yet as they needed to be. But she was as strong as she needed to be, and still
hanging on by a thread.
My stomach quaked and my arms trembled as I summoned the power of
our mate bond. I was drained, but the touch of her skin gave me strength.
I poured all I had left into her.
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Savannah
Ecstasy coursed through my body like a wave breaking against the shore.
It was fire in my veins and ice burning my skin. It was pain and pleasure and
absolutely unrelenting.
I gasped and arched my back as Jaxson’s magic surged along my spine,
and my eyes sprang wide.
The world was radiant.
Every color was new and more than my eyes could handle. I could feel
the infinite blue
of the sky and taste the golden sunlight beating down on my
bare skin.
I was in his arms.
Where his flesh began and mine ended, I didn’t know. But I felt every
one of his heartbeats thundering through the world around me.
“You’re alive,” Jaxson’s voice rumbled, and my blood surged.
I reached up and brought my fingers along the edge of his jaw, his beard
prickling my fingertips. “More than ever.”
I slid my arms around his shoulders and pulled myself to his lips. We
flowed together like the rolling waves, and when his fingers caressed my bare
skin, it felt like a rising dawn. His taste, his kiss, and his passion were
everything, and my body was blind to any sensation that wasn’t him.
I’d never been more alive.
But amid the bliss, a moment of clarity cut through my mind, followed by
a flood of memories and fear. I sat up straight. “Where am I?”