felt like flying. I continued like that for roughly a mile, moving in the rough direction of the lake. All the while I kept an eye out for my partner.
While I ran, I wondered whether our speed had been tampered with. I’d always been exceptionally fast. Now it seemed like just another altered gene.
A glimpse of golden hair pulled me from my thoughts.
Bingo.
I continued to build up my speed and shadowed him until I saw something glint between the trees. The lake.
I laid on my speed until I was sprinting. As I grew closer, a patchwork of water formed from behind the trees. I pushed my legs and burst through the foliage. Dirt became sand and then my toes splashed against the edge of the lake.
Leaning over, I took a moment to catch my breath.
A shadow fell over me. “Nice try, princess.”
Damn.
I looked up. My eyes followed the golden skin of Caden’s arms up to his face. He wore a cat-that-ate-the-canary smile.
I felt my lungs deflate. He’d beaten me. I’d have to find some other way to escape.
“I guess someone’s going skinny-dipping with me.” He didn’t even try to hide the glee from his voice. Caden had managed to sneak his way into seeing me naked for the third time. Amazing.
I ground my teeth together to prevent myself from arguing with him. A deal’s a deal.
Be a good sport about this Ember.
“Fine,” I said, pulling my sweaty shirt off. “Let’s just get this over with.”
Caden’s eyes zeroed in on my hot pink sports bra. He looked back up at me, his mischievous smile back in place. He slid his own shirt off.
Next came our shorts. I eyed Caden’s boxer briefs, which clung to his muscular legs, and discreetly swallowed.
Then I pulled off my bra and tossed it aside.
Caden sucked in a breath and froze, his gaze fixated on my breasts.
“Are you done yet?” I asked, folding my arms over my chest.
He recovered and skimmed his hands over the edge of his waistband. After flashing me a final smile, he slid his boxer briefs off.
Oh. My. God.
My eyebrows shot up. Seeing a man naked was a very different experience than seeing a man almost naked. And he looked pretty happy to see me.
Geez, were all man-things supposed to look that large?
“Stop objectifying me,” Caden said, “I’m not just a piece of meat.”
Just like that, his words broke the sexual tension, and I began to laugh.
“Now it’s your turn.”
Well, they broke the sexual tension until he said that.
I took a deep breath, trying to muster the confidence I always had during one of my trips. It wasn’t coming to me.
I’d been naked many times in public, thanks to my special ability, so why was this so difficult?
But I knew the answer. Teleporting was real, but it didn’t always feel that way — it often felt more like lucid dreaming. And it was easy to fake confidence when you only had to stick around for a few minutes.
Caden, on the other hand, saw me everyday, and he was quickly learning all my dark little secrets and idiosyncrasies. Being intentionally nude in front of him made me feel vulnerable.
With that poignant final thought, I dropped my panties.
Caden drank me in, his eyes shining too brightly.
I didn’t give him much time to look. I turned and began sauntering to the water. My legs trembled from the need to sprint into the lake as quickly as possible, but I willed them to move slowly.
As soon as I was thigh deep, I dived in the rest of the way, the water tingling my bare skin. My body arched in the water, my toes skimming the lake’s muddy floor. I cringed at the squishy sensation of the lake bottom. I was going to have to tread water if I didn’t want to touch it again.
By the time I surfaced, Caden had already gotten into the water.
He dunked his head and came back up, running his hands through his wet hair. My eyes roved over his shiny skin. The water dripping off of him made him look all the more sexy.
He caught me staring. “Like anything you see?”
I flashed him a smile.
While I ran, I wondered whether our speed had been tampered with. I’d always been exceptionally fast. Now it seemed like just another altered gene.
A glimpse of golden hair pulled me from my thoughts.
Bingo.
I continued to build up my speed and shadowed him until I saw something glint between the trees. The lake.
I laid on my speed until I was sprinting. As I grew closer, a patchwork of water formed from behind the trees. I pushed my legs and burst through the foliage. Dirt became sand and then my toes splashed against the edge of the lake.
Leaning over, I took a moment to catch my breath.
A shadow fell over me. “Nice try, princess.”
Damn.
I looked up. My eyes followed the golden skin of Caden’s arms up to his face. He wore a cat-that-ate-the-canary smile.
I felt my lungs deflate. He’d beaten me. I’d have to find some other way to escape.
“I guess someone’s going skinny-dipping with me.” He didn’t even try to hide the glee from his voice. Caden had managed to sneak his way into seeing me naked for the third time. Amazing.
I ground my teeth together to prevent myself from arguing with him. A deal’s a deal.
Be a good sport about this Ember.
“Fine,” I said, pulling my sweaty shirt off. “Let’s just get this over with.”
Caden’s eyes zeroed in on my hot pink sports bra. He looked back up at me, his mischievous smile back in place. He slid his own shirt off.
Next came our shorts. I eyed Caden’s boxer briefs, which clung to his muscular legs, and discreetly swallowed.
Then I pulled off my bra and tossed it aside.
Caden sucked in a breath and froze, his gaze fixated on my breasts.
“Are you done yet?” I asked, folding my arms over my chest.
He recovered and skimmed his hands over the edge of his waistband. After flashing me a final smile, he slid his boxer briefs off.
Oh. My. God.
My eyebrows shot up. Seeing a man naked was a very different experience than seeing a man almost naked. And he looked pretty happy to see me.
Geez, were all man-things supposed to look that large?
“Stop objectifying me,” Caden said, “I’m not just a piece of meat.”
Just like that, his words broke the sexual tension, and I began to laugh.
“Now it’s your turn.”
Well, they broke the sexual tension until he said that.
I took a deep breath, trying to muster the confidence I always had during one of my trips. It wasn’t coming to me.
I’d been naked many times in public, thanks to my special ability, so why was this so difficult?
But I knew the answer. Teleporting was real, but it didn’t always feel that way — it often felt more like lucid dreaming. And it was easy to fake confidence when you only had to stick around for a few minutes.
Caden, on the other hand, saw me everyday, and he was quickly learning all my dark little secrets and idiosyncrasies. Being intentionally nude in front of him made me feel vulnerable.
With that poignant final thought, I dropped my panties.
Caden drank me in, his eyes shining too brightly.
I didn’t give him much time to look. I turned and began sauntering to the water. My legs trembled from the need to sprint into the lake as quickly as possible, but I willed them to move slowly.
As soon as I was thigh deep, I dived in the rest of the way, the water tingling my bare skin. My body arched in the water, my toes skimming the lake’s muddy floor. I cringed at the squishy sensation of the lake bottom. I was going to have to tread water if I didn’t want to touch it again.
By the time I surfaced, Caden had already gotten into the water.
He dunked his head and came back up, running his hands through his wet hair. My eyes roved over his shiny skin. The water dripping off of him made him look all the more sexy.
He caught me staring. “Like anything you see?”
I flashed him a smile.
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