Page 195 of Blood and Ruin: The Complete Series

What I wouldn’t have done for a place like this to escape to over the years with King.

“Tell me what’s been going on?” There is something big happening with these attacks, and I need to know they are safe, even with their new ability to heal. I can’t lose them again.

He pulls back slightly. “We’ve been searching for you.”

“I kind of figured that part out.” I bump his nose with my finger, making him smile.

“And Jazmyn?” His eyes narrow, losing some of their warmth.

“Annoying as hell, but safe.”

Laughing, I kiss the spot I bumped to thank him.

Pulling back, I catch him staring at me. “What?” He shakes his head, smiling at me.

“What about these attacks? What’s happening?” I push again.

“How about we talk about that when we get you back?

For now, just let me hold you for a bit longer.”

I sigh, relenting and dropping the conversation for now.

Reaching up, I run my fingers through his hair. He closes his eyes briefly and when he opens them, his whole focus is on me, his eyes filled with a tenderness I’m not used to seeing in Jax. He swallows hard, searching my eyes.

“I fuckingloveyou, Kiarra.”

A smile spreads across my face as my chest fills with warmth. “I love you too.”

With my reply, his smile turns wicked. “Of course you do.”

I laugh at his reply, feeling lighter than I have in a while.

Leaning back, he positions me so I’m straddling him, a leg on each side, before yanking me closer, lining my core up with his hardened length and dragging a moan from us both.

“Jax… we should focus on everything else going on,” I breathe. But my own focus becomes muddled the more he touches me.

He runs his hands up my sides, his eyes following them as they slowly drag up my body.

A delicious shudder follows his touch, leaving a hot trail behind.

I lick my bottom lip as our eyes lock.

“I’m not playing anymore. It’s no secret that I don’t give a shit about being an alpha leader. I do my part, but I’m not giving up any more time with you than I have to. I’m going to make every fucking moment with you count. Every minute I can hold, kiss, or touch you, I will. I don’t care if the fucking world is burning around us. I will lay you down and leave my mark on every inch of your skin while it burns to ashes.”

Warm shivers travel across my whole body at his words and the vow behind each one.

I don’t get a chance to process everything he said before he leans in, slamming his lips to mine and silencing any reply I have.

I sink into him, consuming every sinful taste and touch. Jax kisses me like he’s hungry, like he can’t get enough. He deepens the kiss, drawing me in, making me melt into him.

And I fuckingmelt. I let myself fall into the kiss. I wrap it around me and willinglydrownin it.

Lifting my arms, I wrap them around his neck, letting the tips of my fingers drag through the bottom of his hair, pulling a throaty moan from his lips.

His hands move up my back, pulling me tight against him. I can feel the hard thump of his heart against my chest.

Pulling back, I trail my hands down his chest and under his shirt, needing to feel him. His muscles tense as soon as I touch him.

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