Ozma by Candace Robinson & Amber R. Duell

Author:Candace Robinson & Amber R. Duell [Robinson, Candace & Duell, Amber R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Midnight Tide Publishing
Published: 2021-06-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Ozma

Jack had been acting differently toward Ozma the entire day… And it had to be because of the night before, in the patch, beneath the stars. That damn kiss. That beautiful kiss. The kiss she couldn’t stop thinking about, even when she’d disappeared into Jack’s hut to try and get some sleep. Instead, she’d explored her body—her breasts, the slick folds between her legs, feeling things that were good—but could be even better, when done by another’s hands. Then she’d gone outside to check on him and had found him in the wagon, holding that note of Mombi’s that she should have burned instead of kept. Luckily, she’d been quick to have an answer about it.

Ozma straightened in the seat of the wagon, shaking off the night before, and focusing on the trees blooming with bright fruits and nuts. The map in her veins lit up, and she knew if they took the shortcut through the forest, they could make it to the sea sooner. Pulling the reins, she steered the stag off the sandy road.

“Where are you going?” Jack asked, grabbing onto her wrist.

“It’s faster this way. Trust me.” She smiled as he gave her an unsure look. Then Ozma cursed herself because that was the reason Jack was acting funny, not because she’d kissed him. But because he still didn’t fully trust her, and he probably thought she’d been trying to seduce him for some nefarious reason. No, that wouldn’t be right, because she hadn’t asked a thing while she’d been planted against him, feeling every inch and curve of his delicious mouth. Hurriedly, Ozma tucked that down and focused on the clear sky.

As she glanced at him, she inwardly sighed, knowing she should just give him something else. “I know where to go, Jack, because, while I don’t have magic, there is something within me that knows where lands and seas are. Like an internal map. Perhaps that is magic, or perhaps it’s just a part of me. So that’s how I know.”

“Oh. We shouldn’t get lost then.” Jack bit his lip, appearing conflicted, as though he wanted to say something different but held back.

Ozma arched an eyebrow at him. “We certainly won’t.”

They traveled deeper and deeper into the forest until trees with their tops in the shape of mushrooms covered its entirety. Branches intertwined and curved like snakes, the sun’s light dimming and squeezing through the narrow slits from above.

“Listen … Ozma,” Jack said, placing his hands behind his neck.

“No more Blossom?” she asked, trying to make things light as she tightened her grip on the reins. But something about his tone made her nervous.

He chuckled and snagged a few leaves from a branch, tearing them to small pieces as he spoke, “Oh, you’re most definitely sweeter than any flower.” Then his expression grew serious, his lips forming a thin line. “I want to apologize for last night. I didn’t mean to call you Tip.”

So he wanted to discuss that… “It was all my fault anyway.

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