.
He drew back and pinned her gaze with his own. “Show me your bed, but I hope it’s strong.”
She smiled. “Everything in this house has a proper foundation.”
He picked up his satchel then with his free arm grabbed her waist. He lifted her off her feet, levitated then glided to the hall.
“At the end and to the right,” she said.
He made a new speed record as he carried her down the hall. She sucked on his neck and, this time, a bunch of groans left his throat.
Once inside her bedroom, he put her on her feet. As with the rest of the house, the room was neat as a pin. Instinctively, he knew she kept things in order because life in Five Bridges was the opposite. He got it because he was the same damn way.
He released her though. “I’d throw you on the bed and take you right now, but I need a shower. Bad.”
Air hissed through her teeth. “I’ll join you.”
“Hoped you’d say that.”
She opened the door to the right. “You can put your things over here.”
His brows rose as he walked into her closet. “This is a garage.”
She laughed. “It’s way too big. As you can see, I don’t even have clothes for half of it.”
He set his duffle down on the bench against the wall to the right. “Now where’s that shower?”
She gestured behind her. A door led to yet another hall as part of the master suite. “Yes, is the answer to your question,” she said. “When I built this house, I went all in and created a bathroom suite.”
There were two doors on the opposite side of the hall. She gave him the details as she turned right into the hallway. “Toilet and sauna on the left. The shower is in the bathroom here on the right. There’s also a large tub in the last room at the end.”
“Suite is right.”
“Yes, it is.” She smiled.
