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Rogue blinked at the sudden bright light, staring up at hi his shirt fro it over his head
"What?" She watched hih their holes and pulled the shirt over his lean abs
"Grab a jacket" He turned back to her, his expression hard "I had Alex drop ue tilted her head to the side as she watched hi away, Zeke?" she asked hirunted "This has nothing to do with caring who sees ht now"
That was strange enough; she couldn’t i that needed to be taken care of or anyone causing hiht?"
He nodded slowly "Later I prouejacket free, then lifted the keys to the Harley froo" She tossed hi back to hi to have to take your chances going down the stairs, I guess Unless you want to climb out the backand shilanced toward the bedrooaze narrowed
"Explanations would be nice," she finally told him
He nodded slowly "Explanations will have to corabbed his own leather jacket froing it on, he opened the door, looked down the stairs, then led her froue stayed silent, though the questions were beginning to build in her mind She followed him down the stairs, then the short hall to the back door They slipped from the bar as silently as he had obviously slipped inside, and he led her straight to the covered carport behind the bar where she kept her Harley parked
He straddled the cycle quickly and inserted the key as Rogue swung onto the padded back huhs was always an exhilarating, alave her a reckless little thrill
She pulled on the helmet Zeke handed her as he pulled on the extra that he had taken from a hook just inside the carport Within seconds, the kickstand was up and he was backing thethe handlebars and accelerating froraveled drive that led froh meadow exited at a small country road that broke off from the interstate Zeke turned onto the s away froue rode behind hi in hiet her away fro to do with his tension now
According to his secretary when she’d called earlier, he had an appointment out of town and Kendal hadn’t knohen he would be back Now, he’d had Alex drop hi on her cycle rather than in his Tahoe?
She couldn’t bitch about escaping with hi about riding free behind hiht air as she held on to hi behind anyone else She’d always loved the control of wielding the cycle’s power herself But so was alasht sped by, the wind chilly but not cutting There was a hint of warmth to the air, the certainty of the land that su its way In front of her, the certainty of her lover’s heat seeated the darkened back roads toward his ho, no more than half an hour, but the cell phone at her side had activated twice, and she had a feeling she kneho it was
Her brother Or Jonesy They couldn’t know she ith Zeke, but they would guess that she was heading to see him at the least
Why, she wondered, was John so intent that she leave Somerset and return to Boston?
What drove not just Jonesy but her brother to such lengths to supposedly save her from Zeke? It bothered her, first Jonesy, then John Both were pissed at the thought of her being with Zeke and she couldn’t figure out why
The broken heart was her risk to take, and the risk was one she wouldn’tfor the chance to steal his heart
But was she stealing his heart, or was she fooling herself? She’d been throwing herself at him for years; had he just finally taken as offered, or did itto hi, at least for now
Clenching her eyes closed for precious seconds, she held on to the hope, the prayer, that more would come of this than a broken heart
Her eyes opened as he made the turn onto the side road that led into his farht see of pine that reached into the night sky She felt isolated fro into a place where nothing else could touch the existed but the two of them
When he broke from the heavy tree cover it was to make the short ride to his hoe doors, stopped, and kicked down the stand before swinging off, leaving the engine throbbing as he ue slid into the seat he vacated, relishing the heavy heat he left, kicked up the stand, and pulled the cycle into the garage before cutting theit on the end of one of the handlebars as she watched Zeke move toward her
The cell phone at her hip beeped i it free, she checked the nuaze back to Zeke
"Jonesy and John are getting rather impatient," she told hiue shook her head before flipping the phone open and bringing it to her ear
"I’m busy," she told her bartender "What’s the proble to hunt you down and he’s rowled "Why can’t you just let soht?"
Her lips thinned at the controlled anger in his tone
"Where is John?"
"Hang on, you can talk to the little bastard yourself," he snapped
The ood tiue threw her leg over the cycle’s seat and waited ie before turning back, leaning against the wall, and crossing his arms over his chest as he watched her
"Where the fuck are you?" John snarled into the phone "I’ve called every da to find you"
"Since when do I have to infor?" she asked quietly, aware of the sound of the bar fading in the background of the phone
"Since I suspect you ran off with that da with," he retorted harshly "Get your ass back here, we need to talk"
"Is the bar on fire?" she finally asked sweetly
"Don’t fuck withand harsh "No, the da, dead, or hospitalized, and you aren’t in danger of a lawsuit What you are in danger of is the fact that Dad will be on the first flight out here if I er threatened to explode through her Zeke atching her with those cool, predatory eyes of his, as though he knew so on the explosion
John was exploding, Jonesy was acting dae, and for soet a call through to hi his cell phone