Chapter 15
Flora’s P.O.V
My body felt sore and yet, I wanted more of it; more of Clay.
It was unlike any coupling I’d heard of, nothing like my first time during Heat. What I’d just experienced…sex felt like a very tame word for it.
Making love. This is what romantic movies called making love. And I had just experienced it for the first time in my life.
I laid panting on the bed, stars still dancing in my vision as the orgasm rocked through my body. Clay’s heavy weight on top of me was a reminder of the
Clay got off me and got out of bed and instantly I found myself following him with my eyes. From the dark copper tousled strands of his hair, the width of his strong shoulders to the smooth skin of his back and lower, to the-
“Don’t.”
Startled at the gritted out command, I looked up at his face to find him watching me over his shoulders, his wolf predominant in his eyes. “Close your eyes, Flora.” He spoke through gritted teeth, his voice no longer human. “Or neither of us is getting out of this bed anytime soon.”
“But…I don’t want to get out of bed…” I told him in a whiny voice, knowing very well that I was dancing with the devil.
Instead of getting mad, a devilish grin appeared on his face. “Come on.” He walked back over to the bed and held out his hand for me to take. “We still have time before your family gets back.”
Taking Clay’s had a bit shyly, I got up from the bed and followed him out of his room as he led me to the dining room and then towards a back door. When I resisted, he looked over at me and gave me a reassuring smile.
“This area is off-limits for patrolling and there’s a dense rock formation to prevent anyone from peeking in.”
Glad that no one would be prying on us, I followed him out the door and gasped at the view in front of me.
“You have your own waterfall?”
And even though I knew it was a man made setting, the pool with its waterfall and moss covered stone walls looked like a cutting out of a magazine. And the best part was that the walls provided us with privacy from the outside world.
Clay’s laugh was full of delight as he wrapped his arms around my waist from behind. “It’s just a swimming pool.”
Without saying anything, I pried off his hands and ran towards the pool and dived into the cool waters, feeling all my stress dissolve at once.
Another splash had me rising to the surface and before I knew it, I’m being tackled underwater by Clay with an arm around my waist.
Laughing, we both rose to the surface and the chase was on as both of us dived underwater to escape the other and we played our little game, hidden from everyone’s eyes like nothing else mattered in the world. I don’t know what time it was and for once I didn’t care. I laughed like I had never laughed before and in turn I was rewarded by Clay’s throaty, heartfelt laughter.
It was only when I was pulled flush against his body that I felt the rigidness of his shaft against my abdomen.
“Again?” I asked him wide eyed.
“Feels like I’m never sated when it comes to you.” He whispered against my ears, undulating his hips as his shaft rubbed at my core, begging for entrance.
So once again, with the cool water of the waterfall all around us, I let him claim me. Let him mark my skin with his scent and take away another piece of my heart.
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“They aren’t back yet.” I told Clay as I got off his bike that was parked at a good distance from my house so I didn’t start a gossip with the neighbours.
“This feels like we’re teenagers once again.” Clay sighed. “Why do we need to hide from prying eyes again?”
“Because Riley would skin you alive for sleeping with his little sister.” I reminded him as I handed him back the spare helmet.
“True.” Clay tucked away the helmet inside the storage. “I don’t want you to go.”
“I don’t want to go either.” I told him ruefully.
It felt so unreal, like the time I spent in his embrace was a world away in some forbidden dream, and once I return home, once I close that door, reality will come back with full force to slap me out of my trance. And I didn’t want that. I just wanted Clay to kiss me and tell me that everything was going to be alright. That this unsettling feeling in the pit of my stomach was just a fragment of my imagination and that what happened between him and I was very much real.
As if reading my mind, Clay hauled me down with a possessive hold on my nape, for a kiss that stole my breath and blew my mind.
I’d thought that once we had made love together, this passion between us would die down. Boy was I wrong. If possible, this attraction had only increased in magnitude. I was now very much aware of Clay’s touch.
“I want boyfriend rights.” Clay said as soon as we broke the kiss. “I want everyone to know that you’re unavailable and that you are now mine.”
“Clay…”
“I know it’s too soon.” He sighed, cupping my cheeks with a tenderness that undid me. “But even the thought of staying away is difficult.”
I felt the same way too, but there were a thousand questions that were plaguing my mind and I knew that the instant I walked away from him, they’ll come back to haunt me.
“I need time to think.” I told Clay unwillingly. “I need to know how my parents or Riley would react before I can say yes.”
Clay gave me a thoughtful look before sighing and nodding his head. “I understand…I guess. I guess I’ll see you tomorrow then? At school?”
“Yes.” I nodded and with a goodbye kiss, I went back inside the house after making sure that I was alone before dashing to my room.
What Clay and I had both missed however, was a pair of wolf gold eyes that had seen our entire exchange from a hidden vantage point and was now enraged beyond belief.
