The Molten Key by T.L. Wilson

Author:T.L. Wilson [Wilson, T.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-02T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 23

ASH

“Adelia? Where did you go?” Ash called.

He rose from setting his cloak on the dusty ground, brushing it off for good measure. It certainly wasn’t how he expected to be spending the night, but he couldn’t help feeling a little flicker of excitement knowing he would get to fall asleep next to Adelia tonight.

Surely, she wouldn’t be stubborn enough to deny him keeping her warm for the night, right?

He looked over his shoulder and saw her bending over the lake.

What the…

Then she cupped her hands and slurped up the water like they had stumbled upon an oasis.

Oh no. No, no, no.

“Adelia!”

Forgetting the cloak, he sprinted over to her as she stood up and began to lift her shirt over her head, stumbling towards the lake.

Shit!

Running over, he watched as she flung her shirt into the water, grinning from ear to ear. The shirt landed in the inky lake, where it soaked up the black water and sank to the bottom. She was never getting that back, that’s for sure.

He had absolutely no idea what was going on in her head right now, but he did know one thing—that water was dangerous. And if she got in, she’d never climb out.

Ash reached her and snagged her hands before she managed to strip off any other clothing, and she looked at him in bewilderment.

“Are you coming swimming with me?” she asked him innocently.

“No! You can’t go swimming, Adelia!” It was a true testament to his willpower that he kept his eyes from drifting down.

She furrowed her eyebrows. “Why not?”

“That water is dangerous. It will kill you.”

She laughed. “No, it won’t!”

She looked at the lake over her shoulder lovingly. “It calls to me. Can’t you hear it?” she whispered.

She looked back toward him and seemed to notice him for the first time. Her glassy eyes roved over his body and her pupils dilated.

“You’re beautiful,” she whispered in awe and reached out her fingers to touch his chest. She grazed them across his pecs and down his abs. He sucked in a breath.

She took a tentative step closer and moved to lift his shirt over the top of his head.

He couldn’t help but laugh. “If you wanted my clothes off so badly, you could have just asked, but now you’re drunk.”

He grabbed her hands to stop her from stripping him down. “Come on, let’s sit over there for a bit.”

Ash pointed to the cloak he set down on the ground.

“Why?”

“I have something to show you over there. Will you follow me?”

Fuck. How am I going to keep her from jumping into that lake?

Surprisingly, she nodded and laced her fingers with his. He led her towards the boulders and sat her down, doing his best to keep his eyes level with hers. Because sitting in front of a semi-naked Adelia did more to him than he cared to admit. He sat directly in front of her, pinning her between the wall, the boulders, and him. It would have to do.

She lasted a whole thirty seconds before she remembered the water again.

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