Chapter 13
13
JOHNNY
Lyssa wasn’t comfortable in a saddle. She gripped the reins in a tight hold, her arms and shoulders tense. Her ass had to be hurting with how she held herself instead of her body moving with Chestnut’s gait.
She didn’t complain. In fact, she looked to be enjoying it. Her face was lit like a child’s on Christmas morning, excited for something new, perhaps even something she didn’t even know she wanted.
Still, I couldn’t take her on a circuit around the ranch and then be done. No, I had to make this special. I also wanted her all to myself. We hadn’t even made it to the bunkhouse yet where we had privacy, but while I was the only one currently living in the space, only my bedroom truly belonged to me. Anyone could come into the common room, use one of the showers. Even crash in one of the empty bedrooms.
So I’d be greedy and ensure she was mine and only mine for a little longer by taking her to the secret swimming hole on Natalie and Rand’s property. They were part of the pack which meant the place was just for us. No locals. All privacy.
When it came into view, I had Montague stop. Reaching out, I took Chestnut’s reins from Lyssa, not sure if she even knew that pulling back was the brakes.
“What’s this?” Her eyes coasted over everything before her.
“It’s a hot spring.”
Her head whipped toward mine, her hair sliding over her shoulders. “A hot spring? Really?”
I nodded, sliding off Montague, then going around to lift Lyssa down with my hands around her waist. I slid her down my body, enjoying all her soft curves as she came to land on her feet.
Our eyes locked, and she licked her full lips.
“You good?” I asked before I released her, making sure her legs would hold her after our ride.
She nodded, and I stepped back, letting the reins drop.
Montague and Chestnut wouldn’t wander off with all the grass around to nibble on .
“Ever gone skinny dipping?”
Her eyes widened, then darted around furiously. “Um. No. My sister has, but I was too embarrassed.”
I raked my gaze over every inch of her. “You’ve got nothing to be embarrassed about, baby.”
Taking her hand, I led her down the barely-there narrow footpath. We were higher up the mountainside and small boulders dotted the hillside, scraggly bushes and even a few cottonwoods offered dappled spots of shade. It really was fucking gorgeous.
“I remember the first time I came here,” I said. “I loved it. Now I get to share it with you.” Whoops, was that too much? “For our hot date,” I added with a wink.
“Literally.” When my brow furrowed with confusion, she added, “ Hot springs.”
“Right! Hot date at the hot springs with the most beautiful woman in Montana.”
I stopped at the edge of the spring although without touching the water and knowing how warm it was, it looked like a simple pond.
“Fresh water comes over the waterfall, so it’s pretty cold.” I pointed, then to the far side of the pond. “The hot spring water comes from underground and into the pond from over there. The water’s crazy hot on that side, so we gotta steer clear. It all mixes together to make it just right over here. ”
“It’s… insanely pretty,” she murmured, still staring as if this was another holiday gift.
Dropping her hand, I ripped off my shirt. “Let’s swim.”
She stared as I got naked. I wasn’t shy about my body. No shifter was. But I appreciated how much she was admiring me. I strode into the water, deeper and deeper until I sank down up to my shoulders. “Come on, baby. Feel the water. It’s amazing.”
She walked to the water’s edge, squatted down and stuck her fingertips in. “It’s so warm!”
“I won’t let you get cold.”
It was a warm day, but the nights were getting cooler. If this wasn’t a hot spring, I wouldn’t let her swim. It was too far back to the ranch to be wet and cold, no matter how hot I got her while we were frightening the fish.
I moved my hands back and forth over the surface of the water as I watched her decide. I’d climb out, strip her bare, and toss her in, but it would be more fun if she came willingly. From one second to the next, she made up her mind. As if she’d become determined. As if she dared herself to be bold and wild.
Then I forgot everything because my mate was taking off her clothes. Every single piece. Right out in the sunshine. My dick was instantly hard, and when she made her way into the water, I couldn’t do anything but move to her. Take her in my arms, and guide her, so she wrapped her arms and legs around me.
Her long dark hair fanned out around her as it lay across the surface of the water.
“You’re fucking gorgeous,” I murmured then kissed her. “I brought my sister here once, with her kids.” I grinned, thinking of all the noise the little fuckers made, probably scaring off the wildlife for at least a mile around.
Her dark eyes held mine.
“But I like this more,” I admitted. Nothing was better than being with her.
“Please say you didn’t skinny dip with them.”
I grimaced. “ Sister . I brought my sister . Fuck, no. The kids, though, hell yeah. What’s more fun than running naked outside?”
She grinned then glanced away. “I’ve never run naked outside, so I can’t say.”
“Like this?” I asked, kinda surprised. She seemed pretty much up for anything. “Being bare in here with me?”
She nodded.
“Then this is just a start.”
She tipped her head back and laughed. “I’m not running naked in the wilderness. I’m not–”
I frowned when she cut off her words .
“You’re not what? Tall enough?”
She frowned. “What? Tall enough? What does that have to do with running naked?”
I shrugged, as I ran my hand up and down her bare back. My dick bobbed up between her ass cheeks and I could feel the heat of her pussy against my belly. “Nothing. You’re not what then?”
She bit her lip. “I’m not my sister. She’s the daring one.”
I grinned. “Yeah, mine, too. We tried to see if we could match the hot dog world record holder, which is eating eighty of them or something close, bun and all. Simi got to ten. I got to six and threw up. Haven’t had a hot dog since.”
She bit her lip trying not to laugh. “And Simi?”
“She ate dessert right after. Can you believe it? Cast iron stomach.”
Now she chuckled.
“Tell me about your sister,” I prodded. It seemed since we both had sisters it was something in common and something we could commiserate about together.
Her eyes widened for a second, then she settled. “Well, she’s older. When I studied, she partied. When I worked, she flitted about where the wind took her.”
I kissed the tip of her nose. “She sounds like a dandelion. ”
Lyssa grinned. “In a way. She goes whichever way the wind takes her.”
“Where’s she now?”
“Ibiza.”
“Wow. Yeah, I see what you mean.”
“I’m not like her.” Her gaze lifted to mine, as if she was unsure of herself.
“Whoever is like their siblings? I’m not like Simi, that’s for fucking sure. You met Colton and Rob. They have a brother, Boyd. Those three Wolf brothers are nothing alike.”
She still seemed subdued. Since I was horny, and she was naked pressed against me, I slid my hands from around her, moving one lower to cup her pussy. “I like you , Lyssa. Just like you are.”
She blushed, glanced away, and then her eyes slipped closed as I worked a finger–very easily since she was already wet for me–deep inside her.
“J,” she breathed.
Fuck, when she called me that, I loved it. Especially in that soft, aroused voice. No one ever had before. I nuzzled the side of her neck as I finger fucked her. As she got closer to orgasm, I got closer to biting her. Marking her at the juncture of her neck and shoulder.
It would be easy. It was right there. But I wanted, no, needed, Lyssa to know everything about me before I did that. I wanted her to know what I was, inside and out, and wanted to be marked. Wanted to be mine forever.
Because until she knew every dark corner of my soul, there was a chance she’d walk away.
So instead of sinking my teeth into her silky skin, I slipped my finger from her, shifted her hips, and sunk my dick nice and deep. There was nothing between us. I was taking her bare, and her walls were so slick, so hot, I wasn’t going to last.
When she cried out my name and it echoed off the rocks, I took her hard and fast. I could satisfy her body, give it all the orgasms it craved. I’d fuck her into being mine forever.
That would work, right?