She smiles. “Thanks, and I remember it. You wore a blue shirt on that birthday.”
“I’m surprised you remember.”
Blushing, she curls into me, kicking off her sandals and stretching her leg to let her foot touch the water.
“Of course I do.” The cool breeze is refreshing, and the sound of the rippling water is soothing. Her eyes search mine, soft but curious. “Jayce… you’ve been so quiet since we got here. I heard the shouting earlier. What’s going on?”
I don’t turn to face her for a moment. The tension with Ares makes my insides twist. Why? I wish I could understand what I fucking did.
“It’s Ares,” I finally say, sighing softly. “I don’t understand what’s going on with him. It’s like… he hates me. Over the last year, it’s just gotten worse. We’ve always had our disputes, all five of us, but this I don’t get.”
She nods slowly. The warmth of her body pressing against my chest is comforting. “Sometimes it could be something else.Ares has been one of the most reserved of you five, and maybe he just struggles to really admit to what’s bothering him. I have no idea, but maybe whatever it is that is troubling him, he doesn’t know how to address it or even face it.”
I glance at her, conflicted. “But it shouldn’t be this way. We’re supposed to be family. We’ve always shared everything with one another and been there for one another.”
Sienna’s fingers brush lightly against my neck. “I know it’s hard, but what if, as he’s gotten older, doing that has become harder? Sometimes it’s not easy to share what we feel for many reasons. Just don’t give up on him. Sometimes the ones who push the hardest are the ones who need you the most, even if they don’t know how to admit it.”
“You’re right, I never knew you were so wise,” I smirk.
She tilts her head. “Now you do.” Her smile fades, and I feel her guilt and disappointment – in herself? “Just keep trying with Ares. Show him who you are, keep standing strong and push through the walls and rage. It’ll probably mean you’ll have to be really patient, but he’ll come to a point where he’ll snap.”
I’m quiet for a moment, staring at the dark water before I speak quietly, “What if he never does?”
Her eyes lock with mine, fierce and determined. “Then at least you tried and never gave up. We’ll do anything for our loved ones, no matter how irrational others might think it is.” Her words settle over me like a soothing wave, and I let out a breath, watching her chest rise and fall.
Without thinking, I lean down and kiss her lightly on her nipple. Her heart begins pounding, and I don’t miss the way she presses her thighs together.
I look into her eyes, and she playfully smirks. “Come on, let’swash away our worries. Let’s get in the lake.”
“It’s gonna be cold, you going to be ok?” I ask.
“You can warm me up?” she suggests with a pout that is equally coy yet fucking seductive.
“I can do that,” I smirk as we stand up, and she looks around before she removes my shirt she is wearing, her back to me. I see the back of her lacy, tiny briefs, which are half swallowed up by that ass and lick my suddenly dry lips. Her curls tumble down her back, covering her, but she’s not wearing anything else, and if she turns towards me, I’ll get the perfect view of her boobs.
But she doesn’t wait for me. She gets into the water, my attention stuck on her ass that jiggles when she jumps into the water, letting out a little shriek and giggling at the coldness.
Then she dunks her head into the water, gasping as she resurfaces and brushes her hair back.
I remove my own pants and follow her into the water that glitters invitingly beneath the moonlight, the cold shock hitting me like a jolt. Sienna laughs softly, wrapping her arms around me as she shivers for a moment.
I hold her tighter; her skin is warm against me, and just holding her makes the tension in my muscles slowly unravel.
She tilts her head up to look at me, and her lips brush mine sensually. I cup her face, fingers threading through her damp hair, pulling her closer.
I hoist her up, her bare breasts pressing against my chest as she wraps her legs around my waist. Our bodies move together, the world shrinking until it’s just the two of us, tangled in heat, passion and whispered promises beneath the stars.
Her lips part beneath mine, warm and soft, a promise and a question all at once. I taste the faint hint of the lake on her skin,mixed with her own intoxicating taste.
Her breath catches when I trace the curve of her neck with my fingertips, sending shivers down her spine. She presses her body harder against mine, and I feel the steady beat of her heart beating faster, like my own.
Suddenly, the intense feeling that I will lose her comes over me, and I blink, snapped from it when she kisses my neck, sending pleasure to my cock before she leans back and claims my lips again.
“Sienna,” I whisper, my voice rough with something deeper than words. “I don’t want to lose this… us. We’ll work through everything.”
Her eyes soften, a glimmer of hope and sadness in them.
What is going on, Sienna?
