Chapter 22.

“Then do it.” her voice rose up barely above a whisper and he swallowed down the waves of urge and hitches that had just formed in his throat.

“Do not dare me, momma.”

“You've never been scared of dares, Axel Darwin! So what's holding you back from popping my cherry this very minute?!” She stood tall and bold on the bed as she stared at him with her chin tipped up slightly higher than usual, daring him to defy her.

“If I do this, you would ...