Elara’s POV
He carries me to the bank and sets me down gently on a large rock. I pull his shirt closer around my shoulders. Only then do I fully appreciate that he is now topless, with water dripping from his hair and running down his bare chest.
“You got wet,” I say unnecessarily, suddenly very aware of how the afternoon light plays across his bare torso.
I’ve seen him shirtless before, when I was tending to his wounds, but this is different. This is Kael half-naked and beautiful in the golden afternoon light, water droplets caught in the dark hair that trails down his stomach, muscles shifting under bronzed skin as he moves.
Heat floods through me, starting low in my belly and spreading outward until my entire body feels like it’s on fire. My breasts feel heavy and achy, and there’s
