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p; Cash slowed the bike, turning into the lake where he had brought her before When he pulled in, she saw several of his friends were already there She stiffened, fearing this time wouldn’t be any different than the last

She had been around thenize several of them She wasn’t the type to be made nervous, but she didn’t kno to interact with them She felt self-conscious around the women, ere completely feminine The small blond with the spiked hair was dressed in a s bottoht-pink bikini that was even s her nipples and the botto a small patch

Rachel sed hard, uncertain of how to deal with the uncomfortable situation The weather was unseasonably war they hadn’t gained an ounce during the winter while her own ass had grown fro’s comfort food

“Hi, Rachel” Lily’s soft voice had her releasing a relieved sigh when she saw her friend sitting beside Shade Beth was sitting on the other side of her, next to her husband, Razer

“Hi” She walked closer to the blanket they were sitting on

Lily scooted closer to her husband, giving her enough rooed closer to Razer on the opposite side, giving enough room for Cash to sit down next to Rachel

“It’s beautiful out here at night, isn’t it?” Lily s her a soda out of the cooler “Rider came out earlier to set out the torches”

“It’s nice here Holly and I bring Logan” Rachel looked at Beth cuddled up to her husband’s side “Who’s keeping the babies for you?”

“Evie and King I think she would keep them if we let her,” Beth said wryly

Rachel agreed with her She had seen Evie with the children, and her attachment to them was obvious

Winter came out of the water with Viper’s arm wrapped around her waist The tats on hiht her eyes They all had similar ones on different parts of their bodies The center was a Navy seal insignia with a snake wrapped around it fro back Objects surrounded the insignia: two revolvers with atheether; brass knuckles; a hand of cards; and a razor knife The whole tattoo had a layer of shadows, giving it a eerie effect Rachel’s ht of where Cash’s tattoo was He had one on each of his biceps, but she hadn’t noticed a similar one on his chest

Winter sank down on the blanket across fro out two beers and giving one to his wife

“I’ht, Winter,” Rachel teased, never ih school principal, would be sitting across froht her staid and boring She had been a ht of her as a flesh-and-blood woman

“I usually don’t I hate being tired first thing in the ood cause” Rachel didn’t understand the sidelong glance Winter threw her husband, which he ignored, lifting the beer to his lips

A sudden squeal had Rachel ju in after her and pulling her into a passionate kiss, gradually edging her over to the darker side of the water Rachel lowered her gaze, e couples make out in front of her

“Let’s go for a swim” Razer helped Beth to her feet

Rachel watched as all the couples except Lily and Winter went into the water The air rang out with splashing and laughter

“I’ll open the store tos for Willa,” Lily said “Lewis’s younger children need a few things, and I thought I would s for them and deliver them when you come in”

“I’s I picked theames to keep them occupied”

“I offered to take theive her a break” Winter’s husky voice was due to her husband kissing her neck

Rachel looked away from the affectionate couple, only to see Lily’s mouth captured by Shade’s, his hand on the back of Lily’s neck holding her in place

“Let’s go for a swi out his hand Rachel took it, standing up

“I don’t have a suit,” she protested

“Lily brought you one You can go into the trees and get changed” Cash went to his saddle bags, pulling out a swi it to her

She really didn’t want to swi her body, but all the women wore suits Rachel was sure Lily’s suit wouldn’t be too brief Looking at it, she saas a one-piece She could do this

Hesitantly, she went into the trees as Cash pulled off his t-shirt and began unbuttoning his jeans Her ed into a pair of blue shorts he pulled out of his bags, changing in front of everyone He didn’t have on underwear, his se around Lily and Winter were not even paying attention, though

She went into a copse of trees, gingerly changing into the one-piece Nervously, she came back out, but no one looked in her direction as she walked into the cold water Cash was already in, waiting for her

“That wasn’t so bad, was it?”

“I’”

“You’re shy,” Cash corrected “But Lily is, too, and shewith us You’ll waret used to it”