After a long moment of sitting, she grew restless and edgy. Chloe excused herself from the small crowd and made her way to the water. As she walked along the shore toward the mountain, a burst of sultry heat moved through her veins, instantly bringing back salacious memories of Jared’s intimate touch. He pussy clenched with yearning and it was almost as if she could feel his hands on her, touching her with hunger, savoring every inch of her as he reintroduced himself to her body. Goose bumps broke out on her arm, and she was practically panting with want when she reached the sturdy fence guarding the mountain.
What the hell was going on?
She shook her head and fought valiantly to clear it as she turned her attention to the waves splashing against her feet. She walked out to her knees, hoping the waves would help cool down her lascivious libido. It didn’t.
Once again her glance darted to the towering mountain, which made her feel so small and insignificant, and her hands went to her stomach where need gathered in a ball. Her breasts tightened and tingled as if she were being touched, licked and pleasured in the way only Jared knew how. She arched her back and gave herself over to the erotic sensations.
Her mind swirled and a heated whimper gurgled in her throat. “Oh, God,” she cried out.
The tingle traveled to her stomach and lower until it reached the apex of her legs. Involuntarily, her thighs widened in heated bliss, eager, ready, anticipating…
Images of Jared paying homage to her body flashed in her mind and brought on a shudder. Her stomach clenched and desire moved through her, but strangely enough, she couldn’t identify those feelings as her own. It was as though she could feel Jared’s needs weaving their way through her body, as though they were somehow connected.
“Are you okay?”
Chloe gasped and spun around to find Trey studying her. His curious gaze moved over her body and noted the way she was clutching her stomach.
She relaxed her hands, swallowed and blurted out the first thing that came to mind. “I think I might have a bit of sunstroke from all the heat today.”
“Can I help you back to your room? Or perhaps we can go to mine.” He pointed to the cove where a row of huts overlooked the water. “I’m close.”
In that instant she felt a flash of anger, so strong and volatile it caught her off guard and frightened the hell out of her. Never had she experienced such raw, explosive emotions before. Then came the possessiveness. Quick. Powerful. Threatening. Where were these emotions coming from?
Dumbfounded and uncertain as to what was happening, Chloe wiped a bead of perspiration from her forehead and stepped back. “No. I think I’ll head back to my room. Thanks anyway.” As she separated the distance between them, the anger disappeared as quickly as it had come, and warmth settled in her veins, making her feel cozy and sleepy, the same way she’d felt after making love with Jared.
Disconcerted with the quick change in her temperament, she rushed back to her room. Once inside she flopped down on her bed and pulled the covers up to her neck, but before she even had time to reflect on the strange events of the night, heat moved through her body once again, and she felt Jared’s hands on her flesh, touching, stroking, caressing and pleasuring every erogenous point on her body, and just like that, she orgasmed.
Oh God, what the hell as going on…?
Jared had retreated to the sanctuary of his mountain, but still couldn’t settle down and sleep, not with his thoughts so preoccupied with Chloe. He’d paced restlessly around the mountainside, but when he’d spotted her sitting between two men at the bonfire, he’d held off on morphing to his natural form for as long as humanly possible.
Drawn to her, he’d watched from afar, his heart filling with need and want, wishing things were different between them, but knowing even his newly reenergized magic couldn’t change the outcome.
Sure he knew she was his mate, although why or how he’d yet to figure out, but he also needed to back off, no matter how much it went against his nature and tore at his heart—his very existence. He had nothing to offer Chloe here on the island and it wasn’t like he could leave and go back to the city with her.
And even though she’d rejuvenated his magic, he’d just have to somehow find other ways to keep it alive for an eternity—not necessarily for him, but for the good people of Ryuu. Because for him, an eternity without Chloe was an eternity of loneliness and suffering. How could he possibly go on without the one and only woman meant for him by his side? But how could he let the island folk down? The people who’d offered him protection, keeping his existence a secret from the rest of the world.
As he’d sat watching over her, he’d let his mind wander, envisioning his hands and mouth on her beautiful body. Touching, caressing and making sweet passionate love to her all night long. But when that young man that he’d served at the bar earlier that day had approached her as she walked in the water, fierce possessiveness rose sure and swift, and there wasn’t a damn thing he could do to tame those raw emotions.
Fortunately, after her brief exchange with the young man, she’d made her way back to her room alone, soothing the beast inside him. And once again he’d found
