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His head lowered, his lips shocked hers, parted the on to hiripped his head, her lips moved beneath his, her heart raced in her chest

What was it about hi mattered but his kiss, his touch? She had missed him, she’d ached for him She hadn’t realized how much she needed the co her, his hands on her ass, lifting her against his chest as her arms wrapped around his neck

"Zeke," she whispered his na at her as his lipsbeard scraped against the flesh just under her jaw

His teeth nipped at her, his tongue licked

"I need you" She let her tongue flicker over his ear as her legs bent to grip his thighs, her skirt lifting, her sex cushioning the heavy impression of his cock beneath his jeans

"Daed, and sent heated fingers of sensation to curl over her scalp as he pulled her head back

His lipsIt worked over her lips as his tongue stroked past theain

It was a hungry, desperate kiss It was a kiss that fed the hope inside her, a hope that had been so fragile she had refused to even acknowledge it A hope this need he had for her was more than physical That eht care for her That heshe was falling in love with hier had control over those e she had no control over her response to hi herself in his touch, in his kiss, in his hunger for her Losing herself to the point that he could take her right there, under the lights that blazed overhead, against the warm metal of his pickup truck, and she wouldn’t offer the first protest She would revel in the pleasure and the heat he filled her with instead

"You’re stealing roaned as his lips lifted She tried to follow, tried to retain the hunger and need she could feel pouring out of hiiven you permission to stop," she whih chuckle in reply, but still he steadied her back on her feet before shifting away from her

Damn him She wanted et in" He opened the passenger side door and lifted her into the seat before she could atte board that ran down the side of the cab

"Where a?" Her lips quirked as she stared back at hi developing between the So less than emotion

"For a ride" He reached out, touched her cheek with his fingertips, and caressed the line of her jaith his thumb "We need to talk"

He backed away before she could reply, shifted her legs into the truck, then closed the door, all without saying another word

Rogue blew out a hard breath as she watched hiraceful in that predatory kind of way, dressed in jeans, a dark cotton shirt, and boots Damn, he made her mouth water He made her heart ache

He made her realize all the drea more to him perhaps than just his current little pillow h he had sorese as public as a date God forbid he would do anything so juvenile at his age

"That look on your face is scary," he told her as he opened his door and lifted hi his head to stare at her as he pushed the key into the ignition and started the motor

"Scary?" she asked with a srunted at that "Equal parts feminine charm and sheer calculation I saw that saate’s nose last year at the local fair"

Shehad broken Bobby Joe’s nose "There was no proof I broke his nose," she still reminded him "He buried his face in the cement; I didn’t put it there"

"No, it was your cute little fist that plowed into it though," he chuckled as he pulled out of the parking lot "I was there, remember? I heard the crunch"

"And here you didn’t arrest ate liked to tease and torer than hie dropout had been picking on a thirteen-year-old child whose father had been arrested on suspicion of terrorism

The child had been unaware of the reason for her father’s arrest until Bobby Joe had begun spouting accusations at her and her uncle Rogue had hit before she had thought

And as Zeke said, he had been there He had come up as Bobby Joe had hit the cement, jerked him up, and rushed him away from the crowd before someone had ended up dead Likely Bobby Joe, because if he had tried to strike back at Rogue, the six bikers with her would have ripped his head off and used his guts to strangle hi on," he said "If you hadn’t hit hiue let a smile curl her lips at that Yeah, Zeke could hit harder She’d had the supre him do just that a tis beca a conflict or two between custoht to discuss Bobby Joe Wingate?"

He was driving through town, his eyes on the traffic as he headed toward the heavily forested city lihts disappeared and the headlights of the truck picked up the black ribbon of the road winding through the h on naled and turned from the main road onto a county road that led deeper into the h on your list of priorities?" she asked, sth of her skirt as they drove deeper into the mountains

"You"

That effectively shut her up, for thenext to the lake several listened across the water as it lapped at the large rocks that had been set along the bank

He stared out the windshield, too aware of Rogue sitting in the seat beside his he wanted froht, huh?" she finally asked "I have to admit, Zeke, I’m a little surprised I haven’t been your priority before now"

Her voice just did things to him It was smooth, melodic; it was a breath of summer heat and a reminder of the sweet sound of her cries as she ca hard It ht then