Take My Hand [Brac Pack 28] (14 page)

Darcy. “Come on, just try it. I know you’ll love it.”
Darcy didn’t look convinced.“Let me think about it.” “You’ve thought about it for a half an hour now,” Raven pointed

Darcy began to pace back and forth, looking over at Raven with furrowed brows, and then back down at the ground again.“I don’t know if I can do it. I’m scared.”

“ What’s there to be afraid of, Darcy? It’s just me. I promise not to scare you.”
“You promise?” Darcy asked as he looked back at Raven.“And don’t cross your fingers this time.”
Raven chuckled. His mate had him on that one. He had been trying his best to get Darcy to try new things, to stop worrying about everything so much and live in the moment. It was a slow process, but Darcy was starting to relax a little. It even helped Raven. He wasn’t so damn intense any longer. He found by helping Darcy to try and loosen up, he was doing so as well.
“I’m going to be old and grey by the time you make up your mind.”
“Liar.” Darcy laughed. “You live for eternity. There is no greying.”
“Then get in.” Raven walked out of the lake, heading toward his mate. It was hot as hell out tonight, and Raven thought it would be a good idea to go skinny-dipping. Too bad he had to coax his mate into stripping down in the middle of the woods.
Raven’s heart skipped a beat when Darcy licked his lips, staring directly at Raven’s cock.“Damn, you look good enough to eat with all of the water clinging to your sexy-ass body.”
“Are you going to show me your naked body, or am I going to have to toss you in fully clothed?”
Darcy narrowed his eyes.“You wouldn’t dare.”
Raven quirked one lone brow.
“Fine,” Darcy grumbled as he began to strip down.“It’s one in the morning. Who skinny-dips at one in the morning, and in the damn darkness?”
Raven waved toward the sky.“It’s not dark. The moon is out.”
“You know exactly what I mean, Mr. Constantinople.”
“Yes, Mr. Lagrange, I do. Now take your shirt off so we can go for a swim.” It was Raven’s turn to lick his lips as Darcy finished stripping down, revealing his tanned and creamy flesh. Shit, they might not make it to the water if Darcy didn’t stop letting his hard cock bob up and down like that.
Darcy held his hand up as he backed away.“I know that look, Raven, and the answer is no. We just had sex an hour ago.”
“And?” Raven said as he advanced on his mate.“You’re hard. I’m hard. What’s so hard about it?” He laughed at his pun.
“Dork.” Darcy chuckled and then raced toward the water.“You’re still not getting any ass.”
“How about a good blow job?” Raven shouted his question as he took off after his mate.
“If you catch me, I’ll give you one.” Darcy took off, jumping from the wooden dock and flailing his arms wildly.“Oh, shit!”
Raven raced down to the water, diving in and grabbing his mate around the waist.“You didn’t tell me you couldn’t swim, Darcy!”
Darcy sputtered as he came up, wiping the water and the hair from his eyes. His mate looked like a sexy water siren, plastered hair and all. Raven didn’t think he could love anyone more than he loved his Darcy.
“That’s because you haven’t taught me yet,” Darcy replied as he wrapped his arms around Raven’s neck, holding on with a death grip.
Raven wondered if he would ever figure his mate out. Darcy was an enigma that Raven was going to be trying to solve for the next hundred or so years. But until then… “Now, about that blow job.”

Lynn Hagen loves writing about the somewhat flawed, but lovable. She also loves a hero who can see past all the rough edges to find the shining diamond of a beautiful heart.