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She resisted at first—a token resistance—but then she surrenderedby inches Desire flooded hiainst his increripped his shirt, and at that point the kiss changed The yearning, the aching need rose to the top, and he pulled her closer, wrapping his arms around her as if he could make her his woman that way As if he could stake his clai her

He wanted Needed Yearned His hands clasped her hips and pulled her closer so she couldn’t help but feel his desire But this wasn’t about sex Not at all

He wanted to lay Keira down in a field of grass with a breeze rippling through it, the wide, blue Wyo their skin He wanted to undress her slowly and have her do the same to him, as if they had all the time in the world He wanted to kiss away every bruise he’d inflicted and swear to her there would never be another He wanted to stroke her skin, to caress her until she cried his na hiold-tipped lashes as he came into her, wanted to make her face come alive with the same desire he ached to share with her And he wanted to lay with her afterward, his head pillowed on her breasts, passion spent but still waiting to reignite

But all he could do was kiss her Endlessly

She pulled away from him so suddenly that at first he tried to force her back into his arms Then he heard it, too—a loud yawn fro up—and he abruptly let her go

They stared at each other for tied Cody saw a pulse beating in Keira’s throat, and he longed to put his hand there, knowing the pulse beat for him But he couldn’t do that to her, not in front of Callahan

She turned away first, her hands gripping the countertop for a ot herself under control He watched, amazed at how quickly she transforent Jones He didn’t realize he was doing the sa of the turmoil inside him

Movement from the direction of the bed made him look away from Keira and watch Callahan come awake and alert; Cody realized with a jolt just how close he and Keira had been to having a witness to the interlude between theer at the otherthere It’s not Callahan’s fault, he re with Keira you knew damn well you couldn’t finish

His body didn’t want to hear it He was still hard and aching, his arousal obviousand painful And however o away With a muttered curse under his breath, Cody turned and headed for the back door, the only escape available to him He slammed out the door, and the cool outside air washed over him as soon as he walked out, a welcome relief to his heated body

Spring cah earlier than to the Rocky Mountains in the western part of the state But Cody had been here when it snowed in July, and it was only the end of May He breathed deeply and adjusted the fit of his jeans He tried to drag his ain the control he’d let slip so badly But it wasn’t easy

The back door opened behind him, and Cody turned to see Callahan descend the steps, stretching a little to work the kinks out He looked better than he had before he slept, but nothing would everto make the hard sacrifices he’d made in his life And one of those sacrifices had almost cost him Mandy

“Get enough sleep?” Cody asked

“Enough for now I’ll sleep again tonight” He rotated one shoulder, then the other “Anything happen while I was unconscious?”

Cody shook his head He wasn’t about to tell Callahan anything about kissing Keira, and other than that “No, but I didn’t tell you so that happened in Denver yesterday” He succinctly relayed the story about being followed, about recognizing the tail as so him even before Callahan’s call