"You love me, and—"
"Loved," I correct him.
"Love!" he shouts, stopping me in my tracks and earning us a glance from every rider within hearing distance. "You love me."
"You walk into a room, and I can’t look away. I get anywhere near you, and this is what happens. Instantly hard. Fucking hell, I can barely think when you’re around."
“Bet it would be even more awkward if I kissed you now, huh?”
Yes, please.
“The next time we kiss had better not be just to piss off Dain.” The next time had better only be because we want it.
“Next time, huh?” His gaze lowers to my mouth again.
Need pulses between my thighs, and I jolt at the simple knowledge that there’s nothing he could do that I wouldn’t welcome. I want him. Only him. Here. Now. Anywhere. Whenever.
“You’re seriously going to be the death of me.” His fingers flex at my waist. “Go back.”
“Only if you do. I want to be wherever you are.” And I mean it. Everyone else—everything else in the world can fall away and I won’t care as long as I’m with him.
“You don’t get to dictate how I feel. You might give the orders out there, but not in here. You don’t get to tell me we can fuck but I can’t fall for you. That’s not fair. You can only respect what I choose to do. So we’re not doing this again until I want to risk my heart.”
“Why did you guess I could wield lightning?”
“I thought you did it the first night Tairn channeled power to you, but I wasn’t sure, so I didn’t say anything.”
“When?”
“The first time you kissed me.”
"I just need to know what my chances are here."
The ass has the nerve to smile. "That’s the oddest way I’ve ever been hit on—"
"Not my chances with you, you conceited prick!"
"And I’m telling you that I’m the last thing you need."
"Are you suggesting someone else?"
"Fuck no."
"Good." I tilt my head up to his and draw his bottom lip between mine, sucking before gently nipping him with my teeth. "Because I only want you, Xaden."
"If I get my hands on you, really, honestly get my hands on you, I don’t know if I’ll be able to stop."
He would. I know it in my soul. That’s why I trust him with my body.