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And again

She could feel it now, the tease of an iasm Her toes curled, her inner muscles pulsed around hie and she didn’t know if she could survive it "Please," she begged against his lips "Adaive her what she wanted His head fell back, eyes closed, face tight with hunger and desire as he moved over her

They were both frantic now, but then his hand on her hip shifted so he could stroke a thuentle, deadly precision

She exploded

He followed right behind her, his eyes closed against the intensity, pushing so deep inside her, that for that one glorious ed breathingtrees

And Milo’s left-out, put-upon sigh

Holly didn’t want to move She didn’t want to shake off the delicious cloud of satisfaction and comfort Not to otten out of her own bed yesterdayoff little aftershocks of desire that roan, and he shifted as if tothe feel of his hands still gripping her tight, she clutched at hi the same need to reo

He rolled off her, dealt with the condo his lips to her temple "Sleep"

Even in the dark, she could tell that the hard edge that had been there earlier, the hard edge that was always there whenever they had to deal with each other these days, was gone

The softer version of Adauy veneer and wondered what ithe’d stay

Eleven

Adaht thing sorush, the air stuck in his throat

Like now And he knehy, too Today, they were going to the Kaniksu Caves to look for Donald

Just thinking about it had hi himself to relax, he felt Holly curl around hian to ease He continued to will his strung out body to cal hi war war and cos eased Turning his head, he buried his face in her hair for aher in

Then he felt a war his eyes, hein Ada back a few feet and then looked down at the warm, sexy feainst him They were both nad, but basic chemistry had kept them warm Hell, they could have kept all of Idaho ith the heat they’d generated all night

Holly’s skin was scented with her usual enticing sexiness, though she also sly intimate He carefully rolled to his back

Holly ain plaster herself to hi missile Her hair looked like an explosion in awildly over his ar his nose Before he’d even realized what he was doing, he stroked it back from her face

In her sleep she scowled, an expression he ell used to There hadn’t been ht, anyway

At that uncoan the tricky extraction process, pulling back, trying to disentangle hirip on hiht around one of his Her brsts were pillowed against his chest, and when he shifted, her niles puckered tight He kneas just a physical response to stimulation or maybe from the cold air around the with the need to take a taste

He resisted, barely, and only because he was already feeling like the biggest asole on the planet for letting this happen between them

It shouldn’t have happened Holly was hopes and dreaer had hopes and dreah the ed to move back another inch, and she actuallyprotest that was both the sexiest and sweetest sound he’d ever heard

Aside froo, she’d always responded to hierness It had never failed to excite hied now, either

Of course, in those days she hadn’t had anyone to compare him to in the sack, and that had been a rush all on its own But even without that element, she’d been different from other women She’d roused a protective, possessive nature in hi, stupid, and completely ruled by his dick

He had no idea what his excuse was now

He gently pulled his legs free froood look at her in the aeous curves, and…patches of whisker burns on her throat, breasts, and between her legs

You are a co over her, forcing himself up

He pulled on his clothes and boots and moved outside where the icy cold air slapped hiht, the snowfall had coated the land with enough powder to give depth to its features He could see forland, beautiful in its simplicity He eyed the sky Dark and tumultuous They’d be lucky to make it another hour withoutback into the bed that held a warlanced back at her, where she lay curled up in his sleeping bag, only her blond hair showing

God, how he loved the sht to in…well, years He’d been busy with other things like consecutive tours of being dropped into places that didn’t even officially exist, backing up the good guys, losing half his unit because of bad intel, and then falling into a deep, dark pit of despair and guilt for being alive, all of which tended to chase away thoughts of the ladies He drew a deep breath and had to shrug that off for now Therapy 101--sitting on the guilt was unproductive

Not that that had ever stopped him

But he had other issues at the moment Namely the caves

He and Milo did their business His shoulder was bothering hi both the icy air and Dell’s strict instructions, he re seemed okay He tried to replace it hie that on his own He isting around and doing his best when he found Holly standing in the ranger station doorway, looking only half awake and co bag, which slipped off her shoulder, revealing black lace He didn’t often give ht to a woman’s underwear Mostly he liked it skihted of him because this little peekaboo hint was really nice, too

Realizing he was staring, she turned and vanished into the shelter, then reappeared aa little bloay at the fact that overnight their landscape had turned into a winter wonderland

Taking in her sleepy-eyed stupor, it was i rendered her so completely befuddled "You okay?" he asked

Her cheeks flushed, but she nodded, and he wondered if she was thinking about just how very okay she’d see out his name in that sexy, breathy little whisper