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Chapter Ten

Jade

Despite the fact Ghost had told them to check in as soon as they arrived back in Snowfall, Jade had more pressing matters to deal with.

They stumbled their way through the door of her cottage.Jade couldn’t stop her hands from roaming under Noah’s shirt, wanting to rip it off him, but she restrained herself.She managed to turn them so her back pressed the front door closed, their mouths never separating, even for a moment.

“Where are we?”Noah’s lips moved against hers, causing a shiver of need to wash over her.

“My place, my cabin.We’re about three miles from Kai’s and ten or so from Xander’s.”

Without commenting on their surroundings, Noah kissed her again, sweeping his tongue inside and groaning as she sucked on it.

Her body was vibrating, even more than the first time they’d made love.She knew what it felt like to have Noah inside her, to feel his cock expand as he released, moaning her name.Jade wanted to feel that again.

The kiss broke off when they needed air and Noah took the opportunity to look around.She glanced around and looked at her house through Noah’s eyes.

Her walls were painted the same color as the sky on a beautiful Colorado winter day.She had plants in pots in corners and on tables.She had two very comfortable chairs where she loved to read, and a dark-blue couch that complemented the color scheme.Her favorite part of the house was the wraparound, closed-in porch out back from the kitchen.She had it heated and when you sat out there, you could see the clouds move over the Rocky Mountains.

She splurged on her kitchen since she did like to cook, and she would describe the majority of her house as comfortable.

Noah turned back to her and reached for her.Before he pulled her into a hug, he paused and glanced down with a grimace.“Why don’t we shower together?I’m sure you want to get the blood off your skin.”

Jade smiled a wicked smile.“Oh, shower sex.”

Noah threw his head back and laughed.Jade loved to see him so carefree and relaxed.Other than in the few moments they had made love, Noah hadn’t expressed many emotions, other than anger and a desire for revenge.Now that they were able to find the other shifters’ operating base, Noah showed more emotions.

She thought back to the conversation they’d had where Noah asked her about transitions.Although she would never pressure him, she felt a twinge of hurt at the thought of Noah rejecting her.Even if he chose to be with her but chose not to transition, she would still lose him when he grew old.

But Jade understood his decision to wait and think it through.She’d seen parts of Ara’s transition and the anguish on Reaper’s face, but after she became a wolf shifter, they couldn’t be happier.And Jade knew Ara would have gone through it all again just to be with Reaper.

Earlier that morning, Jade had woken to see Noah balancing his head on his hand as he laid out next to her.His eyes roamed over her face, never moving past her neck, and she wondered what he was thinking about.When she asked the question aloud, he gave her a small smile and let her know the snow had let up sometime in the early morning and melted enough they could get out.

Her thoughts about the drive flitted from her mind when Noah slid his hands around her shoulders to remove her parka.She sucked in a breath when his hands shimmied underneath her shirt and his hot skin touched hers.

“Shower sex sounds wonderful.”Noah kissed her breathless, walking her backward.“Which door?”

Jade, not moving her lips from his, tilted her head to indicate when they reached their destination.

Without a word, Noah picked up Jade and encouraged her to wrap her legs around his waist.He stepped inside and closed the door, pressing her against the solid wood and kissing her breathless.There was a sort of desperation in his kiss, but before she could figure out why, his lips traveled down to her neck and he sucked, hard, as if he intended to leave his mark on her skin.

“Noah, more.I need you.”

With one last suckle on her skin, he pulled away before he made quick work of her clothes.When she stood there, naked and panting at what was to come, Noah curled his hand around the hem of his shirt and started to peel it up his body, exposing inch after inch of beautiful, tanned skin.His washboard abs made her shiver, but when he lifted the cotton above his pectorals, she noticed his nipples were hard.The muscles in his arms flexed as he slipped the shirt over his head and dropped it to the floor.

Her breath held in her chest as he reached for the button of his jeans, flicking it open with ease with two of his fingers.

“When did you start being a tease?”Her voice came out low, almost a growl.

“The moment you started looking at me like that.Your skin’s flushed and your green eyes are so wide that I almost can’t see the emerald ring around them.Your chest is rising and falling with deep breaths and you look like you’re shaking, trying to hold back from touching me.”

Noah paused and captured her gaze in his.“You don’t have to hold back.I’m not breakable and I want to be inside you as much as you want me.”

Moving before he said the last word, Jade reached for his jeans and without thought, shredded them, doing the same with his boxer briefs, leaving him naked and his cock pulsing against his stomach.

Jade reached around and turned on the shower, waiting until steam started pouring out of the glass enclosure, before she walked Noah inside.She reached blindly for the door and once she had it closed, she dropped to her knees and took Noah’s hard cock in her mouth.

“Fuck!”