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She felt Lia her then, and felt the warmth of the small smile that had crept onto his features

And then, at last, he noted that she was tired

"We’d better get going Big day toed Jaden and Ted, thanking them "Wow I appreciate all that you’ve done on this"

Jaden laughed "Are you kidding? I love this! Can’t wait to just see more and more of what is in that house!"

Ted said the saht fall asleep as they walked through the darkness toward the house

She held Liaainst hi out to the house

She felt a sense of cold and fear sweeping over her as they did so, and she wondered why

Then she realized that the odd and wretched odor was co it She had it set in her hts and her e! There has to be a big ani

"You set to the house, the stronger the sht her hand, and they walked faster He paused, breathing in and gri

"It’s not--it’s not in the house, is it?" she asked

"I don’t think so, but let’s see what’s going on"

He kept her hand in his as they walked up the steps to the porch She opened the door, and they stepped in

He stood in the entry and shook his head

"It’s outside," he said

"What is it?" she asked

"I’ll go out and look," he told her

She didn’t knohy, but she didn’t want hi squea

And she didn’t want to be left alone

"No," she said, her fingers tightening around his "No, please, let’s find out what it is in the ht and find out what it is," he said

"I know you can I don’t want you to Please It’s not in the house It’s not in the house at all Please wait until the "

She looked at him earnestly He touched her face and sht, we can wait until thefairly large, I think A large ested "But, whichever, please, let’s let it wait until the ht"

He turned and checked the door

He paused again, looking around the house For once, she didn’t feel uneasy, or as if so watched

She felt safe He was there

But he told her, "I’ll be right up I’ to take a look around and hed "You won’t be right up It’s a big house"

"I can move quickly," he promised

She smiled and headed for the stairs When she was up in her rooht actually carry a bit of the scent on her, having walked through it

She cast her clothes into the wicker hamper in the bathroom and turned on the shower

A few minutes later, Liam joined her For a ht the soap and rubbed it erotically down the length of her back "I ainst the back of her ear

She laughed and turned into him "I just…I just wanted to make sure we smelled like soap"

And not death

She didn’t say the words; neither did he While the water cascaded down around them, he cradled her head with his hand and kissed her lips slowly The steaainst their bodies They touched their lengths together, and their hands began to roam, and in the wickedly delicious heat that rose between theave way to the pure decadent pleasure of arousal

They played, stroked and teased in the shower, until at last they turned off the water, groped for towels and headed halfway dry and still stea into the bedroom She fell upon him on the clean white sheets, her heart and mind and desire filled with hi to the door

She heard hiroan softly as she turned the lock

"Kelsey, we’re alone, I checked the house!" he whispered to her

She didn’t answer She slid back down him, unable to explain

And then it didn’t ue was thrusting into her mouth, hot and fast, and their hands were all over one another, and then their lips, hot wet kisses that covered and seared against flesh, and he ithin her, and the world was gone

They made love until sheer exhaustion took over She slept, curled against hione