A/n: Left you on a cliffhanger, didn't I? Hehe –insert a more evil laugh here- hehehe.
Say What!
With some hesitation, she turned slowly, that sort of slowness you do when you really don't want to look back but you can't help it, you had to know even if you didn't want to. Slowly, so slowly, turn around, don't look at that chest, that deep, broad chest that tapered down to…look up! Slowly look up, no don't enjoy the view! Look up!
Stare at the angular chin, focus in on what rider managed to catch you and your speedy little green. Look into his eyes…and meet a set of amused sea green eyes staring steadily up at her.
"R'ahvin!"
K'dra stared into R'ahvin's amazingly light green eyes, feeling shock and more than a little incredulity. Her mouth formed a little 'o', and she just gaped at him, in her bed, no, not her bed, somewhere else, but where.
R'ahvin, sharing a bed, sweaty, naked-Oh, by the first Egg he's naked!- bronze rider, Terranth rose, Xenith caught Terranth?
These thoughts swirled around in her head, leaving her feel weak and dizzy, and when she came to she was on her back on the bed, R'ahvin above her, partially on top of her, one arm gently cradling her against his body, the other tenderly running alongside the edge of her face, almost a caress.
"I never had a girl pass out on me, that's a first," his rakish grin split his face, reminding K'dra of the first time she'd met him. She was also abruptly reminded of the fact that R'ahvin was naked and so-upon further inspection- was she.
"So it wasn't a dream?"
"I hope not," R'ahvin's dry voice made K'dra open her eyes and see a very pleased looking bronze rider grinning down at her.
"I'm supposed to be mad at you," K'dra informed him, her pale blue eyes snapping her ire at him.
"Are you?" the bronze rider's tone was indulgent, and his hand started to caress more than just her face.
"Yes, I am," she stated firmly, grasping his wandering hand, glaring at him, chin rising in response to her temper.
Still smiling and at ease, R'ahvin tilted his head, studying the young woman beneath him very carefully. K'dra colored as she recognized the thoughtful look, knowing it was directed at her.
R'ahvin let his gaze take in K'dra's short hair, having grown out to shoulder length now, fascinated at all the wave and slight curling that was now evident and hadn't been prior. Her hair was a dark brown it seemed black, and R'ahvin wasn't sure that it wasn't. Gracefully arched eyebrows, pale blue eyes, snapping fire at him right now, peered out from beneath long, dark lashes, and a full pouting mouth that nearly drove him to distraction, especially when she really did pout.
His eyes traveled down farther, the graceful curve of her neck, the hollow of her throat, the swell and rise of her chest underneath the blanket. She was so tiny, fitting right under his arm and against him as if she were made specifically for him, he was awed.
"Wow," he murmured, causing K'dra to blush again. But even she couldn't stop the pleased twitch of her lips that she'd gotten such a reaction from the notorious rider.
"You act like you've never seen a woman before, bronze rider," she grumbled at him.
"Not this woman," he replied, eyes lingering perhaps a little too long in places she didn't want him.
"Ahem."
R'ahvin's eyes flicked up to meet her pale blue ones and his smile spread across his face, laughing at her.
"You, K'dra, are perfect."
"What?" the little rider's eyes grew wide.
R'ahvin chuckled as he let his free arm drop until it rested in the swell of her hip, and, then tightened his hold bringing her closer. His eyes fastened on her mouth, and he lowered his head, even as he brought her close.
"You heard me," he grinned even as he brought his lips in contact with hers.
I thought you were supposed to be mad at him? Terranth inquired, just at the moment when K'dra had given in, bringing her arms up to wrap around his neck and offering herself willingly.
Oh. Right.
"What's wrong?" R'ahvin asked, mouthing the words against her skin. K'dra was really having trouble keeping focus, well, focus on her being mad and not the amorous male currently wanting her attention in a different way.
"You. Me. Us. I'm really, really supposed to be mad at you."
"Huh. Be mad later."
R'ahvin hit just the right spot, the little area between her shoulder and neck, and that was all it took.
"Okay," K'dra agreed, turning her focus on the man beside her.