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“Out in the open?” What does that mean?
“He thinks I’m gonna fuck you here and now.” Chuckling, Corbin tucks his face in my neck, where he inhales deeply and swipes his tongue over the spot where he’d bitten me. “I’ll save that for the bedroom. I don’t need them seeing how you burn bright for me,” he murmurs for only me to hear. Pulling back, he grins. “Now, you good or need to connect some more?”
Sucking in a breath, I bite my bottom lip and glance around quickly before meeting his gaze once more. “Can I have a few more minutes to really connect?”
“You got it, Syn,” he says, nodding.
I give him a small smile and pull away. I cross my legs under the dress, press my hands to the ground, and keep my eyes locked with Corbin’s. He’s watching me intently, waiting to see what I’m going to do, knowing that I’m trusting him with this as I have with so much more.
Calling to the Goddess through the earth, I feel the healing powers from within the very air surrounding us. The wind whips through my hair. The grass beneath my finger grows, tickling my hands. A bee flies in front of me, buzzing and landing on the tip of my nose. Connecting with the earth is me becoming one with it, letting it rejuvenate my body and soul.
Not once through the whole thing does Corbin look away, and when I draw my hands away from the ground after finding that connection I needed, he draws me into his arms and slants his head, at the same time claiming my lips with his. Corbin takes me to my back, one hand at my hip, the other bracing his weight over me.
Long moments later, Corbin lifts his head just enough to look me in the eyes and whispers, lips brushing mine as he does, “I lied, I’m fuckin’ you right here. There’s no way I’m waiting.”
“I’m okay with that.” And I was. I want the connection to him just like I need the connection to the earth. I have a feeling that he might just end up turning into a need that I can’t live without.
Chapter Seventeen
Corbin
Taking Karsyn in the middle of the meadow relieved some of the anger boiling inside me. There was no way I could pull myself back if I wanted to after witnessing first-hand how she connected with the earth. If my brothers saw what she did, they would know that it can never be spoken of. I won’t allow it to get out. It could endanger her, and that cannot happen.
She didn’t just connect with the earth, and I don’t think she even knows it, but the instant she started glowing once again, her body sent a wave out, calling out like a beacon. Like it was calling to the animals in the area. My wolf had come to the surface to watch her as well, and together we took her right there, not giving a damn who could be watching. My brothers would know better than to watch mates when it becomes apparent, as it did for Karsyn and myself.
It also didn’t help that what happened to her at Dyrk was still fucking with my head. I didn’t like the fact she passed out the way she did. She’d all but zapped her energy to do what she did. Realizing exactly what she did, I’m torn between fucking her again and putting her over my knee. If I do that, though, I’ll still end up fucking her, I know it without a doubt.
Now, walking Karsyn back to the clubhouse, she refused to allow me to carry her (she wanted to walk barefoot through the woods), knowing what I’ve got to do when I get her there is going to keep me from doing things I promised I would. I still need to take her and Sage shopping to get things she needs and wants, but I also have to meet with my brothers. They need to know what’s happening, and I still need to speak with Big Daddy before he leaves. I’m sure by now he’s ready to go see my brother and niece. When he goes, he can tell Cyrus that his mate now also has the protection of the vampires. Which confuses the fuck out of me because how the fuck would they agree to protect her when they’ve yet to meet her. Hell, I don’t even know who the fuck she is other than the fact she’s a witch we helped save alongside Jazmine.
But I’m willing to bet Karsyn knows who she is.
“How did you know my brother’s mate’s name?”
“What?” she asks, tilting her head back and cocking it slightly to meet my gaze.
“You knew the name of my brother’s mate, how? He hasn’t even met his mate yet.”
“I don’t know exactly. I just did.” Her brows furrow, and she sucks in a breath. “There are times when I just know things. It’s like they just come to me, similar to a vision.”
Like the one she showed me.
The whole damn magic thing is confusing, and I think it’s high time we learned to understand it. This way, we can’t be caught by surprise. I definitely want to understand it, not just because of Karsyn but my daughter as well. I haven’t forgotten what she admitted the day before. Sage was gifted with something special, and it’s a gift that needs to be protected. No one can know. If they find out, she’ll be hunted from all over. The blood witches would stop at nothing to get their hands on her, just as they’ll do whatever it takes to get Karsyn back.
This is something I refuse to allow to happen, and I’m not about to let it. To get to either of them, they’ll have to kill me first, and again, that’s something they’ll find hard to do.
“You go ahead to the room and get cleaned up. I need to speak with Big Daddy and my brothers. Once I’m done, I’ll take you and Sage out.” Not that I want to take her anywhere right now, knowing what I now know, but she needs to be normal as she’s never been before.
The danger surrounding her is a risk I’ll have to take. Karsyn should be able to get the things she needs and pick them out herself.
“Okay, but maybe you should just take Sage out and spend some time with her. I’m okay with what I have right now. Dane picked me up several things. More than I’ve ever had at one time, to be honest, and . . .”
“Syn, I’m taking you with us, so don’t even finish that shit.” The truth of her statement pisses me off, and I don’t want to hear any more. “I’m going to talk to them, then come find you and Sage. After that, we’ll go out. Later,” I lower my voice, tugging her firmly into my front and holding her securely, “later, when we’re alone again, I’m going to slide inside you. Fuck you deep and sleep with my cock inside you.”
I watch her expression, see the way her eyes dilate, the way her nostrils flare, and her lips part on a breath. She’s quickly become everything to me, and doesn’t even realize it. I hadn’t even accepted it completely until we were in the meadow, and I saw the remarkable sight of her. The sweet scent of her arousal hits my senses, and my wolf snarls in my head, demanding I take her here and now, be damned anything else.
Tilting my head down, I brush a kiss against her mouth, keeping it brief and letting her go. “No, before I take you here. The wolf in me wants out, and I’ve got other shit to do before I can let him.”
”Okay,” Karsyn breathes, steps back, furrows her brow, and cocks her head slightly.
