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He continues to move us, relishing in my fight that he manages to contain. He doesn’t falter, even when I become more frantic and sporadic with my swings, both arms and legs, until I’m suddenly floating through the air.
I hit the ground in the next breath, the wind leaving my lungs as I gape up at him. A pleased smile spreads across his face as he looks down at me through hooded eyes.
The blades of grass tickle my skin as I press my palms into the ground. I’m still trying to catch my breath when he reaches down, grabbing the neckline of my tee with his bare hands and tearing at the fabric. It parts effortlessly at his touch, goosebumps rippling over my chest and stomach as the breeze dances over my skin.
When I grab his wrists, he doesn’t even look up at me as he smirks, snapping my bra in two. “I don’t know why anyone uses magic to remove clothing when it’s so much sweeter like this,” he murmurs, his gaze traveling over my exposed breasts as his hands continue lower.
I dig my nails into his skin, but he doesn’t even flinch as he tugs at my shorts. I try to swing my legs at him, eager to give him the fight he’s so desperate for, but he quickly drops to his knees, pinning my thighs to the ground as he discards my shorts to reveal the lace panties underneath.
“Did you wear these for me?” His gaze finally meets mine, desire swirling with promise.
“No.”
His eyes narrow, his jaw ticking as he trails a finger over the delicate material.
“That makes sense. If it were for me, you wouldn’t be wearing anything at all,” he remarks, and a second later, the sound of tearing fabric echoes in my ears.
His legs press into my thighs, holding me in position as I release my pointless hold on his arms. His eyes trail over me slowly, from head to core and back again. I’m bare and spread out on the ground for him.
Anyone could walk around the back of the house and see us like this, but he doesn’t seem to care and neither do I.
My skin is hot with need, but I want to see him fall to his knees first. “You have me right where you want me. What now?”
“It’s cute that you think you need to know that information in advance,” he says with the sexiest grin turning up the corner of his mouth.
Ass.
“I deserve that information, Brax. I’m not playing this game with you where you get me all worked up again and leave me needy because you made a dumb promise,” I snap, my body tensing. I’m not lying. I can’t play around like he did in the cave. Not right now. I can’t handle it.
He frowns, staring at me for what feels like forever until his fist slams into the ground beside my head. “Do you have any idea what you do to me?” he bites, leaning closer so his face hovers over mine. I’m taken aback by the tightness in his tone, confused with where the fuck it comes from, but I don’t back down.
“I have an idea,” I mutter, very aware of what all four of my guys do to me, including this angry asshole.
He shakes his head as he grumbles, “No, you fucking don’t.” His eyes stare deeper into mine as his nostrils flare.
“How so?”
“You set me on fire, Raven. Make me question my entire being. Leave me confused as fuck. Desperate to go against my own word. Something I’ve never, ever done. Yet for you, I would do anything.”
I feel like I can’t breathe, yet I get the overwhelming urge to express how I feel as well.
“I have never let anyone close to me. Not even a friend. Then the four of you came along and broke through every wall I’ve spent so long perfecting, strengthening. Piece by piece, you break me down and leave me bare. I’m lying here physically naked, but I’m emotionally exposed too. You make me…feel. The numbness fades and there’s so much emotion beneath the surface that I’ve never felt before. I don’t know what to do with it.”
His jaw tics. I can practically hear his thoughts. Trying to find the right words to express that this is harder for him to accept than me, but it’s not a battle I want. Not when my heart breaks and melts for them all at once.
I want to scream with the pain of the separation from Eldon, Zane, and Creed, but it mellows when I let the truth settle over me.
I’ve known it. I’ve known it for a while now. I wanted to find a way for them all to hear it at the same time, but now that I’m lying here, exposed and vulnerable once again, instead of the words feeling like lead on my tongue, they’re bursting to part my lips.
“I love you.” I exhale, the feeling of contentment washing over me as I accept the words. “I love you all.” The words make tears prick my eyes and a ghost of a smile touch my lips. “But I love you because you don’t treat me like a delicate flower. You see past everything, looking deep at my soul. The good, the bad, the ugly, and you accept it all. You accept me. You make vows like killing my brother and refusing to touch me until it’s done because you believe so strongly in righting the world for me. You protect, you demand, you snap, and you order, all of it with love, and I feel it in my fucking bones. You’ve never promised to be a good man, a nice guy, but you’ve given me every inch of yourself instead. And on top of it all, when the two of us lie here in this moment, you know you have gone above and beyond for me since we left Ashdale, fighting to be a version of Creed, Zane, and Eldon too. Not for you, not for them, but for me. I didn’t know how to accept that, someone’s dedication, undoubted loyalty and trust, and you didn’t give me the option, feeding me drips of a life I breathe for.” My bottom lip trembles, effectively cutting off my rambling, but now that the dam has been opened, I’m powerless to stop it.
His eyes drill into mine, the muscles in his neck bunching as he holds his position over me. I sink my teeth into my bottom lip, awaiting the taste of copper on my tongue, fighting back all of the emotions bubbling to the surface as the truth spills from my mouth.
“You make me whole, Raven. Whole,” he rasps, shifting his legs so he’s no longer pinning me to the ground, but I don’t move, too enraptured in his eyes. One brown. One green. His tongue peeks out and his pants disappear from his legs, revealing his long, stiff cock jutting in my direction. “Magic can be useful sometimes,” he muses, making me grin, and he uses that moment to grab my thighs, lifting them to my chest as he aligns his length with my core.
I gasp as he inches inside of me, my desire easing the friction as he stretches my pussy.
“Fuck,” he grunts when he’s fully seated inside of me.
