Page 51 of The Warrior's Oath
“There,” he said, pointing to a rocky grotto. “Protection from the current and a wind block.”
She followed him down to the shore where he dropped his pack and waded right into the water, clothes and all. Nyota followed suit without hesitation.
The water felt amazing, washing the mud and sticky berry mess from their bodies and clothes. Korvin quickly undressed, thoroughly rinsing his clothes and setting them on the rocks at the shore to dry.
Nyota stripped as well, following suit. She couldn’t help but admire his body as he scrubbed himself clean. His muscles gleamed as rivulets of water ran down his body. A now-familiar heat began to grow low in her belly. She turned away, focusing her attention on washing her clothes.
A hot hand gently touched her shoulder, examining her, sending goosebumps across her skin. Her nipples hardened, the skin tight and tingling with enhanced sensations, a static charge running down to her clit.
“Hmm,” he said in a low rumble that made her legs feel weak. “Your runes are truly healing faster than expected.” He traced his finger along one of the connecting lines until it met a rune on her hip. “Remarkable.”
Her body quivered a moment. She turned, looking deep into his violet eyes, the folds between her legs growing warm and wet instantly. His beautiful cock twitched to life, rising as if it had a life of its own.
Nyota reached out without even thinking, instinct taking over as she wrapped her hand around it, feeling the ridges throb with his every heartbeat as he grew even harder. The rune on her chest twinged, sending a new sensation through her body. Deep. Tugging. She felt her cheeks flush.
Korvin’s deepened as well. “We must make camp,” he blurted, pulling away from her, flustered and confused as he quickly strode to the shore.
She watched him go, wondering what that sensation was and if he had felt it too.
Korvin gathered wood in the nude as his garments dried, the exercise lowering his erection and giving him something else to focus on. Nyota sat waiting for him near the grotto, wearing her panties and top but nothing more.
He dropped the wood and walked to his drying clothing, avoiding her gaze like a shy schoolboy. Something was eating at him, but she had no idea what. Nyota piled the wood into a little teepee then held her hands to it.
Just breathe, she told herself.
The uncomfortable itch in her hands swelled into being but she kept focusing, imagining a pinpoint from each palm directed into the wood. A whiff of smoke rose.
“Holy shit! Did I do that?”
Korvin looked at her, shocked, distracted from whatever was bothering him and actually impressed. “You should not be able to do that so soon. This is highly unusual.”
“So that was me?”
“It was,” he said, holding his own hands over the wood and starting a proper fire. “You are a quick study, Nyota.Verywell done. You will be able to make fire far sooner than anticipated.”
He turned away from her, letting the heat fully dry his clothes. Her eyes were on him. He could feel it, and his body began to react against his will. He once more forced his erection to subside, then spread a meal out before them.
They ate in silence until it fell dark then lay down to sleep, drawn to each other but not touching. Lying there quietly they both tried to nod off.
They both failed, the uncomfortable tension hanging between them until, at long last, they finally drifted off to sleep.
CHAPTERTWENTY
Though they had only trekked for a day, the combination of distance covered on foot along with that which the Molok transport had taken them had left the travelers a fair distance from the comforts and newly familiar climes of the city. More than that, the weather patterns in this new area were a bit different, thanks to the changes in topography.
As a result, the days were hotter and the nights more temperate, lacking the chill of their earlier arrival. Even so, Nyota and Korvin roused from their slumber to find themselves wrapped up in each other’s arms.
Nyota smiled, feeling his warmth radiating over her whole body as she nestled into him.Thiswas a good way to start the day.
“Mmmmorning,” she purred, stretching languorously, rubbing her ass along the bulge pressing up against it.
Korvin’s cock twitched and swelled, his breathing shifting from slow and steady, increasing as he snapped awake.
“What is—” His body tensed, quickly pulling away and leaping to his feet.
“What’s the matter?” she asked, rolling over to look up at his confused face.
“I—we need,” he stammered. “I must scout a route.”
