“Still with me, baby?” I whispered.
She nodded against my throat, her fingers tracing shaky patterns on my shoulder. “Still here,” she said weakly. “I just…need a minute to remember how bones work.”
“Good,” I growled. “Because one taste isn’t enough. I’m already thinking about the next time you come apart for me.”
Her breath hitched, and she jabbed a finger at my chest like she was scolding a misbehaving dragon. “Sir. I am fragile right now; you can’t just say things like that. My soul tried to leave my body. It’s hovering somewhere above this pond, judging us.”
I tightened my hold just enough to make her breath hitch again.
For a long moment, we just stayed there, the waterfall roaring around us like it was trying to drown the rest of the world. Eventually she shifted, her legs loose
