Page 80 of The Hero Within
"Understood." Colton's dark eyes remained cool and untouchable. "Can't afford to forget ourselves, can we?"
She ignored that. "Right."
He looked disappointed somehow, as he pushed away from her.
"Fine. Go check on Cole so we can get going. We'll discuss this later. Both of us have sore heads this morning. It's probably not the time to go into this."
Then he let the curtain fall shut in her face, his dark form moving behind it.
Eden's bodyached in places that hadn't felt a man's touch in years.
An overprotective brother and a narrowing pool of potential hookups meant her bed had seen limited action. It had never really bothered her—she had far too much work to do, and she'd given up on finding good sex after a few lackluster encounters—but the bruises on her skin and the tenderness between her thighs this morning were a taunt.
Because suddenly she knew what good sex was all about.
Johnny Colton fucked as though he wanted to consume her. In the heat of the moment, she'd given in to the tension between them, and now she could never forget it.
And look where that had landed her....
What the hell did he want from her? Now she had some distance from him, she'd thought it would have been easier to work her way through the muddle in her head, but she was a mess of contradictory thoughts and feelings.
What do you want me to call it?
I don't bloody well know!
Nnedi looked up as Eden burst into the infirmary. Eden skidded to a halt and realized she hadn't even knocked. Hadn't even been keeping an eye on her surroundings at all.
Colton could do that to her.
"Morning," she said, somewhat warily.
One of Nnedi's eyebrows arched and the woman smiled faintly. "You look... refreshed."
Oh, Jesus. She knew. Eden had scrubbed every inch of Johnny Colton off her body in the heated pools, but she could feel his hands on her skin still. Worse. The argument between them was burned into her mind. "What the hell was in that kaga?"
Nnedi threw her head back and laughed. "It's an enervative. A rush of blood. Helps a warg's stamina."
"So I noticed." She felt like she had the hangover from hell. Sighting a jug of water on the stand beside CJ's bed, she poured herself a glass.
"Good night?" Nnedi's eyes sparkled.
Eden drained the glass.Understatement. "The kind of night I'm not going to forget in a hurry, and let's just leave it at that."
"Guess you finally bagged your man."
Eden looked up sharply.
"You didn't wear his scent on your skin when you arrived," Nnedi said, clearly interpreting the look on her face. "It was clear you two hadn't been sharing a bed for a while. It's why some of the males around here were testing his claim."
Eden eased onto the edge of CJ's bed, smoothing a hand over his forehead to test his temperature. "We kind of haven't shared a bed before."
"Argument?" Nnedi asked gruffly as if thinking of her own most likely cold bed.
"No. It's... a long story. We're not together."
"Looked like you were together last night." Nnedi snorted. "Smells like you're together this morning."
"It's complicated." This morning only made matters worse.What had he been whispering in her ear in Spanish? Because the look in his eyes wasn't justlet's have fun.Let's fuck, Eden. No, there'd been a glint of possession there she hadn't quite known how to interpret.
