At first, she keeps her distance. There’s a gap between us, and she shivers so bad that the fur covering us vibrates.
I sigh. “Phoenix, you need to be close to me for this to work.”
Nix growls in frustration, then twists and turns under the fur until finally, she presses her back to my chest and shoves her ass right into my crotch.
I’m struck by lightning.
Oh, dear spirits of the gods.
For a moment, I stop breathing.
I’m frozen.
“What?” Nix snaps.
“Nothing.” I manage to get the word out and rest my arm around her.
My throat is dry.
Oh, please please please, don’t have a boner now.
I’m so rigid and tense, sweat drips down my spine.
Okay, I need to focus on something else.
Nix makes the cutest satisfied sigh and wiggles a little. “You were right. You’re like a damn furnace.”
Focus on something else than her juicy ass pressed close to me, the intoxicating scent of her?—
Snap out of it!I scold myself.
Think about something else.
Think about something else.
Dragons!
Yes, counting dragons.
One dragon, two dragons, three dragons, four very scary deadly dragons, five?—
“Jax, why are you counting dragons in your mind?”
Oh, fuck me.
“It’s something I like to do when I’m trying to focus. You close that door between us and rest your pretty eyes. Don’t worry about it.”
“Well, I’d love to, but you’re so loud. It’s distracting.”
I huff a quiet laugh against her hair.
Every instinct in my body screams to pull her closer.
But I don’t.
Gods.It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
“Close the door, Phoenix,” I whisper.
