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He leaned toward her, hesitating just a little, then brushed his lips against hers in a kiss unlike any other he’d ever given her He fought back the possessive passion that surged through his body unexpectedly at the touch of her lips The alpha ed after all these years—wanted to deepen the kiss, to swamp her senses, to sway her with sensual promises But instinctively he knew that wasn’t what she needed right now She needed to know she was safe with him In every way And only when she kneas safe to trust him would she do so
Trust It was such a little word, but it
His lips ht her breath when he tucked a curl behind her ear, and his lips tugged at her earlobe One hand clenched his arled not to pull her into his embrace “Heart, mind, body and soul,” he whispered “That’s all I want”
He didn’t wait for a response, just dreay froe his ive hih for today, for a week, for a month But not for a lifetime And that’s what he wanted A lifetime Hisand hers
He went around the back and unlocked the tonneau cover Keira was still sitting where he’d left her in the cab of the truck, and he smiled ruefully He’d obviously taken her by surprise, and he’d given her a lot to think about I just hope she won’t need to think too long
He grabbed the computer, hefted it under one ar the stairs two at a tiiven him, and went inside He came out a minute later for the computer monitor, and froze as soon as he pushed the door open Keira was standing at the back of the truck, but she wasn’t alone A bearded stranger stood beside her, a gun pointed at her head
“Stop right there,” thequickly to shield hi his left arm around her throat for un out real slow, and place it on the floor”
“Cody, no—” Keira gasped before the stranger’s hand closed around her mouth
Cody did exactly as he was bid As if she’d screamed the words at him, the expression in her eyes told him not to, told him to keep his Glock and dash back inside the house where he’d be safe And though his eyes answered, Not a chance, sweetheart I’ you out here alone, a disconnected part of his brain registered that she was putting hi dreamed That she would rather die herself than risk him Can’t think about that now, he warned hiht aside
“Step doay froain Cody obeyed Time slowed to a crawl as his mind processed with incredible speed the data it had to ith, the saed into the shack the first night he’d seen her He knew instantly he had only one chance to rescue both of them, just as he’d known it then It was a risk, but he’d taken bigger risks in his life before This ti his own life
Then from nowhere a certainty settled over him, and he knewknewKeira would tell hi feverishly, too, weighing each option just as he was And he knew they were on the sath
Patience, he told her silently Patience If he could get the un into his left hand, and point it in his direction instead of at Keira’s head At the bottom of the porch steps Cody stopped “She’s armed, too,” he said calmly “Shoulder holster under her left arm”
She knows, he told himself when Keira’s eyes didn’t accuse hily at hie that anything was co
A look of suspicion passed over the ht as if he feared soht, easing imperceptibly forward on his toes Come on