Page 166 of Knot Their Soldier: Part One
“Not buying it, Sparkles. You can’t just say ‘nothing’ with your face turning that shade of pink,” Blaze says as he crouches beside the fire. The dark material of his wet underwear clings to his upper thighs and does an awful job of concealing his bulging package. I swear I can see a thick vein pulsing beneath the fabric.
“Aren’t you cold?” I ask, my voice oddly high pitched.
I’m hypnotized by a water droplet sliding down his chest, catching on the raised skin of his burn scars.
“Nah, I’m good. The cold doesn’t bother us much. Perk of being an Alpha.”
Oh, he shouldn’t say perk. My nipples take it as an order and tighten into points.
His eyes flick hungrily from my face to the stiff pebbles pressing through Knox’s shirt.
My nipples tingle at the unspoken promise sliding onto his face. It’s as if he already has me stripped naked in his mind, his tongue swirling around my aching breasts. I just know Blaze would be a biter, and I’m very willing to investigate.
“That looks an awful lot like an invitation.”
Suddenly, he’s beside me, his lips a hair’s breadth from mine. He brushes a few strands of hair from my face tenderly, his fingertips lightly grazing my cheek, my eyelids, my nose.
He leans in even closer, his breath hot against my parted lips. I hold my breath, anticipating his next move. I want to lean forward the last inch that separates us, but I hold back.
“Do you want to play with fire, Sparkles? I think you’d love the burn.”
Blaze flicks out his tongue and licks a stripe up my cheek.
I suck in a lungful of air and shudder. Before I can reply, Blaze is dragged away.
Viper has the pyromaniac held by the back of his neck with an exasperated expression.
“Enough,” he says with a grunt, and shoves Blaze backwards. “Time to cool off, flame boy.”
Blaze flies through the air like he’s a rag doll, catapulting into the water with a dramatic splash.
Viper made it look effortless, but I know Blaze isn’t so easy to push off balance. It just proves how much stronger Viper is.
My Omega likes the display of strength and wants to get down on all fours to show her submission to the powerful Alpha.
The damn harlot.
Blaze asked if I wanted to burn, but I feel like I already am. My skin is hot and my insides liquid heat.
The spike in my temperature is alarming so close on the heels of my spoiled heat. The medication will suppress it for a while,but not forever, and when it does come, it’ll be the most intense heat I’ve ever experienced.
I’m not ready for that yet, so I need to cool down.
Before I can think too hard about it, I toe off my boots and pull off my pants. In only a shirt and panties, I stride purposefully down the path that leads to the top of the waterfall. I scramble up the steep rocks, my bare feet slipping on muddy, unstable ground until I reach the top.
Viper follows me up and to the edge of the waterfall, where he raises a questioning eyebrow at me.
“Going to jump?”
I lick my lips and look at the rippling water below, suddenly aware I’m not accustomed to jumping off high things. It feels like the fear I had over the lake rope swing as a child. I overcame my trepidation then and I’ll do it now.
“Yeah. I think so. I need to get the scent of my heat off.” And cool the frack down.
Peering over the edge, I bite my lower lip at the inky depths below. It’s going to be cold, I know that, but that’s kinda the point. I’m still not looking forward to the chilly shock.
“Take off your shirt and panties, pretty girl.”
I choke on my spit and spin to gape at him. The pet name melts me every time.
