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He kissed her then, his lipsover hers in a sensuous caress as he pressed his hips between her thighs There was no foreplay, no preparation, just his cock, faht and thickness, in the velvet stroke of it as he pushed deep inside her with a single thrust She et and ready for him, had been ready froered for him always, for his touch, his heat, the spark of silver in his eyes, the deep growl of his voice

She’d been a fool to think she could ever leave hied between her legs, harder and faster until they tuether, their passion a searing heat that entwined their fates forever

And God help any creature who thought he could tear theainst her ear "Always, lubied Cyn closer, enjoying the heat of her body, the soft press of her breast against his side as they made their way to Lucas’s homestead Blackness stretched all around thely for hed, and it made him smile "What is it, lubimaya?"

"Kathryn said she and Lucas aren’t mated"

"No, not yet"

"Do you knohy?"

"As I understand it, Kathryn is what you would call co her tiive me any time to adjust"

"True But then I a closer and giving hi "But you said they aren’tthe yet

"I believe Lucas will push for it sooner, rather than later The situation we discussed will bring danger to all of us," he said, his in for adjustments, not for anyone Lines will be drawn, sides will be chosen"

"Will it come to that?"

"Almost certainly"

"No hope for a peaceful resolution?"

"There is always hope, my Cyn, no matter how small But hope doesn’t ars Preparation does"

They rode in silence, wrapped in the coe that whatever the future brought, they would ether The empty countryside flashed by the darkened s, until the SUV slowed and ly out into the wilderness itself

"Where the hell are we going?" Cyntires billowed around the s in pale clouds "I’ and watching a fire burn, I’ in the truck"

Raphael kissed her temple "No cah that she could see out the front , and he nearly laughed at the look at her face

"What the fuck?" she deht be better than that … shack" She studied it more closely "Oh my God, is that an outhouse?"

"I don’t think it’s functioning," he teased "This, inal domicile on this parcel of land, and the one that pere as his own"

"The ho dresses?"

Raphael grinned "No bonnets for you And no long dresses either, not the kind you s too s But really, when you say homestead, you mean like froh"

Raphael nodded "It is That shack, as you call it, was considered an ihtfully, once upon a time, the house had been the only structure for e had been the sole truth of it--an old, poorly built house suitable for tear down and nothing else But Lucas had long ago upgraded the structure, so that while it still looked old and rundown, it was anything but

"It has been improved since then, however," he assured her so his attention to his lieutenant who sat in the passenger seat up front "When is Aden arriving?"

"I’m told he’s no more than a few miles behind us, my lord"

Raphael frowned "How many are with hireement, while Lucas has his two, and you havehappens, I’ll just wring my hands and fret like I always do," Cyn said testily

Raphael raised a single eyebrow in Jared’s direction, but the vah to know he couldn’t win that particular conversation

Cyn glanced at Raphael "I still think you should have broughton"