You can do it for days or even weeks, and when she finally comes, it’s violent and beautiful.” Lore turned, nodding at the ladies who all whispered behind their hands, staring at him. “That’s right, come to daddy. Daddy knows how to edge a bitch right good, ladies!”
“It’s cruel and unusual punishment,” I snorted.
“Only if he doesn’t finish,” Siobhan supplied.
“Yeah, tell me that in a few days after he’s finally gotten into those panties, Aria. You’ll scream so loud that you’ll bring the dire wolves down on our heads. Which hopefully doesn’t happen,” Lore muttered, shivering.
I almost tripped again, righting myself before face-planting on the ground. Rubbing my neck, I ignored the burning in my legs and the ache in my back from the sleeping child. I turned to the woman, intending to ask her name, and ran into something solid. Knox righted my body, looking down at me with something dark and wicked in his stare.
The crowd behind me went silent as he slid his eyes over my head, reaching behind me to pull the toddler off my back. Silently, I watched him settle in next to me, holding the child as we started walking again.
“What are we talking about?” Knox’s lips twitched when I turned my attention toward him.
“It looks like rain. Wouldn’t you agree?” I swallowed audibly as he lifted his eyes to the cloudless sky, dropping them back to study me.
“The last time you said that people exploded, Aria.”
“Those weren’t people, Knox,” I frowned.
Studying the way he held the sleeping toddler as if he’d done it a million times before, I smiled tightly. It was easy to forget that he’d had a child and was accustomed to carrying them. My brow furrowed as I looked away, fighting the pang of regret in my chest as my beast tried to force my eyes back to the sight of Knox with a babe in his arms. Her jealousy was palpable.
Knox didn’t answer, choosing to ignore my comment as he continued walking. More and more men dismounted, picking up children until pretty much they all carried a child, and walked with them, or just walked. Knox stopped, and we all halted to see what had made him pause. I looked around us, realizing that everyone was off their horses, all the way down the line.
“We’re taking a break at the next watering hole,” Knox snorted, looking down at me with sparkling eyes, shaking his head at the lunacy of the situation. He leaned over and brushed his nose against my ear, smiling against my neck. “All these people are walking because your pussy got edged, and they’re all aware of it because you can’t whisper worth a shit.”
“I’m very aware of my whispering issue. According to the whispers in the back of the line, most assume you couldn’t get me off. If you listened closely, they’re wondering about your prowess in the bedroom now.”
“The fuck they are,” he snorted, looking back over his shoulder. I smirked, hiding it in my shoulder as the woman beside me observed with wide eyes. “Why would they even think something so insanely untrue?”
“Because that happens when rumors spread, I guess. So much for your seduction skills,” I laughed, enjoying the horror displayed on his face. “They’re all assuming you’re a minute-man.”
“You realize if I were to turn on the seduction, you’d end up dripping like the waterfall you took us over when I caught your pretty ass.”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think you could seduce a limp leaf off a tree in a hurricane, Knox,” I snorted, watching his eyes narrow on me as if he was calculating what to say.
In fact, he looked like a man planning to go to war against my vagina. And it was a vagina already in a state of emergency, preparing to wave the white flag of surrender. His lips twitched, and my eyes rounded as people moved aside to let a wagon through. I stared, mouth opened at the stack of pineapples that wobbled as it moved ahead of us, taunting me.
“That’s your dinner because I’m planning to eat that pussy, and you taste much sweeter when you’ve eaten some,” he whispered, smirking roguishly. “And I guess we’ll see if I taste better after eating it as well, won’t we?”
“I surrender,” I groaned, turning to watch the humor dancing in his eyes.
“What?” he laughed loudly.
The sound of Knox’s laughter caused Lore to turn; his mouth open in shock at the sound. It saddened me his laughter