Reaching Answers (Artemis University #8) - Erin R Flynn Page 0,106
more than I do being this tall,” I complained playfully. I pressed my lips to his ear before he had a chance to snark back. “Thank you for this, my dragon. I needed this and it’s like, the best present ever.”
He turned his head so our lips were almost touching and he could look into my eyes. “I wanted you to have some fun. You did all of this, Tamsin. This is all because of you. You’ve had help, but you started this and have pushed them, just like you did those guys who are now playing with the kids. It’s what you do, but you don’t always get to see the good. You need to stop and see the ripples, the good.”
“I do,” I agreed, giving him a soft kiss. “Thank you for making sure I do.”
“You’re welcome.”
“I appreciate it.”
“I know.”
“No, I really appreciate this. Which is why you’re going to get a special present too. I’m going to reserve a weekend just for us at one of my resorts and it’s going to be a magical weekend as well. A naked weekend with lots of healing runes and offering myself to you the whole time, my nape showing and no clothes.”
“For the love of fuck, Tamsin,” he growled, reaching behind him to try and grab me.
I crawled up him the other way, nipping at his ear. “No, but I’m going to love you fucking me. As hard as you want. As deep as you want. River can even drive and let you do me however he wants his mate. Spread wide or maybe some of that nuzzling I’ve given Darby he gets some jealous of? I think I want to try nuzzling my dragon?”
“I’m so fucking hard for you,” he snarled, catching me on the other side and yanking me around with a fake out. He wrapped me around him and kissed me like no one was around. “That sounds like a great present, but watching you smile and finally getting to enjoy your home instead of wincing at the mention of it or being scared it might only hurt you was the best thank you I could have asked for.”
Damn, he was good. Tears burned my eyes yet again as we kissed. That was amazing and snapped the final thread of what I’d been trying to deny.
“I love you, Hudson,” I breathed against his lips.
His eyes went wide and then he simply blinked at me. “Really? I mean, really?”
He waited until I nodded before letting out a huge whoop and tossing me up in the air like the others did the kids. He easily caught me and spun us around until I was dizzy, finding the nearest tree to press me up against and attacking my mouth, making sure to hide me from the others as if they didn’t know what we were doing.
“I love you too, Tamsin. I really do. I want you to be—I want us to be real. This isn’t just friends with benefits and hookups for me. And this isn’t about us being mates. What I feel is—”
“It’s not casual anymore, and it wasn’t even before everything happened,” I admitted.
“Yeah, it’s been more for a while.” He kissed me when I nodded. “I know we can’t be out, and I’m not saying we announce we’re mates. I just want us to be on the same page.”
“We’re on the same page, you pushy dragon,” I promised. “You’re mine and I’m yours. The rest we’ll figure out as we go. It’s dangerous for both of us to try and go public as things are, so keep up appearances as you need to or take dates to things, but no more betrothals or anything else, or I might claw some bitches up.”
I’d never seen Hudson laugh so hard. Apparently, the damn dragon liked my jealous side.
Glad to hear it, because I didn’t.
The next crazy fun came when Chief trotted over with the football I used to play fetch with the pack. Most of the fairies looked at me like I was nuts when I took the ball and threw it as far as I could.
Especially the dark fairies. The fae dogs who weren’t sworn to me were used to working with dark fairies and were hanging with them… Except I knew the truth.
“I hear their thoughts,” I busted the dogs, smirking at the group of Dark Guardians. “They’re dying to join in and wished you guys gave them as much TLC as I give my packs.”