He brings her mouth to his, then, kissing her soundly with an intensity that makes clear everything he learned about himself out in the woods today. No doubts at all. Not a single one. Ian looks up at his parents kissing for a moment and then grimaces. “Ewww,” he murmurs, catching Alvin’s eye. “Y
Victor pulls his face away from me for a moment, still holding him close against him, looking down at me intently. A low growl builds in his chest.And I want him, too, desperately. Want to tear his dirty shirt from his body and throw it to the forest floor – want – “Where,” I hear myself ask, my m
“I don’t know,” I say, shrugging and then mimicking the twin’s little pinging gestures in the air. “The magic brought it.”“Amazing,” he says, shaking his head. “Eat!” I say, giving him a little nudge. “You’ve got to be starving.”“Is it,” he asks, glancing at me. “Is it safe?”I shrug again. “Who
“Come on,” Victor urges, giving my rear an encouraging little pat. I grimace, suddenly anxious. It was so nice in this little cottage for a moment. Couldn’t we stay here a little longer, just being together?But as if in answer, the last little magic mote floats out of the house. No, it calls to me
Victor laughs out loud at this, leaning down to press a warm kiss to my mouth. We linger like that for a moment before turning towards the door of the cottage. And then, together, we step out into the forest. The magic is waiting, of course. Right at the head of a path that hadn’t been there an hou
“So, what do we do now?” I ask, sighing and looking up at Victor. He shoots me a little look that says, plainly enough, how the hell should I know. I just grimace and tuck the note into my own back pocket, taking his hand. “Well,” I mutter, trying to lean into the hopeful state that the day in the
“Oh, you’re on top,” he says, ignoring my unbuttoning and sitting up again. He folds his legs beneath me so that I’m now seated comfortably in his lap, my legs wrapped around his waist. “How convenient for you…” I smile coyly as he runs his hands up my thighs, stopping at my waist to untuck the shi
Our eyes, however, are on the wolf, who crosses to the far side of a fire pit sunk into the ground at the center of the clearing. There’s a bright flash and then she’s before us.She. Her. The woman we were sent to find.I couldn’t tell you how I know it, but I’m sort of done asking questions about