“I don’t know where she is, and I couldn’t tell you if she was five feet away or a mile.”
“That’s because you’re not freaky.”
“That’s not what the ladies say, but that’s later, as I always steal their breath.”
I couldn’t keep a smile hidden anymore.
“Or crush it from them,” Callan remarked.
Ianto and I laughed as Farley rolled his eyes.“Oh good, so you guys can fuck.Yippee for you.Some of us have evolved past such pursuits.Can we move along now?”
“You miss your dick, don’t you, Farley?”I asked.
Farley glanced down at himself.“I do,” he lamented.“I really do.”
“If it makes you feel any better, you have the personality of a giant dick.”
Ianto and Callan chuckled as Farley glowered at me.“I’m helping you out, Pretty Boy.”
“I know.”
Ellery emerged from behind a copse of trees.She had her bow and quiver slung over her shoulder.
Though the day had started to warm, she still wore the deerskin cloak Scarlet made for her.With her hair pulled into a braid, her elegant features were on clear display, as was the radiant smile that lit her face when she saw me.
That smile caused my heart to skip a beat as I strode toward her.Clasping her hips, I plucked her off the ground, and her fingers entwined against my nape when I kissed her.
I forgot about the others while I tasted her and relished the way she felt against me.She’d always smelled of apples, but now that she was in the Revenant Woods all the time, she’d also taken in the forest’s fresh air and pine scent.
She’d been beautiful and happy in her manor, but something about this place brought out even more wildness from her already feral spirit.She was at home here, more so than the others, and it showed in the way she blended in with the trees, savored nature, and embraced everything about this place.
CHAPTEREIGHTY-FOUR
Ryker
When I set her down,a pretty flush tinged her cheeks as she blinked at me from under long lashes.“What are you doing out here?”I asked her.
“Hunting; what are you doing out here?”
“Farley’s brought word that Val returned.Where’s the rest of the hunting party?”
“They’re heading back to the encampment with the two deer and three buxon we killed.When I sensed you, I told them to go ahead without me.It’s just you three?”
“And me,” Farley interjected.
“And you, of course,” Ellery assured him.“But no one else from the encampment?”
“We can’t spare anyone else with all the building going on,” I said.
“I’ll join you then.”
She slid her hand easily into mine and fell into step beside me as we resumed our trek through the forest.
“Why are you being so quiet?”she asked Farley after a few minutes had passed.
“Your boyfriend’s a dick,” Farley muttered.
Ellery glanced at me.“What did you do?”
