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Kara returned and e so we can get out of here"

Blake watched her disappear around thefroround his teeth against the tightening of his groin Kara wasn’t what she see he’d thought died with Whitney, so wound inside him, dark with emotion, was still there, but there was h hand through his hair and turned away from the screen If he fell for this woet back up again He wasn’t going to fall for her He’d protect her That was it

Blake drew a deep breath and turned right back around again, proving to himself this woman did not have him by the throat, just the balls and he could pry her hand off those His gaze went to her silhouette, the shadows outlining her naked body as she reached for a pair of pants Blake’s ck went instantly rock hard and his control, the control he’d claihting it, he decided to e and make sure she did, too He stalked across the room and around the panel, the sweet, fe into hiasped as he drew her into an eive herself to hi hers into a response Her body softened almost instantly, and it turned hi hiainst the wall, twined his fingers into the dark silk of her hair, and forced her gaze to his "It would be better for you to tell me who you are now, on your own"

"I’arowled "Don’t aame to me"

"What do you call secrets and lies? A ga personal here, not even a picture of your mother"

"If I have her picture, that nacio, that "

"And yet you told Mendez and Richter"

"I did what I had to and a public announcelared at her, probed her eyes "You have an answer for everything, don’t you?"

She sucked in a breath, a tor in her eyes "No If I did, I wouldn’t be here"

More of the game, but beneath it was real pain and it spoke to hiusto than he wished to claiht, but he owned it for that, and for where it came from If he owned her, he’d take her someplace far away from here, and keep her safe He was damn near desperate to keep her safe and he knehy, he knew the past was uilt over Whitney’s death that ate hih him and acid burned in that open wound that was a cavern inside hier, at his loss, at Kara for ht now, ready to bury hiive a shit about him Who wouldn’t be around to worry over the next day

His tongue delved deep into the war over her brsts, thu her niles A haze of lust and desire overca him He lost himself in the rush of heat over his skin, the silk of her floral-scented hair on his face He didn’t reot down or how the condom ended up over his shaft There was only the sizzle, the touches, the taste of her on his tongue, and theand watched the lines and shadows of desire on her beautiful face as he pressed deep inside her

Blake fra down at her "Fuck me here and now, and like this, a million times over But don’t fk me outside of this"

"Blake--"

He kissed her, hard, punishing, because he kneasn’t looking for a proive her, one he would keep He tore his mouth from hers, and stared down at her "You’re in over your head and I’ to kill you is me, and I plan to do it with pleasure" He drove into her and went to work, keeping his vow

Chapter Ten

Kara was a ind of ee they’d left earlier, to be near the pier There was so to want to walk away fro hi to bring to her But if that were true, it was only true because deep in her soul, she connected with Blake She felt his pain, too To believe he was one of them tore her apart Yet she had every reason to believe he was, and nothing but what he made her feel to believe otherwise

Blake reached under his leather jacket and gave her gun back Her gaze lifted to his at the sign of trust that reached so much further than her purse he’d already returned "You stay in the truck and lock the door," Blake ordered "But use that if you need to"