Chapter 27

Taylor

Brexl held the boat still for me as I sat down. Drovo had done a good job with these canoes. They were wide, sturdy, and had wide seats for couples to sit together if they wanted to.

Brexl pushed us off the shore and hopped in. He looked so sexy as he tossed his long hair out of his face. When he caught me staring, his look quickly turned to one of hunger, sending a thrill through me.

“You’re too far away.” Without any effort at all, he lifted me from my seat and sat me on his lap.

“Much better,” he purred.

“Aren’t you eager?” I teased.

“For you, always.”

He captured my chin in his hand and the moment we rounded the bend out of sight of everyone else, his lips crashed against mine. He kissed me deeply until I was breathless, then pulled away.

“I’m sorry. I don’t think there’s enough willpower in the universe to keep me from wanting to touch you, kiss you,” he said as his thumb grazed my lips. “Wanting all of you, every bit, just as you are.”

“Taylor, I want to ask you something.”

“What’s that?” I could hardly hear anything beyond the beating of my heart.

“Will you? Can we?” he struggled to find the right words. “I love you.”

All my breath left me as his words soaked into my soul.

“I love you too.”

He intertwined my fingers in his and held our joined hands to his chest. “Will you be mine? Can we be together as real mates? Together until the end of our days?

“Yes,” I breathed.

He captured my lips with his again, and his hands were soon roving all over my body. One of his hands went down my shirt and found my nipple. He pinched it lightly, and I gasped.

He took the opportunity to pepper my neck with long, sensual kisses. I was on his lap enjoying the feeling of his hard cock beneath me when suddenly our boat started to tip.

Brexl and I had put too much weight on one side and we were soon greeted by the cold river water as the boat tipped over.

Thankfully, the water was shallow here, but I still found myself completely drenched from head to toe.

“Taylor!” Brexl scooped me up in his arms and carried me to the grassy shore.

“Are you alright?” He asked as he checked me over.

“I’m fine, just cold,” I admitted.

“Then let’s warm you up,” he said with a smirk.

Brexl walked as quickly as his long legs would take him back to our private bed cave, and I was thankful for his speed. By the time we got inside, I felt chilled to the bone.

We’d barely entered our cave when Brexl started stripping me of my clothes.

“The longer these stay on, the colder you’ll get.”

I had no argument about that. I pulled my sweater off while he pulled down my pants.

I expected him to stand back up, but instead, he remained on his knees before me. Our eyes met and, he licked his lips.

“Do you have a preference where I begin to warm you up?”

His right hand slowly went up my thigh, and I watched as two of his fingers disappeared into my channel.

My hands flew to his horns as he slid his fingers inside me.

“You’re already so wet. Was this from our kissing in the canoe?” He looked honestly perplexed. It was cute.

“Brexl, I’ve been wet for you all day,” I confessed, feeling breathless.

“What a nice surprise.” He pulled his fingers from my cunt and licked each of them clean.

“I want you, Brexl, pressed against me, surrounding me, inside me,” I breathed.

My mate, my true mate, stood to his full height. He towered over me with his big body that was a foot taller than mine without the horns.

He shot me a heated look full of longing and desire. Then he took a step toward me, pinning me to the wall. He used one clawed finger to rip through the waistband of his pants, and they fell to the floor with a wet thud.

Even though my clothes were gone I was suddenly feeling very warm.

As I took in Brexl’s naked form, I wondered if he’d look different down there if he shifted. That thought was more enticing than it should be, but I wanted all of Brexl, every inch of him, every version of him.

He lifted me onto the furs, where I opened my legs for him in an invitation to come closer. “I want you inside me.”

His expression was serious as he hovered over me. We did not break eye contact as he slid his hard cock through my slickness.

I ran my fingers up and down his beautifully scarred chest.

“Claim me, Brexl. Make me yours.”