Free Guardian [New World Book 6] by C. L. Scholey

Even with the soft squishy ground beneath her feet, soaking into her shoes, she wasn’t afraid anymore. Roam had to know of a safe route, he was so sure of himself.
    “I need to get you back,” Roam said.
    “Uh huh,” she mumbled. Jinx didn’t want to move.
    With an arm slung around her shoulder Roam turned her. The cave was farther than she thought which gave her some comfort, putting miles between her home and the rising water. A month was a long time.
    Taz was waiting outside for them. He looked relieved when they strolled up to him. Jinx had been lost in thought. How easy it had been to go from needing Taz for protection to wanting Roam’s reassurance.
    “The water is rising,” Jinx said. “Roam says the cave will be underwater soon.”
    “I know,” Taz replied. From his look Jinx knew he already guessed what was happening. He obviously didn’t want to frighten them. Now he had no choice.
    “Roam says his home is safer.”
    “It is. We’re going to have to trust him.” Taz stared hard at Roam when he said this. Roam nodded. Something passed between both men. They shared a secret. Jinx wasn’t certain if it was a good thing or a bad thing, but she trusted them both with her life.
    After dinner, Jinx lay in her bed made up off the floor. The structure was sturdy if narrow. Taz had made it by shoving two poles teepee-like into the ground at either end then tying them at the middle. Two long poles, a shade taller than her length, were attached to either side with smaller strong sticks placed a few inches apart and tied vertically to the poles on either side with rawhide. Furs lined the base where she lay with an old blanket for warmth covering her.
    The ceiling was a mixture of colored rock. Jinx could hear Taz’s muttered words in the darkness as he spoke quietly to Macey. Macey giggled then muttered back. Skylar and Haven shared a small space and bed off to her left. Their whispers and giggles drifted to her ears as well. Aunt Greta was snoring; she shared a room with Ally. Jinx was alone behind her partition. She rolled over and placed a bent elbow under her head. As always, her thoughts took her mind to Roam.
    Jinx wondered what it would be like curled in Roam’s arms, whispering, giggling, loving. Instead of lying in her bed with the weight of the world on her shoulders. Ignorance really was bliss. Normally at this time, she already had Roam naked in her thoughts, fantasizing. She felt her face flame, but it didn’t stop the direction of her thoughts. He had been so quick to come to her rescue; he hadn’t hesitated the day the snake attacked. There was no denying he was her hero from then on. The man had no fear. Roam also never mentioned a word of the occurrence to Taz. That alone was an endearing quality.
    Jinx imagined his body curled against hers. His thick erection pressed against her teasingly. Warm breath fluttering wispy tendrils of her hair as he spoke naughty words, making her hot. A nip at her neck making her shudder. The wetness of his tongue laving every inch of her. Powerful fingers tracing her from shoulder to hip to squeeze deliciously at her ass. Large hands inching their way up her body to her breasts. His huge body settling over top of hers, pinning her. Wanting her to do anything he asked. Jinx wanted to groan with sexual frustration.
    When Jinx closed her eyes, she drifted to sleep with him in her thoughts. A small smile curled her lips and she muttered his name. There was no harm, he couldn’t possibly hear her.
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    “She was calling to you in her sleep again.”
    Roam glanced at Taz; they were shielded, hunting. For now, they walked side by side. Roam had been lost in thought; he too had heard Jinx whisper his name. He wondered if it was his imagination to scent lust coming from her. It had to be his must; at night, it was worse when he fantasized and his shield couldn’t come up to control his emotions.
    Images of her naked body popped into his head making his cock