Chapter 14

- Noker -

Bronwen rolls up her blue pants and wade into the clear water. "That feels good on the feet. Try it!"

I check the jungle around us, using both my eyes and the other sense. I can't see any dangers lurking, but those can appear quickly. The possibility of seeing Bronwen bathing in the sunlight weighs up for the delay it will cause. And after all, even if we have to walk the last distance in the dark, I now trust my ability to see in the dark much more than before. Using it from up on the Mount showed me how powerful it is.

I drop the backpack and steady it against a rock, along with my spear, before I walk into the stream next to Bronwen. "Hopefully none of the boys will come and see us."

"Oh, do they own river?" Bronwen asks. "Not allow Noker to bathe?"

I chuckle. "No, of course they don't. I just meant they might see… you."

"But you'll see them before they get close," she counters and pulls off her upper garment, leaving her bare from the waist up. She tosses it to me, and I place it carefully on top of the backpack.

"Very likely," I agree as my crotch swells to a painful degree, stretching the fabric of my shorts and making it creak with the strain. I can't control that when I see her smooth, soft skin and that marvelous chest.

Bronwen's gaze wanders down my body and ends up right there. "That look tight. Maybe take shorts off? You should get clean, too."

She has a point. With fingers that feel numb I undo the fastening of the shorts and pull them down. Freed of its cage, my manhood stands skywards.

Bronwen stares. "That… that's big."

I fold my shorts nicely and put them on top of Bronwen's garment. "It's big because you're here," I explain. "It's normally not as stiff as this."

She wades closer and gets up on dry land. Then she slides off her pants, folds them up, and stands at the edge of the water, gloriously naked. "How about now?"