“Shit, is he going to be a problem during the coming battle?” I chew my lip.
Jayden’s thumb runs across it, freeing it from my teeth. “I don’t think so. He knows what’s at stake for everyone.”
“I hope so. He needs to live up to the reason he was left there for the battle. To be a leader.” My head thumps against the door.
“I’ll handle Dax. Don’t worry about it.” He runs his nose up along my neck.
“Are we done talking, then?” I ask.
“Absolutely. I don’t have a lot of time. It will never be enough time with you,” Jayden whispers against my neck.
“It’s harder without you but not impossible. I had to light up the sky to beat them so Kira could control them and send them to the academy.”
“I’m going crazy at the academy wondering what’s happening with you. When you called me covered in blood, I thought I was going to lose my mind.”
“It could have been a monster’s blood,” I say.
“It was gold, Beth. That comes with its own concerns.” Jayden grips my hips with shaking hands.
I sigh, pressing my forehead to his. “We have no idea what that would have done to me, but yeah, I don’t think I can get dosed from my own blood.”
“Smart-ass.” He kisses me hard.
His hands skim up my hips to slip beneath the fabric of my shirt. A shiver travels down my spine all the way to my toes.
“I need to see it.” His lips paint a fiery trail down my neck to my shoulder.
“Then take my shirt off and look for yourself, baby,” I whisper.
My hands clench in his shirt as he slowly exposes my stomach.
“You have to let go of my shirt and raise your arms, love.” Jayden nips my shoulder.
His fingertips brush the underside of my breasts, and I release his shirt. I raise my arms up over my head as he commanded. Jayden smirks.
“Good girl.” He pushes my shirt over my breasts and stops.
He bends down and sucks my nipple into his mouth through the fabric of my lacy bra. Fire races a path through my veins, lighting everything up inside me.
I rub my thighs together, aching for friction. My back arches as he sucks the other into his mouth in the same way.
“I need it off, Jayden. Please, you’re torturing me here.”
“Patience, love.” He chuckles against my breast.
Leaning back against the door, I wrap one leg around him and press my body against his, wiggling my hips. “I don’t have any patience. I need you.”
Jayden yanks the shirt the rest of the way over my head and tosses it to the side. He plants his hands on the door on both sides of my head and leans in. My chest heaves with every breath as his teeth graze over my collarbone, his tongue swiping out in a long lick across my shoulder.
“I want to savor this. Savor you, my love. This will get me through the coming battle until I can see you again.” His fingers skim across my sides to my back, brushing featherlight touches just underneath the clasp of my bra.
“No. We aren’t talking about that right now. This isn’t our last night together. This is the start of something more. We just have to get through this next challenge and we’re free.” I thread my fingers through his hair and yank his head up.
My lips crash against his and I run my tongue along the seam to demand entrance. With a quick flick of his fingers against my back, my bra flutters to the floor. Jayden’s tongue dances with mine as he pulls me so our bodies are flush together with no space between us.
His hands roam up my back until one grips the back of my neck in a possessive hold, angling my head exactly the way he wants me. His other hand fists my hair, yanking my head to the side. Tiny pinpricks of pain in my scalp heighten my impending orgasm and he’s barely touched me.
Gripping his shirt, I yank it over his head, momentarily breaking the kiss, and run my hands over his chest down to his abs and lower to the waistband of his jeans.
