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I slide my fingers further down, dipping one into my core while I keep my eyes locked on Ryder.
He lets out a growl and closes the distance between us, shoving me back against the tree. I moan as he presses against me. The expanse of his chest, the weight of his hips, the hard length of his cock, which is straining against his shorts. His lips devour me, his tongue probing deep into my mouth, claiming every inch of it until all I can breathe is him.
After several moments he breaks away and spins me. My breasts press up against the tree and Ryder runs his hands down my ass, grabbing a fistful of flesh. I suck in a sharp breath and my pulse spikes.
“Is this what you want, Ven?” He still sounds mad. He presses me harder into the tree and slides one of his hands slowly between my legs. One long finger explores the opening to my core, and I let out an agonized moan of desire.
“Do you want me to admit that I need you?” Ryder crushes against me, flicking his tongue against my earlobe, kissing down the side of my neck. I shudder. “That I’ve never wanted anything more in my entire life?” Now there’s a seductive purr to his tone, laced with a thread of longing.
He slides his finger along my slickness and then plunges it into me. I cry out as a wave of pleasure spikes through me. His finger hooks and rubs against my G-spot as he slides it back out, making my knees buckle.
“Answer me, Ven,” he commands. “What do you want?”
I can hear him wrestling his belt buckle loose. Pulling the leather free from its loops with a snap, throwing it on the forest floor. His pants join the belt a moment later, and then the enormous length of Ryder’s cock presses into my back. I let out a whimper of desire.
“I’m waiting,” he whispers, kissing along the top of my shoulder and then biting down on the fleshy part.
I’m barely able to speak through my blazing need. “I want you inside me, Ryder. Now.”
He responds by twisting his hips and thrusting into me from behind. I cry out and my whole body shudders. Ryder reaches a hand around to the front of me and begins to assault my clit with his thumb as he pulls out and then drives into me again. Stars dance behind my eyes and a delicious spike of bliss shoots through my body.
He continues to thrust rhythmically in and out of my slick core. Our cries ring out into the trees. A tsunami of ecstasy begins to build, and my magic flares out around us. Ryder responds by unleashing his own aura of lust magic, and this time I don’t try to resist it. It wraps around me, merging with my own magic, and my pleasure increases tenfold.
But it’s not just physical ecstasy in his magic. It’s something else. I can feel something deeper, beyond. The fire that burns at the core of him, his essence, which blends perfectly with my own witch magic. I’ve been with other supernaturals, but I’ve never felt anything like this. My magic reacts to his as they spiral together, amplifying and growing stronger. Like I am the sky and Ryder is the ocean, and our magic is that flash of light at the horizon.
The orgasm hits me like a meteor, hard and fast, an explosion that rockets through my core in wave after wave of bliss. A moment later Ryder yells and shudders as he climaxes inside me. Our magic bursts outward, pulsing across the forest, and I feel the orb melt away. We slump against the tree, breathing heavily. After a moment, Ryder steps back, sliding out of me. He turns me back around and kisses me, slowly this time. His lips taste like electricity and magic, and his heart thrums against mine.
“I usually take my time with these things,” he says softly, moving his kisses down along my jawline and neck. “That was…beyond description.”
I’m still trying to catch my breath, and Ryder’s kisses aren’t helping in the slightest. My heart is hammering in my chest, and the flush of our magic runs through my veins. I don’t know what to think about what just happened, what I felt when our magic merged. I’ve been telling myself this whole time that this is just a physical attraction and nothing more, but it’s starting to feel more and more like a lie.
But no. This was just a one-time thing. Ryder’s made it clear he’s a one-and-done kind of guy. I’ve had one-night stands before, this doesn’t have to be any different. I’ve been hurt far too many times to be vulnerable like that again. And what I’d just felt between us… I can’t stand the idea that it might have been one-sided. That he might not feel the same way.
“That was definitely amazing,” I say, placing a hand on his chest. “We had something we needed to do, and we did it.”
He stiffens for the barest of moments, and I can’t read his expression. I duck out from underneath him and take a step back. Then another. Then another. And one more for good measure.
“The orb is gone,” Ryder says, sounding half-surprised.
“Maranda was right.” I look at him and shrug. “Now we’re free. Just like you wanted.”
After two days of being so close, it feels strange to suddenly be apart. I hadn’t realized how accustomed I’d grown to Ryder’s body heat and magic enveloping me. The scent of him. He’s looking at me with the strangest expression on his face. I think we’re both in shock that the orb is really gone, because I know he doesn’t care for me. He’s done pretty much everything to make sure I understand he’s not the kind of guy you stay with long-term.
Finally, he says, “This will definitely make it easier to break into the drix lab. A liability we don’t have to worry about anymore.”
I nod and bend over to pick my dress up off the leafy forest floor. As I do, I notice dark lines running up my ankle, peeking up just above my boots, from where it got stuck in the hex well. They look like gray vines growing under my skin. Shit.
Taking a deep breath, I slide my dress on and straighten back up. I don’t say anything to Ryder. I have a feeling if I tell him, he’ll try to do some macho crap and go alone, now that the orb is broken. And I feel fine.
“Alright,” I say. “Let’s find this lab.”
