Elemental Awakened (Of Demons and Dragons Book 1) by Helen Scott

Author:Helen Scott [Scott, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

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Finn

The skin on my arm burned from where Tessa had touched me, like I’d been hit with a hot pan or something. As soon as the noise left my mouth, it broke whatever spell had been woven around us and she pulled away like I’d just slapped her.

“I-I’m sorry,” Tessa stammered as she went to stand up.

“Hey,” I said, linking my arms around her waist. “What’s wrong?”

“I don’t…do this kind of thing.” She gestured between us. “And something hurt you, and I think it was me.” She said the last part so quietly, I had to wonder if she had even meant to say it out loud.

“Whatever happened, we’ll figure it out, okay? But I want you to know I don’t regret what just happened and I hope you don’t either.” I released her waist and tucked a lock of hair out of the way, the silky strands gliding through my fingers as I watched her expression as she looked at me. Her eyes darted away a moment later to her hand, and I turned to see what she was looking at.

The ring she was wearing on her right ring finger was glowing slightly. Well, part of it was. I tried not to react, not to make her any more skittish than she already was, but something had just burned my skin. Plus, there was something happening between us that I couldn’t explain, and I didn’t think she could either.

“I don’t regret it. It’s just not usually how I do things, that’s all,” she said.

I reached a hand up and cupped her cheek, running my thumb over her soft, smooth skin. “I don’t either. There’s just something about you that I can’t resist.”

Her eyes locked with mine at the statement, and I knew whatever it was, she felt it too. We were both quiet for a moment when she said, without blinking, “Will you tell me the truth about what happened to Brok?”

I nodded. “But you have to hear me out. Deal?”

She stuck her hand out in the small space between us, and we shook. Before we let go, I flipped her hand around and kissed her knuckles.

“Tessa, I promise I will never lie to you. Even if the truth hurts and is scary, I will always be honest with you. All I ask is that you do the same.”

“I’ll always be honest with you too.”

The sound of water pouring through the drip coffee machine had her jumping up off my lap and pulling that ridiculous dress down until it no longer displayed where my hands had roamed her body. I grabbed a cushion from the corner of the couch and held it over my lap. I didn’t want to ruin the moment by displaying the raging hard-on I had. I did the only thing I could think of to try and get it to go away—I started listing the rings of my home. Platinum, gold, silver, palladium, ruthenium, osmium. With each one, I took a deep steadying breath and tried to will my erection away.

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