Marrow Charm is an alternate history dark fantasy adventure. Azure (Azzy) and Kai are bound together through circumstance. Each has saved the other multiple times throughout the course of the story, forming a deep bond. Here Azzy saves Kai from drowning after their daring escape from a horde of monsters via diving into the sea. Through the power within her, she pulls him back from the brink of death, and their bond transforms into something more...
She opened her colorless eye, peering through the filtered world at Kai's inert form. No, forms, two forms, man and wolf existing in the same space, not one or the other, but one in the same. At his center, his heart struggled to maintain a feeble beat, wrapped in the same shimmering essence as the witch's path. Magic, she realized, magic was keeping him alive, but not for long. It needed a spark, something to draw from. Her gaze fell on the corded braid round his neck. It glowed the moment her eyes lit upon it. A physical bond between them, forged by intent or accident. She could draw from it. She wrapped her fingers around it as she leaned in, breathing in his mouth once more. The whispers breathed with her.
She could feel the answering crackle in her veins, the air burned as it left her mouth, pouring into him.
Kai coughed, choking up water. She gave a cry, helping him turn on his side as he expelled the water from his lungs. His skin warmed beneath her touch, his ashen pallor fading as she watched. She collapsed beside him on the sand, staring up at the overcast sky, awash with relief despite the violent shiver in her limbs. Kai rolled, shifting over her, filling the field of her vision. His arms were braced on either side of her. Heat radiated from him. His eyes searched her face, lit by an intent she didn't recognize until his head bent down, his mouth taking hers.
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His lips scalded her. She froze, reeling and uncertain until an answering heat bloomed within her. Azzy threaded her arms around his neck, committing to an instinct old as time. She arched up against him, feeling the ebb and flow of warmth through their sodden clothing.
She could feel the ridges of every corded muscle, down to the hard length between his legs. It pressed against her belly as she clung to him, even hotter than rest of him, warming her from her core. His hands roamed over her body, exploring her curves. She jolted as he slipped his hands beneath her sodden clothes, calloused palms tracing the smooth lines of her torso until the found the soft underside of her breasts.
Her mind shrank back from the boldness of his touch even as her body craved it. She went still, trying to work through the tangle of thought and desire.
He distracted her, lapping at her bottom lip until her gasp of surprise allowed him entrance. Her confusion vanished at his invasion, yeilding to the sensations he provoked. He tasted her, sucking on her tongue, before he pulled back just enough to nip her bottom lip.
Azzy breathed in the smoky taste of his mouth as his thumbs rasped over her nipples. She would have arched harder against him if he hadn't pinned her down, his dark head lowering as his clever fingers found the ties and hooks of her shirt, baring her breasts to the open air.
