Book 4: In the Sun

Finn

The sun is high in the sky by the time I peel my eyes open the next morning. My leg aches, but a second application of that herb shit before we finally collapsed to sleep keeps it from being the nightmare I’m sure it would be otherwise.

That, and Xander’s head on my chest, her mouth open with sleep and auburn hair splayed everywhere. Her face looks surprisingly like it does when pleasure overwhelms her completely—just about relaxed, with the faintest smile. My cock reacts to the thought.

I shake my head. Dawn was threatening when we finally ran out of ways to try each other’s bodies or the stamina to come up with them. I fought a battle yesterday. And Xander—

My fingers drift instinctively from her hip, cupping the tiny swell of her stomach. The Haze was only a little over a month ago now. She has some time before the bump of our baby will be impossible to hide, but she still sought me out. Maybe because other interventions have to happe