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Courtney shook her head at that "Cam won’t wait on that, Jaci"

She finished her wine and sat the glass on the table before turning back to her friend "He doesn’t have a choice"

And to that, Courtney soing to learn, my friend, that it’s you on’t have a choice Once a club o back on that vow Ian knows of only one, in the entire history of the club, to do so, and I pro it each second of his life Cam won’t wait And I don’t think you want him to"

Her friend’s eyes twinkled "And so certain that the word ‘no’ never passes a lady’s lips again"

She was not going to ask She was not going to ask She didn’t want to knohat those ere, or why Courtney looked so deliciously lost in thought over the to lass froain A refill Just a little bit oes crazy"

"I know" Courtney s satisfaction "That’s why I’ht need another bottle after that cohed softly "So, you’ll be at the party tonight?" she asked, pouring Jaci another small measure of the fruity wine

At that question, Jaci smiled This time, it was her smile that caused concern to flicker in Courtney’s eyes

"I’ll be there," she drawled

"With Cam?"

"Only if he arrives at the salass "And I wouldn’t bet on that happening, Courtney I really wouldn’t"

Sheto find out that she didn’t do orders very well at all If he had clai her very welloverwhelmed by his dominance and his sexuality She had always feared she couldn’t stand up to hi to have to prove to herself and to hi to have it do it at the sa her nein with five years ago and let him wipe the floor with Roberts and have it done with? At that ti the hell out of the otherhim

But she was afraid, very afraid, that after all this time, after all they had done to atteht kill hi her heart are two different things And gaining her trust is another problem entirely

Caaining their trust hadn’t been one of his priet into their beds That was an entirely different sort of trust, and he knew it

And he didn’t have Jaci’s coe that the woh to allow hiht of that one as he pulled the Harley into the underground garage of the converted warehouse he and Chase had bought just after accepting Ian Sinclair’s offer five years before

Two stories, cavernous and open; he and his brother had worked in their spare ti it into a livable space The open rooms, tall s, and spaciousness appealed to his need for freedohanistan, Cam had needed space, room to roam and to heal, after the military had returned him to the states

Even worse than the need for space at that time had been the need for touch It was then that he learned how finicky women could be He and Chase had always appealed to women; it had been a shock to look in the e that had been done to his body, but evenfroust And he’d found, just because a woman wanted to live on the wild side for a little bit, it didn’t mean that she had to appreciate the body that pulled her into the dark excesses that inhabited that side of her sexuality

Yet, Jaci had touched hiently, with sorrow And as she had, the need to take her without Chase had risen inside hihtened at the memory of that, as he moved quickly up the stairs to the first level of the "house" There, he strode first to the fridge and the cold beer waiting inside, twisted off the cap, flipped it into the garbage, then tilted the beer to his lips

A long, cold drink later, he leaned against the counter and stared around the open rooarden tub on the other side of the huge roolass

There was the kitchen and work island where he stood, just inside the doorway, then the roo area, with sectional couches, thickly cushioned chairs, and a wide-screen television There was a pool table and several old pinball machines behind that Then, enclosed by fil-size bed andunfinished furniture filled that corner of the rooht room, home office, and Chase’s bedroom and bath, as well as a kitchenette As Chase had explained, so down the stairs

And so Jaci alone

Chase didn’t suffer from the darkness as often as Cam did Sometimes Cam wondered if his twin couldn’t live happily without ever sharing another woman