“I promise I will.”
We hang up a few minutes later and I move through the cabin, making sure every door and window is locked before I go into the master bath. I brush my hair up into a topknot on my head. While the bathtub begins to fill I pour in some bubble bath. I strip out of my clothes and gingerly lower myself into the tub.
Leaning back, I close my eyes and I try to block out what went down this morning—ignoring the pain I feel radiating off of him even though I’m not near him.
Once the water is covering my body I reach out to shut it off, accepting the comfort the warm water provides. When I open my eyes I jump and scream in surprise and maybe even a little fear. “What are you doing here?”
“We have to talk.” Rowan steps out of my bathroom, slamming the door shut behind her and leaving me alone in shock.
I step out into the hallway and walk slowly toward the living room. Rowan is standing by the fireplace in her black skinny jeans, fitted green sweater, and black high heeled boots. Her beauty is intimidating. “Why are you here Rowan? How did you even get in?”
She picks up the picture frame that holds an old photo of my mom and me sitting on the steps outside. It was from an hour before I walked into the forest and everything changed. “You were beautiful even as a child.” She’s quiet for a moment. “You know I remember the day that Merick found you in the forest.”
I step further into the room, crossing my arms over my chest.
“I remember I’d come over to play and he was sitting in his room staring out the window. Merick didn’t even look at me when I came in. He whispered, ‘I met the girl I’m gonna marry. She wants to have lots of babies and I’m going to give them to her.’ Don’t you see it? Prophecy or not you’ve always been his one, his mate.”
My heart beats rapidly in my chest. I imagine Merick as a young man, sharing his dreams with Rowan. The same determination I’ve seen in his eyes over the last few days lingering even then. He wanted me then, after only a short time he knew, he was so sure.
I knew right then and there that I wanted this man, more than my next breath. Throwing on my boots and my coat, I race toward the door, then stop and turn to Rowan. “You can stay here tonight.” Her laughter follows me as I slam the door shut behind me.
I race down the stairs and across the yard into the forest. The snow keeps me from running as fast as I want but I force myself to move. I stop to catch my breath and then start running again. My legs are burning, but I keep going. Up ahead I spot something moving through the trees. I freeze, but then I realize it’s Merick.
“Merick!” I shout.
He looks up and starts running toward me. As soon as he’s close enough, I launch myself at him. Merick catches me effortlessly and I grab his face, slamming my lips down on his. Our kiss is urgent, rough, and everything I could want. I hang onto him as we start moving blindly through the trees until we come out of them.
We continue to kiss as we move to the inside of his house. My back is against the front door as he grinds his cock against me. I moan into his mouth as he grips my ass hard. We begin moving again, going up the stairs.
When we’re back in Merick’s bedroom he makes quick work of removing his clothes before removing mine just as fast. His body is a work of art when he’s clothed, but naked, he’s beautiful. I swear his body is every girl's fantasy. Etched to perfection, flawless.
He grabs me from the back of my thighs, lifting me before crawling onto the bed. Merick kisses my lips before trailing them down my chin, up my neck, and stopping to nip my earlobe. I moan, lifting my hips trying to come in contact with some part of his lower body.
Merick kisses down my chest, stopping at one nipple to suck it into his mouth. I grip his hair as he sucks and nips at my turgid flesh. He switches to the other nipple giving it the same treatment. After going back and forth between them, he begins traveling down, kissing and nipping at my overheated flesh. The very place I need him most. I’m so wet and so close to coming right now.
Merick reaches the apex of my thighs and inhales deeply. “You smell like heaven. I’m going lick up every drop of your arousal.”
He holds my eyes as he drags his tongue from the bottom to the top of my pussy. Merick moans as he begins to devour my flesh. He pins my hips to the bed with his arm. My neck arches as he sucks my clit into his mouth. “Oh god. I’m so close,” I moan.
Merick increases his suction on my clit and eases one finger inside me, pumping it in and out before removing it and then pushing two fingers inside me. I jerk my hips when he begins rubbing that magical spot inside of me.
My orgasm builds and builds fast. “Merick you’re going to make me come.”
He pulls his mouth away from my overheated flesh. “Let me hear you let go. Give it to me.”
Merick goes back to sucking my clit and rubbing the spot inside of me he knows sets me on fire. I grab his hair in my fists as my orgasm detonates, causing me to cry out over and over. As the sensation ebbs, I pant, trying to get my heart rate to slow.
He kisses his way up my body until we’re face
