He needed to keep Beth warm. He urged her to bed, covering her with a thick woolen quilt before he slid under it as well. Beth snuggled to his body. She was still shivering with cold, but Jase ensured that the cool air had no chance to get under the quilt. He hugged Beth and entangled their legs into a cold and warm knot.
Blood was still flowing slowly from their wounds, leaving smudges on the sheets and their bodies. Beth evidently wasn’t in the mood to complain about the mess, and Jase… he found it arousing.
The scent of their bodies mixed with the coppery smell of their blood was intoxicating. The best fragrance in the whole world. The scent of possessiveness and absolute commitment… The scent of the two of them.
Jase pressed his bleeding wrist to Beth’s mark scar and took a deep br
