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The last of her sated peace dissipated and fury replaced it "Don’t talk to hi, so he took ave me what I desired"
Dane pinned her under an icy stare He raked that cold gaze up and down her body until she shivered "I’ll bet he did Did he fuck you good? Is Coop going to back him up now?"
God, his snide tone iven her a special memory to treasure She’d felt special Now, she just felt like a bone the gentle lab and the rabid hound would fight over And she feltthat wasn’t her fault
"It wasn’t like that!" she insisted, feeling sick to her sto a bully"
"Shut the fuck up, Dane Are you even thinking about her?" Cooper rose and dove into the fray
"All I’ve done is think about her," Dane shot back "I’oddamn one of us who thinks with his head at all You two have done nothing but think with your dicks since the ue-fucked her in a bathrooet the job done," he sneered at Cooper, then shifted to Lan "You took a virgin and a princess on the ground like any ol’ hook-up because your cock got hard You were supposed to treat her right, but no You just chucked her on the ground and sank your cock in, spewing all your swireat first tireat first experience" Or it had been until Dane had stomped in and made it sound crude with his destructive accusations
"You weren’t here, so you don’t know shit" Landon ignored her, too "I took care of her"
"Dane, you need to calot in between the other two men, obviously ready to stop theaze tangling with hers and now full of regret "Lea, I’ht, he can do it with hi care of you the way I should right now"
When he tried to lead her away to the pool, Alea dug in her heels It was obvious Dane had a serious problem hat they’d done Maybe she hadn’t understood the "plan" well enough Maybe they should have talkedto talk now "Dane, stop being a hothead I’ll get dressed, and we can discuss this like rational adults"
Dane looked down at her, his eyes cold "I wouldn’t drea your little party I’ll just takemy friends"
If he’d slapped her across the face, he couldn’t have hurt herout all the happiness she’d felt just o Then Dane pivoted away and stalked back toward the beach like she didn’tto kill him" Landon started to stomp after him
Cooper put a hand on his friend’s shoulder "You want to go and beat the shit out of Dane with your junk hanging out? Don’t, hts dirty He will not have a proble to pull your dick off"
"You stay here I’ared it over her head It wasn’t ive hiet aith that"
Dane had talked and talked about taking it slow and easy He’d assured her that the choice was hers, that when she was ready, they would all be here for her Yeah He’d really lad I’m not the one she’s mad at," Lan said under his breath
"She’s really pissed off" Coop sounded proud
Furious, actually She didn’t have a thing to be ashamed of Dane did He wasn’t allowed to make her feel like a whore, then walk away He’d tried so hard to convince her this relationship would work, but the first tiry, he pouted and threw a tantruh her veins She took a deep breath He wanted a fight? He’d better brace hi--the real Alea al Mussad
Chapter Ten
The o back and apologize Hadn’t the fight at the palace and Tal’s dressing down taught hie had told him they had to behave like brothers Brothers didn’t norical ones had, and he’d resented the fuck out of it
Hadn’t he just done the same to Landon and Cooper? Yes, but they’d taken Alea without him And he hadn’t really listened to what they’d said He’d just lost his te with himself Awesome
Dane planted his hands on his hips and forced himself to suck in a breath, clear his head What exactly had happened? The whole way up the trail to the lagoon, he’d been hoping that this would be the day Once he got to wherever Lan and Coop had claimed was paradise, that maybe they would kiss her a little, maybe seduce her out of her clothes They’d talked about all being there, going sloith her But he’d wanted to get inside her He’d wanted to make love to her
Then he’d discovered that Landon had beaten him to the punch
When he’d crashed into the clearing to find her, so fucking gorgeous with her head thrown back, taking pleasure from Lan and Cooper, he’d felt dizzy with shock He’d stood there and watched as she’d given herself to them, and his blood had boiled with betrayal Terrible accusations had spewed from his mouth On the way back to base camp, he’d cursed This wasn’t her fault, or Coop and Lan’s
It was his own
While on top of him, Lan had allowed Alea the control she’d undoubtedly needed His buddies could be gentle with Alea They could treat her right They didn’t have perverse needs
They were better for her than he was
Cooper and Landon hadn’t been kicked out of the military Oh, Dane had been allowed to leave of his own accord, but everyone knew he’d been a hairsbreadth away from a court martial Alea deserved an honorable lover, and he wasn’t that
He didn’t have a family anymore They’d all turned their backs on him He didn’t have wealth or even ht about it, he didn’t have a whole fucking lot to offer her He scrubbed a hand through his hair He should have kept it together, but no, he’d said sos because he’d felt so damn inadequate in that one and she was alone with Lan and Coop to make love