when he thought he was hurting her, and now, in the woods next to a hot spring with him standing before her naked baring more of his soul than she ever expected.
“I think I want to go swimming now.”
A slow smile spread across his face before he kissed her on the nose. “Sounds wonderful.”
She swore his eyes nearly sparkled. “You’re just excited because you want to see me naked.”
“True. Can you blame me?”
No. She absolutely could not. Not after the way she’d been eyeballing him. She yanked her cowboy boots off and swiped the shirt over her head in one jerk, loving the way his eyes heated when he saw her breasts.
Butterflies were erupting in her stomach as she unfastened her pants and pushed them to her feet. A strip tease in front of a gorgeous man was not exactly her style, but the way he looked at her fueled her confidence to the point that she ignored her rounded belly and didn’t think more than three times about her thick thighs.
And truth be told, she was craving his touch.
She’d found her perfect man.
Chapter Twelve
Gage stood by the spring looking her over. His gaze ran from the soft, silken strands of her hair all the way to her toes. Sienna had removed her shirt and pants and stood next to him with only her panties on. Not that the scrap of white lace hid much of anything from his gaze.
Instead they framed the gentle swell of her hips from a much smaller waist, accentuating every positive feature that drew him in the first place. As if the sight of her nearly naked body wasn’t enough, the fresh, clean scent of a fall afternoon was ripe with her arousal, making his body clench with need. Her tits bounced with every move she made, taunting him once again.
Everything about her made it difficult to keep the beast under control. Every feral instinct inside him wanted to claim the special female for his mate in every way possible. Although now that he was getting to know her, special had taken on a meaning far beyond being simply human.
“Are you just going to stand there staring at me or are we going for a swim?”
He grabbed her now bare hips and hauled her against him. “Sassy. I like it.” He bent down and nipped her bottom lip. “A lot.”
Gage ran his hand down her back, noticing the cooler touch of her skin versus the blazing heat of his own. “Are you cold?”
“Yes,” she answered, sounding breathy. A sound he wanted to hear again as he drove into her. His skin felt tight as he fought to maintain control in the face of her scent tingling his nose, the soft sounds she kept making in her throat without even realizing it and the feel of her body pressed to his from breast to groin.
Gage broke the kiss.
“Go, Sienna.” They both startled at the gravelly tone of his voice. She looked up at him. “Seriously. Unless you want me pushing you to your hands and knees right here so I can mount you, go and get in the water.”
“Maybe that’s what I want.”
His body went rigid. Everything he’d ever wanted was right in front of him for the taking. He knew it down to his soul. Except for one thing. “You have to be certain. Are you?”
She didn’t answer right away, giving him all the answer he needed. Her body was certainly ready and at the look in her eyes he guessed the rest of her was almost there, but not quite. She was not certain.
“Water now, babe.”
Sienna walked across the short expanse of grass and waded into the water. “Oh wow. It is warm.” She bent and ran her hands through the rippling water.
He gazed at her, drinking her in. For whatever reason she no longer seemed concerned about her nudity in broad daylight. Not like anyone would interrupt them. This land was shifter owned, specifically by Bhric, and a shifter could scent another shifter from a good distance away. Meaning, no one was about to walk up on them without announcing themselves long before they were seen.
Once she was fully submerged and safely hidden from
“I think I want to go swimming now.”
A slow smile spread across his face before he kissed her on the nose. “Sounds wonderful.”
She swore his eyes nearly sparkled. “You’re just excited because you want to see me naked.”
“True. Can you blame me?”
No. She absolutely could not. Not after the way she’d been eyeballing him. She yanked her cowboy boots off and swiped the shirt over her head in one jerk, loving the way his eyes heated when he saw her breasts.
Butterflies were erupting in her stomach as she unfastened her pants and pushed them to her feet. A strip tease in front of a gorgeous man was not exactly her style, but the way he looked at her fueled her confidence to the point that she ignored her rounded belly and didn’t think more than three times about her thick thighs.
And truth be told, she was craving his touch.
She’d found her perfect man.
Chapter Twelve
Gage stood by the spring looking her over. His gaze ran from the soft, silken strands of her hair all the way to her toes. Sienna had removed her shirt and pants and stood next to him with only her panties on. Not that the scrap of white lace hid much of anything from his gaze.
Instead they framed the gentle swell of her hips from a much smaller waist, accentuating every positive feature that drew him in the first place. As if the sight of her nearly naked body wasn’t enough, the fresh, clean scent of a fall afternoon was ripe with her arousal, making his body clench with need. Her tits bounced with every move she made, taunting him once again.
Everything about her made it difficult to keep the beast under control. Every feral instinct inside him wanted to claim the special female for his mate in every way possible. Although now that he was getting to know her, special had taken on a meaning far beyond being simply human.
“Are you just going to stand there staring at me or are we going for a swim?”
He grabbed her now bare hips and hauled her against him. “Sassy. I like it.” He bent down and nipped her bottom lip. “A lot.”
Gage ran his hand down her back, noticing the cooler touch of her skin versus the blazing heat of his own. “Are you cold?”
“Yes,” she answered, sounding breathy. A sound he wanted to hear again as he drove into her. His skin felt tight as he fought to maintain control in the face of her scent tingling his nose, the soft sounds she kept making in her throat without even realizing it and the feel of her body pressed to his from breast to groin.
Gage broke the kiss.
“Go, Sienna.” They both startled at the gravelly tone of his voice. She looked up at him. “Seriously. Unless you want me pushing you to your hands and knees right here so I can mount you, go and get in the water.”
“Maybe that’s what I want.”
His body went rigid. Everything he’d ever wanted was right in front of him for the taking. He knew it down to his soul. Except for one thing. “You have to be certain. Are you?”
She didn’t answer right away, giving him all the answer he needed. Her body was certainly ready and at the look in her eyes he guessed the rest of her was almost there, but not quite. She was not certain.
“Water now, babe.”
Sienna walked across the short expanse of grass and waded into the water. “Oh wow. It is warm.” She bent and ran her hands through the rippling water.
He gazed at her, drinking her in. For whatever reason she no longer seemed concerned about her nudity in broad daylight. Not like anyone would interrupt them. This land was shifter owned, specifically by Bhric, and a shifter could scent another shifter from a good distance away. Meaning, no one was about to walk up on them without announcing themselves long before they were seen.
Once she was fully submerged and safely hidden from
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