night with the shifters and Elder Albrecht, I was the weakest link. I never want to be that again. I love you. You love me—even if it freaks you out to say it—I know you do. So I just don’t see the point in holding off. We need to be united and as strong as we possibly can be.”
I can’t argue with the logic behind Sabin’s words, but they don’t exactly make me feel all warm and glowy either. I stop, and it yanks my hand from his when he keeps moving forward. Sabin looks back, his brow furrowed in question.
“So your sudden desire to fuck is all about duty and the greater good?” I ask flatly.
Sabin’s forest-green eyes flit back and forth between my seafoam green irises. He takes a step closer to me, and the quiet intensity that surrounds him makes me shiver.
“My desire for you is not sudden or based on any sense of duty. I’ve wanted inside of you from the minute I walked in on you, Ryker and Valen in the closet. It was all I could do not to unfold that towel around your wet body and lick every drop of water from your skin. I’ve wanted to fuck you among the trees since the second I pulled you off of a runaway Darcy. Then I had to deal with the torture of riding back on Bennet, with you rubbing back against me with every hoof-fall. It would have been easy to reach around, unbutton your pants, and make you moan my name while we slowly made our way back.”
Goosebumps breakout over my skin, and my nipples grow hard and needy with every word out of Sabin’s mouth. He steps closer to me.
“I wanted to be inside of you when I told you I loved you and that you were more than I could have ever wished for. I should have been thrusting in and out of you when I confessed what a dumbass I was for not seeing that clear as crystal right away. I should have been begging for your forgiveness, with deep kisses while you were underneath me, your pussy tightening around my cock and begging for release.”
Wind pushes a strand of hair in my face, and Sabin twirls it around his finger and watches the effect his words have on me. My eyes drop to his lips, and I step into him, the tips of my fingers lightly grazing the muscles of his stomach. My pussy clenches at the feel of him against my hands, his body brushing up against my peaked breasts, his breath on my face. I take the blanket from his pliant hands and move to spread it out.
There’s a tree trunk practically at each corner, and it’s not the most spacious or private, but it will have to do. I turn around to find Sabin’s dark green eyes fixed on my every move. I kick off my shoes and step back onto the blanket, pulling my shirt up and over my head.
“O Captain! My Captain—” I don’t get another word out of my mouth before Sabin’s lips are on mine, his kiss drinking up my unvoiced invitation, his tongue lapping up my desire. I moan his name into his mouth as he pinches my sensitive nipples through my sports bra, and he hums in appreciation when I suck on his bottom lip the way I want him to be sucking on my breasts right now.
With no further direction needed, he whips my bra off, picks me up and lays me on my back on the blanket. His hot mouth latches onto my breast, and he sucks hard as he simultaneously flicks the tip of his tongue against my nipple. It sends zings of sensation from my chest to my clit, and I writhe underneath him, needing more. Sabin trades nipples and shoves his hand between my legs to rub my slit over my pants. I ride that friction as I yank his shirt off and push at the waist of his pants.
Sabin leans back, fire banked in his gaze, and he methodically slips his pants down his thighs and off. I run my greedy and appreciative eyes over his incredible body as he does. His creamy, smooth skin is a gorgeous contrast to the dark tattoo that runs up his left arm, and I want to trace every inch of muscle on his body with my tongue. I free myself of my bottoms, and the cool