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She was doing a da hio after tonight She was his, and now she was going to have to deal with the man she had tempted from the darkness
She could handle him, of that Zeke was certain The probleround rules?
Checking todeeply after their shower, he cleaned the vibrator he had placed in the drawer of his bedside table after she had been at the house the last tiel into the drawer
He had known it would coot her in his bed, where that loss of control would lead to
After kissing her brow gently, he dressed and left the house It was still dark, though daasn’t far away Which meant he didn’t have much time to do what he needed to do
He was in control now, but he hadn’t maintained his control earlier He had known the aze that he was severely out of control Thank God that she hadn’t realized the line he had been riding But he had known He had known and he hadn’t been able to pull himself back from the brink
It had been all he could do not to spank her as he wanted to, and that was only because he had been so desperate to test her sexual subin She wouldn’t have known the i to her, and she shouldn’t have accepted it so easily There should have been a measure of fear, of wariness froentle her Instead, she had lifted that pert little butt right up to him and invited him to do his worst
He wiped his hand over his face as he started the truck’s engine and reversed out of the driveway She had taken a part of hiive a woman She had stolen his heart when he had believed he didn’t have a heart to steal
It wasn’t just the sex or her sub, Zeke realized It was the realization at theto hied to her Because in all the years that he had known of the dark sexual core he possessed, he had never knooue
She was adventurous, wild as the wind, but steady, honorable She was a woman that would love a man with every ounce of her heart, and he knew she loved hihs, in every response she had given to every touch he had bestowed
She was his, and protecting her was his right, ensuring that she was never, ever har certain he never lost her because of the job that meant so much to him was imperative
That part would be harder than what he was setting out to do tonight Tonight, he would make certain one particular ain
Keeping control when he had driven up on the scene had nearly been i in to her demands that he release Jonesy had been even harder But he had realized soo She would lay down her own life for a friend; she had proved that when she had defended Shane and lost her own reputation
He wasn’t going to risk such a confrontation, especially in public, over Jonesy
No, he would take care of Jonesy privately, just between the two of theue slept
It didn’t take more than a half hour to arrive at the Bar It was close to four in thelot, as Zeke kneould be
The bartender was usually in the bar until daylight, leaving just as the sun peeked over the horizon and didn’t return until just before the evening shift His assistant bartenders along with Rogue opened the bar at five every evening except Sunday
He pulled his truck into the front lot and shut off the engine before leaving the vehicle
The front door was locked until Zeke strode up to it and pounded on the heavy panel
He didn’t have to wait long before it was pushed open and Jonesy stepped outside, his expression wary Bald and heavily muscled, Jonesy was a bull of a
Zeke intended to do e your mind about arrestin’ me?" Jonesy’s broad face twisted into a sneer as he faced Zeke, his heavy fists clenching "Ain’t you scared Rogue h left the bartender’s throat at the state a inside hiue sheds tears over you isn’t what concerns me, Jonesy," Zeke drawled "The bruises you left on her arret in the bartender’s eyes It was gone just as quickly and replaced with a hateful sneer
"She don’t ever listen to reason," he bit out furiously "That girl waded right into that fight as though it was her business as slingin’ fists Better a bruise on the arm from me than a snapped neck from someone else"
Like hell
Zeke didn’t intend to stand around arguing with the other man; he had come here for a reason
"This s to me," Zeke state softly "You don’t touch what’s mine, Jonesy, not for any reason No way, no how"
"Last I heard noout for her for four years now Where the hell were you when she needed so with traue Now you think you can waltz right in here and treat her like you treat your flybys? Not while I can still talk some sense into her"
"Like one of ht little whores that you keep hanging on a string You know, Sheriff, the ones you hide in the day and fuck at night? Or was I wrong about Rogue?
Maybe hangin’ with that Walker trash has rubbed off on her after all"