Shaking her head, Avalore tried to deny it.“She was being nice after she had to work with me so long because I kept messing up—”
“No.” The Mckenna sliced a hand through the air cutting Avalore off.“Our Thunder’s sword master does not use idle words.You have found your place in this Thunder.”
Not waiting for her response, Aodh turned and kissed Kai.“There are still things I need to handle before I can meet you this evening in our suite, mate-wife.”
“I will see you later.”Kai set a hand over his heart.
“Ensure you eat.”With that, Aodh strutted away.
Kai remained, leaning against the fence.
Avalore felt Liekki’s gaze on her.When she glanced at him, she saw his arms folded over his chest and his penetrating stare locked on her.
She stepped to him and held out his blade.“Thank you for loaning me your knife.”
“It’s yours.You’ll need it for more practice.”
“Um...”Her typical sarcastic retort was in her mind to tell him that this one session didn’t mean she was staying after the meeting, but she couldn’t get it to roll off her tongue. “It was probably clear to everyone how much work I need, huh?”
“It’s not the effort, but the heart.You get it?”Amethyst flames were in his gaze, something Avalore could only label as pride shining out.
Then Liekki was gone.His long strides caught up to his brother’s.
“How about food in my suite and a little girl talk.”Kai moved up beside her.
Avalore tugged hard to pull her gaze off Liekki’s retreating form and glance at the Mistress of Fire.“I think I’d like that.”
Chapter Nineteen
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That damn dress.
It wasn’t that it was cut in a design meant to be sexy.Hell, no.The smoke-gray material, the same color as his wolf’s fur, had a sweetheart neckline, for fuck’s sake.On another woman, and in the sunlight of a spring day through a meadow, it possibly would have had a different effect.However, on Morlie, at minutes until midnight, during a lunar pull in the middle of the woods, it was downright, fucking erotic.
He'd never seen her look so soft; her femininity beguiled and made him want to muss her, displace all her short, neat coils with his hands, and turn her wild.Chanin watched Morlie converse with the women she had begun to bond with as they all hovered at the tail end of a big group of rowdy revelers coming directly from the festivities, howling and carrying on.
