Chapter 95

I’m panting, gasping really as Jackson presses me flat against the wall of rock, both of his hands under my shirt now, his palms a damn song against my skin as they press up over my ribs, as they move slow over my flesh like they’re trying to ensure that I’m here, that I’m

real.

And suddenly, quite suddenly, I realize that I do not at all want to be wearing this shirt anymore. That I don’t want to be wearing anything that all I want in the entire world

No, not want need-

Is to have my skin bare against Jackson’s flush, with nothing in between, not even air nothing but sweat-

Jackson groans, though, and turns his face away, ripping his mouth from mine.

“What?” I breathe, my voice trembling as my hands again go to his cheeks, trying to turn his face back to me, wanting his mouth back right where it was. God, his mouth, those lips. “Jackson, please

I’m begging, but I don’t fucking care. God, I want him.

I want him…bad.

But Jackson just presses his mouth into a thin line and holds his eyes shut. “I…I think we need to st

Ari,” he murmurs, his head moving once, sharply, from side to side.

“What?” I gasp, baffled. “Why?”

“Because,” he growls, and I go rigid when he turns his blue eyes to mine, when I see the powerful want behind his gaze. “Because if we don’t stop now, I am going to….throw you down in this dirt, Ari, and I am not going to be able to stop.”

My breath hitches in my chest and then stops completely as I consider that…

Well.

Emergency calls only

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That that’s maybe not such a bad idea.

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the fact that there are people below us who will probably try to kill or maim us if they find out we’re here. And that tomorrow we have to climb a

So.

probably not the right time to let my mate

the pieces together, I can’t help the furious scowl that

face breaks into a slow grin as he raises a hand, tracing the shape of my lips with his thumb. “Perfect,” he murmurs, shaking his head as he stares at

believe it.

a kiss to my lips, ridiculously soft considering the we both just

way

that

body responds again, beyond me or despite me or just…expressing precisely how I feel. And I lean into the kiss, moving my mouth

absolutely nothing to help, I’m well aware

my head back and giving him a half–hearted shove

beneath him and sinking gracefully to the ground with me still in his arms, tucking ust away beneath the little overhang of rock. It’s dark, but in the

that…well, that that’s her. And she did. this. And so of course my grandmother has given me a clear night

calls onlyHO O

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smile broadens and 1 send her a quick prayer

like my mate. She picked

asks, drawing my attention back to

I ask,

against the

and shaking my head, “I’m fine, I…” I hesitate for a second, biting my lip. “I liked it.”

mate, bless him, blushes just a little but then clears his throat, I

to his cheeks, cupping his face between my palms. “Jackson, are you all

I stormed out

still freaked out?”

me, holding me tighter and I think…well, I think everything’s going to be okay. “Ari, this is absolutely insane

for a second, sniffing the air, as if he still kind. of

I raise my hands to my head, making quick work of my braid, letting my hair fall

a second to dip his head close to my hair,

calls only

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my scent before he slowly raises his eyes to meet mine again, though his are half–lidded now. “Boys can have long hair too,” he murmurs, sounding a little

proof, sir?” I ask, sitting up

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