Page 141 of Dawn Caravan
Ben yanked her up straight into the air just as the bear’s attention turned toward them.
Tenzin gave a whoop of pure joy and raced high into the air, arcing up and over Ben before she circled back to hover over his head.
Moonlight glinted on her fangs when she smiled. She held out her hand. “Fly with me.”
He flashed back to a dream nearly forgotten. Him and Tenzin, skimming over white-barked birches, turning together, their blood and bodies linked in the air.
This is what was always meant to be.
It was as if he could hear her voice in his mind.
Ben rose and met her in the air, linking their hands as she drew him deeper and higher into the velvet-black night.
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When Ben opened his eyes, Tenzin was staring at him. He jolted awake and sat up. “I didn’t miss that.”
“Miss what?”
“You staring at me while I sleep.” He rubbed his eyes and sucked in a breath when he realized she was completely naked. “I admit I like this variation on the theme though.”
Tenzin crawled up the pallet, straddling his legs as she kept her eyes on him with predatory intent. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth, opening her lips to his as he placed both hands on her backside and squeezed.
“Mmmm.” She squirmed over him and pressed her breasts into his chest.
“You like that?” Ben did it again.
“Yes.”
He slid a hand over the curve of her backside, cupping her flesh and running his fingers along the crease of her thigh until he found her wet heat.
She pulled her mouth away from his and let out a long breath. “I do understand why so many women want to have sex with you.”
“If you can think about that, I’m not doing my job right.” He trailed his fingers up and down, learning the curves and secret corners of her body, taking his time as he toyed with her pleasure.
Her hands ran down his chest and her amnis teased him, kissing along his body where her hands and mouth couldn’t reach. Whispers of air laved his skin.
“How do you make the air do that?”
She gripped his erection and began to kiss down his chest. “If you can think about that, I’m not doing my job right.”
Fuck. “Do I need to be worried about fangs?”
Her low, wicked laughter only made him harder.
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They returnedto the camp later that night, splitting up and remaining at a distance to avoid the Hazar. The preparations for the ceremony seemed to draw everyone’s attention. Human voices became the dominant background noise through the night as the darigan erected more platforms and small stages. More and more wagons began to arrive.
Ben met Tenzin back at their perch in the fir tree. “Okay, what is our goal here?”
“We were hired to get Radu’s goblet back to him,” Tenzin said. “That is our goal.”
“And Vano?”
“If everything goes according to my plan, Vano will be worse than dead. He’ll be irrelevant.”
Ben had to agree with her. For an egotistical asshole like Vano, irrelevance was a fate worse than death. “I think I’m going to try to get closer.”
