Kai could still feel the older woman’s presence and knew she had not left yet.She shifted, so she stared directly at him.“I am an adult, Aodh.I think I know when I am tired.”
He slipped his hands up her back and pulled her closer.“I am not sending you off to nap like a child, little flame.”He dragged his lips up along her cheek.At her ear, his voice rumbled as he said, “But to prepare yourself for what I have planned for you tonight.”
She gasped.Her heart pounded, and her core felt heavy and achy.Kai clenched the walls of her sex in anticipation of a night like last night and into the morning.Her sex became drenched at the memory.
Aodh growled.“Leave now, little flame, before I bend you over my desk and take you as I’ve thought of doing since we entered.”
Not wasting any time, she rose.She choked back the whimper, sure if she didn’t move fast, Aodh would act without first sending the older woman away.Needing him but not wanting to call his bluff, she stepped back.
“Good choice.”He smacked her ass.
Kai squealed.She glanced at the map on her way out and realized she’d missed something.“Aodh, what’s in the square between old Montana and Wyoming?”
“The human’s walled territory,” he declared.
Staring at it, Kai realized how small the human world had shrunk.She also realized every entity but the Faes surrounded them—on all sides.If she and her sister had driven southwest out of the gate instead of southeast, she would have gone into the wolves’ territory.Kai couldn’t help but wonder what would have become of them there.
Silent, she turned to Tana, who stood patiently in the hall outside the door.
“Until tonight, little flame.”Aodh’s voice followed her out.
“If I’d known I’d be greeted by two lovely women, I would’ve come to the Mckenna’s office sooner.”Liekki bounded up the stairs with one of his usual wicked and flirtatious smiles.
“Hello, Liekki.Are you behaving this day?”Tana greeted him before she started down the stairs.
“Oh, Tana, you know better than to ask this.”He leaned down and wiggled his brows at the older woman.
Tana laughed and flapped her hand before her face as an exaggerated fan.“Oh...you have been a charmer since entering the school room.”
He winked at her.“I won’t stop until my scales are cold and white and the young Drahks have to burn me to ash.”
“Truer words have never been uttered.”The older woman continued down the stairs.
“Hello there, spitfire.”Liekki leaned against the half wall of the landing.
“Liekki.”
“Did you enjoy the training session at the arena?”
She lifted a brow.“I didn’t realize you saw me.”
Liekki nodded.“You’re hard to miss, mate of my brother.”He folded his arms over his wide chest, and the hue of his scales was a light violet.His grin exhibited the same playfulness he offered Tana.“Besides, another skill a Drahk warrior must learn is oppositional awareness.Know where an attack can come from, not simply what is before them.”
“Do you expect me to attack you?”she teased.
“As the Mckenna’s second, I have to see even the things he misses.”His eyes, similar to Aodh’s in coloring, were clear and flameless.
It made it hard for Kai to decipher his meaning.However, there was a bit of tension now in the atmosphere she could not ignore.
“I’m sure you are good at your job,” she told him, not knowing what else to say to his comment.
“Very.”
“Nice of you to finally pull yourself off the skills turf.”Aodh’s presence filled the door.
His warmth caressed her, but she didn’t look back at Aodh.
“Only for you, Mckenna.”Liekki addressed Aodh while he kept his nonchalant stance and held her gaze.
