Chapter 21 Bo #2
“You’re positively beautiful,” I whisper in awe. Somehow, in only the few days that she’s been with us, she’s already looking a hundred times healthier. Her skin is practically glowing, her ribs are no longer sticking out, and her hips and breasts now have more of a curve to them.
“So are you,” she whispers back, making me laugh in surprise.
“You think I’m beautiful?” I ask with a smirk.
She nods her head, her eyes trailing up and down my body as if mesmerized by me. It makes me stand a little taller to know my mate is so attracted to me. “Beautiful, handsome, hot,” she says before licking her lips.
“Alright, little mate. Stop looking at me like that, or we’re going to have trouble,” I mumble as I scoop her up. She squeaks out in surprise as she quickly tries to make sure her little leaf is covering her pretty little pussy.
I pinch my lips together to stop myself from saying anything as I march over to the hot spring. Ronan and Hawk are already there, wearing their loincloths, and Ronan smirks, holding his arms out to me.
“Dammit,” I hiss, passing her over, realizing I need to change too.
I run to my bag and strip as fast as possible, tying my loincloth around myself so haphazardly that I rip the bottom of the front leaf off.
“Whoops,” I say, trying to lean over to see if it’s still covering me.
But the entire contraption is completely useless.
I’ve been half hard since she took off her dress, and the leaf isn’t doing anything to hide me.
“Fuck it,” I whisper to myself before jogging back just as Ronan lowers himself down in the center of the hot spring.
Luckily, it seems to have a low spot where we can gradually walk in, and I don’t hesitate to join the three of them.
Hawk finds a large rock to sit on that submerges him up to his neck.
I feel around the hot spring and find a few more rocks lining the outside, as if it were made for this very purpose.
Ronan sits on one across from Hawk and sighs as the warm water covers most of his chest, coming up to Willow’s neck, where she sits in his lap.
“Lean back,” he instructs her. And she takes a second to get herself comfortable, her back resting against his chest, then she sighs in contentment.
“Feeling better?” I ask with a smile and she nods.
“Yes. The warm water feels so nice. It’s like a giant bath.”
She glances around the cave as she asks, “What’s happening with your charm? Have you figured it out yet?”
“We think it’s the flint rock and fire,” I tell her. “Possibly something to do with extinguishing the fire is what releases the magic, or whatever it is.”
“We will put it out after we’re done here,” Ronan adds. “Then, if we’re right, we should see new growth several hours later.”
“It’s a good plan,” Hawk says with a nod from beside me.
She licks her lips as her eyes dip to stare at the water's surface. The water has a small current in it, from where it’s fed in from a small stream along the wall, so we can’t see under the surface, and I wonder why she suddenly looks a little nervous.
“What are you thinking?” I ask, needing to know where her mind just went.
“Oh, I was just thinking about how this is all going to be over tomorrow.” My heart skips a beat as a feeling of dread starts to form in my stomach.
“What do you mean?” Hawk asks bluntly. I’m glad he asked because I feel utterly speechless right now. Like one wrong word could send her running from us.
She finally lifts her gaze to meet his. “The Mating Hunt. It’s over tomorrow, right?”
“Yes,” he answers slowly as we all continue to stare at her, hoping she’ll elaborate.
When she just continues to stare at the water, I feel the urge to prod her. “How does that make you feel?”
Her beautiful eyes turn to meet mine as she tells us, “Happy that we will no longer have to hide out in this annoying forest while being hunted. But I’m nervous about what comes next.”
“Which is?” I prod, desperate to know what she’s thinking.
“Meeting your family and friends. What if they don’t like me?”
My jaw drops open as I stare at her. Hope and desperation fill my chest as I slowly push off my seat and move closer to her.
Finding her hands under the water, I grab them and bring them up to my lips. Hope fills me as I ask, “You’ve decided to stay with us?”
A slow smile spreads across her luscious lips, then she nods. “Yes.”
Unable to stop myself, I lean forward and kiss her. When I pull back, Ronan turns her sideways in his lap and cups her face. “Are you saying you want to be our mate, tiny treasure? That you want to bond with us?”
She bites her lip and nods.
“There’s no rush to complete—”
“I want to,” she says quickly, interrupting him.
She looks at me, then her eyes find Hawk, who’s now right at my side as we press close to her.
“I don’t know what will happen in my future, if I’ll ever see my sister again, or my world, but what I do know is that I don’t want to spend a single day without the three of you. ”
Ronan’s lips crash to hers as my heart soars.
She’s choosing us.
I never thought I’d be blessed with a mate, and now I have the most amazing one I’ve ever met, and I get to share her with my two best friends. My heart swells with so much happiness that it feels like it might beat right out of my chest.
Hawk turns her in Ronan’s lap and kisses her, as if he can’t wait a moment longer.
I take that time to let my hands rub up her legs until I find the thin string around her waist, then I rip it, knowing she’ll never need to wear it again.
Now that she’s ours, there’s no need for any clothing when we are together.
Ronan’s hand grazes mine as he finds her clit, and she cries out against Hawk. I smirk, loving the sight of her becoming desperate like this. My hands move up and I rip off her top.
This time, I take the prize for myself, grabbing both her breasts and softly squeezing them. She pushes them into my hands, telling me she likes my touch, and when my thumbs find her stiff peaks she cries out, tearing her mouth from Hawk’s as she sucks in some much-needed air.
“I suggest we take this to dry land,” Ronan says before kissing her neck.
As she’s mostly facing me, I grab her legs and pull her against me, wrapping my arms around her back and ass and standing up, walking out of the hot spring as fast as I can.
I walk along the grass to our bed and set her on her feet as Ronan puts the fire out. Hawk grabs one of the blankets to dry her off as I grab my own loincloth and rip it away.
She gasps, her wide eyes staring down at my cock, and when Hawk finishes drying her, a growl escapes my throat.
“Fuck, you’re exquisite,” I whisper, taking in her body. That’s when she finally seems to notice she’s naked, gasping as she tries to wrap her arms around herself. “Oh, no you don’t,” I tell her as I grab her arms and pull them away, taking my time to truly study her.
“So fucking gorgeous,” I mumble, shaking my head. The other two move to stand beside me, and I keep a hold of her wrists so she can’t hide from us.
The three of us stand there, unmoving, as we take in every inch of her perfect skin. Her cheeks fill with a blush that starts to creep down to her chest. A chest I want to taste.
There is no part of her I don’t crave, and the thought of finally completing the bond has me smiling as I take a small step toward her.