Page 82 of Love Bites Hard

“You like it that way.”

His lips met mine, and my fingers slid into his hair as he kissed me slowly.

Deeply.

Intimately.

“You taste so fucking good,”he said into my mind, tilting my head back to kiss me deeper.“I missed this.”

“So did I.”

He pulled me closer to his chest.“Tell me the war’s over.”

“It’s over.”

His chest rumbled against mine. The sound was satisfaction, mixed with need.“I’m taking you home.”

“Agreed.”

He kissed me for another minute before he finally released my mouth and stood up. One of his arms was against my back, the other was beneath my knees.

“I don’t want to be carried back like a princess,” I warned.

“You’re not a princess, Izzy. You’re a queen.” He grabbed my phone off the ground and strode away from the pool. I hadn’t said goodbye to my sisters, but I’d text them. They’d get it. The nosy bitches were probably watching quietly from behind a rock, anyway. It’s what I would’ve done if one of them was in my shoes.

“Still.”

“You’ll ride to the pack land on my back. Until we get out of Vamp Manor, you’ll survive being carried like this.”

I rolled my eyes at him—but honestly, the way he held me felt amazing.

eighteen

IZZY

By the timewe made it back to Wolf Manor, the fae were already arriving.

That definitely put a damper on our plans.

“I can ask Evan to keep an eye on the lake,”Porter said, though he didn’t sound convinced. I was on his back, my fingers gripping his fur.

The fae were all walking in a group, and there were at least two or three dozen of them.

“No, you can’t. We’ll stay there until the fae are gone, and go back to our room together afterward,”I said.

“I don’t want you swimming with them.”

“I don’t want to. I don’t even know how their magic works. We’ll sit on the side of the lake.”

He changed directions, heading toward the group, and caught up to them. We got a few curious glances and a handful of waves and nods, but none of them said anything to us.

“Is Kai with them?”I asked.

“No. One of his trusted fae is keeping an eye on them right now. He’s in the fae realm. I guess he’s trying to figure out why the eclipses keep happening.”

“At least we don’t have to deal with that.”

“No kidding.”

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