Seventeen

Scarlett

My reunion with Clarissa had not gone like I’d planned, and the frigid bath in the river hadn’t done anything to improve my mood. My full belly helped, but the cold seemed to permeate down to my bones the entire return trip.

The inside of the cabin wasn’t too cold due to the kickass wood stove burner, but my mate’s fiery warmth radiating back to me was enough to make me want to stay under the covers with him forever.

Then, he had to go and ruin my perfect plans for wiling away the time before the meeting tomorrow by being sensible when all I wanted was to get tangled up together in the dusty sheets.

Admittedly, we did need to talk about what had happened last time. I was all for spending an evening ensconced in pleasure with this male, but I also didn’t want him attempting to claim me again either.

I sat up, grasping the edges of the blanket in my fist to keep it wrapped around my shoulders as I replied, “Can