Page 13 of A Touch Charmed

Then everything went dark.

Chapter 5

Thora

Iblinkedagainstabright light that burst behind my eyelids. Something strange and wonderful swirled around inside me, as if it were bouncing against my ribs trying to wake me up. I was also incredibly horny. My thighs clenched together and I moaned at the light friction before letting out a giggle at the ridiculousness of it all.

What the hell kind of dream was this?

My cheek scraped against dirt and rocks. I rolled to my side, bumping my ankle against a fallen branch. The puncture wounds from the snake throbbed like a fresh burn. I remembered being bitten. Not much else. The poison must’ve pulled me under. My muscles ached, but as the light behind my eyes continued to glow, the pain eased.

Was I dying?

I turned my head and my eyes immediately snapped open. Finn lay beside me. A line of white foam gurgled out of his mouth, but he was otherwise immobile. The edge of his finger touched mine. As I jerked to a sitting position, I broke the connection. The light died. His chest gave a shuddering heave, then stopped moving altogether.

“No. No, no, no.” I flung myself over his body. My hands desperately roamed over his chest and arms. Light glowed from my palm, but I didn’t know what to do with it. “Don’t you dare die on me. You don’t get to leave me here without you.”

The clear light that had wrapped itself around his leg and healed it when he fell from the ladder wasn’t doing the same thing this time. My hand glowed, but it was nothing more than a pretty, dormant sparkler. Why wasn’t it healing Finn? What more did it want from me?

Black vapors wafted out of the open holes on his arm. Was I supposed to suck out the poison? I grabbed his arm where the snake had bitten him and placed my lips over the wounds. When a sharp sting pinched my skin, I pulled back. It felt like my lips were melting off my face. I brushed over them with my fingers and the pain faded away.

Without any other options at hand, I covered the puncture with my mouth and began to draw the black smoke out of his body. The red streaks coating his arm receded as the poison continued to flow into me. Large blood blisters formed on my lips, popped, healed, and formed again. Layers peeled away from my throat as if it had been sanded down from the inside. One of my lungs collapsed, then recovered with my next breath.

Over and over again, my body took a beating and healed itself as I continued to suck the poison out of Finn. Once the red streaks were completely gone, I swiped a finger over the holes in his arm. They closed as if there had never been a bite there to begin with. I lay on the ground with my hand over my stomach as I tried to find my equilibrium. My entire body had been shredded apart from the inside. But I was okay. We were both going to be okay.

He stirred beside me and before he could open his eyes, I launched myself into his arms, planting kisses all over his face. “You’re not dead!”

“Are you sure?” His big hands cupped my waist, and his calloused fingers teased shivers along my skin where my tank top had ridden up. “Because this feels a lot like heaven.”

“Oh my God.” I sat up and shoved him in the chest. “You are the cheesiest…”

I trailed off as he looked down to where my open thighs rested against his hardening length. His hungry gaze sent waves of heat rushing through me. I scooted forward and he groaned. “I’m going to need you to get off me now, gorgeous.”

“Why?” I didn’t want to move. He felt too good. Solid and strong. Being wrapped up in Finn’s arms felt safe, like nothing had before or since. “I like it here.”

“You know why.” He gritted his teeth as his hips flexed involuntarily. “I told you about the side effects. It’s taking everything in my power not to flip you over and drive my cock into you until you make that little sobbing noise I love so much.”

My core clenched as memories flooded my mind. Sweat-slicked summer nights, holding my headboard, breathless. Back when it felt like my body was a temple and Finn had been made to worship at my altar. Slow and sweet or fast and frenzied, he’d had me every way and it had never been enough. Would it still be that way with us? So utterly consuming?

I leaned down and brushed my lips against his jaw. “It’s been seven years since you’ve been inside me. How do you know what sounds I make now?”

The magic inside me thrashed back and forth, catching me in a surge of energy that demanded release. I pumped my hips against him. His fingers dug into my ass and I let out a moan as I ground down harder. Oh, God. So good.

“Spread those beautiful legs wider for me.” Finn gripped me tighter and dragged me against him. “That’s it. Just like that.”

I should’ve been worn out from healing him, yet I felt impossibly energized. Like I could ride him all night and never get tired. Never get enough of taking him deep inside me, to that place only he could reach. I wanted it, wanted him so bad.

His lips skimmed my neck and my nipples tightened painfully. I had to pinch them just to get a little relief. My entire body ached with need as I rolled my hips against him, knowing just how perfectly he fit me. My core pulsed. So close. But I wanted more. Had to have more.

“Make me come.” I dug my nails into his chest as I rocked against him. “Please, Finn. Make me come all over your hard cock.”

“Fucking hell.” He gripped my waist and lifted me off of him, breaking our physical connection. He rubbed his hands over his face. “I have no idea how Wes did this shit.”

The need to be filled with him still beat against me, but it was clear he didn’t want me to touch him again. I tilted my head back and evened out my breathing. As the seconds ticked by and I came back down to earth, mortification replaced arousal. Finn almostdiedand I just treated him like my personal fuck toy. What the hell was wrong with me?

“I’m sorry.” My eyes filled with tears, but I hated crying. I hadn’t done it once since I’d been home, not even after the town hall meeting, and I wasn’t about to start now. I willed them back as I drew in a deep breath. “I don’t know what came over me.”

“Hey. Come here.” He wrapped his arms around me and held me against him. “It’s the side effects of the magic. It makes you bonkers horny. Not your fault.”

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