Beneath her caressing fingers, his body thickened and hardened in response, his gut clenched hotly, and the breath seemed to slam out of him. "You are deliberately testing my resolve, piccola, and I am failing the test miserably."
"That is exactly what I wanted to hear," she answered complacently, her mind already occupied with much more interesting matters.
"Get to the campsite now! You two love birds!" That was Dedari. He was communicating with Jacob through the family's mind path. Quickly Jacob wished clothes on him and Zande who looked befuddled at the swift change in atmosphere.
"What is the matter? Did Dedari call?" She asked, smoothing the creases on the long white flannel shirt that appeared on her skin.
"Yes, hold on to me." Jacob demanded and immediately she complied, aware that they would be moving along the air in the direction of the campsite in the form of mist.
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