“Sam, I love you,” I whimper under the power of his body. “I don’t care if you don’t feel the same, I love you.”
His thumb traces my lip before smoothing down my chin to my neck, holding it in his hands gently but firm. “I have loved you from the moment I saw you. I have felt every emotion when it comes to you, Harriet. Anger mostly.”
My eyes dart to his in fear. “Anger?” I whisper, my voice in fear.
He kisses me slowly and tenderly before removing his hands so they are beside my head. “Angry at that prick for ever making you cry. Angry at myself for not seeing the signs before, seeing you as the same as me. Angry that I hid who I am from you. But most of all, angry that everyone gets to look at you when I was so desperate to have you to myself.”
My heart flutters and I wrap my arms around his neck pulling him closer to me, the cold woodland floor against my back. But Sam, the heat that is radiating off him keeps any chill from setting in.
“Your body…” I trace his chest with my fingers. “It is so warm,” I whisper.
“It’s part of it. Changing makes my magic boil.” He smirks,looking into my eyes. “And you, Harri, you make my blood feel like I’m in a furnace.”
“Mine started with a tingle, but I can feel it start to burn.” I look at my hand behind his head, studying it like I can see the magic moving within.
“It does that.” He smiles. “How long have you known, you know, about magic?” he questions as he starts kissing my neck, making my lower stomach start to flutter along with my heart.
“Not long,” I muster through a gasp, his lips tracing back up my throat.
He meets my soft gaze. “You are my flame,” he whispers, his voice barely audible, but powerful in its truth. “The one I’ve been searching for in every lifetime.” Sam pulls back slightly, his forehead resting against mine, his breath coming in shallow gasps. “I never knew love could feel like this,” he confesses, his voice barely a whisper in the sacred silence of the woods. “You are my everything, Harri.”
I can’t help but smile, my hands threading through his hair, pulling him back down to me. “And you are mine.” I breathe against his lips, my magic a gentle, burning caress that matches the heat of his own. Our connection is beyond words, beyond explanation. It feels like a bond older than the stars, a fire that could never be extinguished. Granny is right. We are twin flames, reborn again in this moment, destined to ignite the world with our love. And in the heart of the forest, beneath the moonlight, we burn together.
I push Sam from on top of me, pushing him up until he is kneeling in front of me. I get myself up onto my knees in front of him, looking up at him. My heart races in my chest, sweat now creating droplets on my back. A deep hunger radiates from within. I pull my coat from off me slowly, keeping his gaze on mine, along with my jumper and T-shirt. He takes in my naked chest, his eyes wide and filled with desire.
He cups my face in his hand and pulls my chin up to him to kiss. A kiss that throbs in my core. His other hand is pulling the small of my back closer into him. The heat of our bodies touching is like molten lava, burning every inch of my skin, but I can’t pull away. I am addicted to the heat. I am addicted to him.
I push him further back until he wobbles backwards off his knees to the woodland floor, his back resting on the bark of a towering tree. I move from my knees to my feet, removing the clothing from the bottom half of me.
I stand there looking down at him, my naked body in front of his, vulnerable in the middle of the woods, the moonlight bathing our bodies in its glow. Never in my life have I felt as powerful as I do right now. I can feel the vibrations of the earth below my feet. I can feel the wind’s kiss upon my skin. All of it in sync with me.
My magic is more awake now than before. I can feel it rushing around my bloodstream and tantalising my body.
Sam’s deep green eyes stare up at me in awe. The whole forest shines within the shadowed jade colour of them. I make my way towards him, my feet light on the ground beneath us, until I am stood over him. He lifts his hands to my legs, stroking them softly with his fingertips.
“You’re breathtaking,” he whispers, making a small smile pull from the corner of my lips.
I lower down slowly, easing myself onto the length of him. His eyes roll into the back of his head along with a small gasp from his lips. I have him. My power has him.
I grind my hips against him, placing my hands on his shoulders to steady my movements, slow and sensual against the backdrop of the moon. I kiss him deeply, exploring his tongue with my own. He holds my hips tightly in his hands, guiding me.
He moves down from my mouth kissing my throat, his breathing heavy and hot against me.
“Lean back,” he rasps through his breaths. “I wanna see all of you when I make you explode.” He clenches his hands harder on my hips, leaving bruises of lust.
I do as commanded, leaning back and using my hands to hold on to my calves behind me. Heat flushes my chest and his eyes burn into my breasts, then trailing down lower.
I look up at the tree canopy above us. Stars twinkle between the branches that sway in the light wind of the night. I feel Sam move his hand for full access between my legs. He circles his thumb slowly in tandem with my movements. He grabs my ass in his other hand and moves his own hips in sync with mine.
“You’re mine,” he growls from his throat as his movements speed up. “Nobody else gets to see you like this.”
I move my hips faster, desperate for him to fill me, own me, his hands grabbing my body with everything he has.
The stars above us seem to blur in the moment as I climb closer to the edge. My magic burns through my chest along with my love for him.
I feel the sensation flood my centre as I crash over the cliff, falling into him as my body gives over to the intense pleasure he provides.
I feel Sam fall with me, his breathing fast and heartbeat pounding through his chest, as I lie there trying to command oxygen to my lungs, clawing at his shoulders and kissing him with everything I have.
