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I’d feel later I welcomed the physical pain and I had plenty of that My body was sore It was still hurting froht

I didn’t care

I needed Carter I needed to remember ere alive It was the two of us I couldn’t lose him, no matter what happened

I cupped the back of his neck and pulled him close

"Emma?"

I shook my head No words I didn’t want to talk I didn’t want to feel the pain, not yet I wanted to feel him I wanted to feel love instead I wanted to taste I wanted to be alive As if sensing my unspoken need, his eyes darkened, and he lifted me up to straddle hi my forehead to his, I placed my arms on his shoulders as he held ht here He was the most powerful man I knew, and he was all mine

I had what so many women wanted They were drawn to hie He was dangerous, and that same shiver took hold of my spine and burrowed deep, ood shiver, the delicious kind

I leaned back, tipping us down to the bed, and I wound s

Dangerous Yes Carter was dangerous I raked a hand up his arm, curled it around his chin, and pulled hier He was my protector And he was mine to protect

"Are you su--"

I fused hsensations like this, not the other stuff And as Carter rolled et For a little while he made me feel only him

Afterwards, much, much afterwards, Carter slid out of me and moved to his side He kept one hand on my stomach "Are you sore?"

"Don’t" I rolled to ret this Yes, , but it’s because of the bomb, because of the assault on the car That’s from them They inflicted that on me, and I won’t let them have power over , his veins corded under his skin "I won’t let them take this away from me"

His face softened, and he tipped my chin up "I love you"

"Always," I replied, andover ainstback, he let out a soft sigh "I’ll find her, Eet her back She’ll be safe I’led with politics as I was then I don’t have to wait this ti had to be discussed and approved This time, I’m out I can do whatever I want, but I know Cole will back le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>