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She was never sure how they stule of lier to brush and touch one another that they seemed a stream of fluid motion He was a practiced and courteous lover, natural and easy in all his ersher buttocks to bring them flush to one another, and he was unhurried, careless of his own arousal as he kissed her shoulders, explored the line of her back and cupped, cradled, teased her breasts, bathing the liquid caress She ainst him as well, in wonder at the wall of his chest, at the feel of hiers, to a subtle kiss pressed here, there and everywhere upon him Eventually she curled back into his arms, and he was inside her, and for moments then, she just felt riveted by the pleasure of him a part of her, so inti, for the urge to e to increase the friction and thewithin her

And he kne to hosts in the house then, they were silent and discreet

If there was a world beyond the bed, Angela didn’t really care

For infinitelywith hiainst hers, the remarkable intensity of his sex and the very siether Rising and falling, arcing and writhing, rolling and even laughing breathlessly, and finding the rhythht hers, and his hands slid along her breasts and torso, and then theyseemed to spin and turn in the sweetness of the shadows of the night He caught her to him in a wild deep thrust and the shadoere illuht as she cliainst hers before they collapsed together on the sheets, sleek with sweat, desperate for air, their hearts pounding a staccato beat in the night

She lay against hi the air cool

"Do you think this is…well, I’ood business," she said softly

He rose on an elbow, amused as he looked at her

"This isn’t business," he said

She laughed softly, a to the strip club every night, you know"

"Aw, come on"

"Well, it orth it But the team--"

"It’s my team It’s a new kind of teaive me any rules"

"Yes, but in other units--"

"This isn’t another unit It’s ers stroked her cheek in a long and hypnotic ainst him "Have to prove myself," he said "I mean, if you’re up to it, wildcat"

If she hadn’t been, the way that he could touch and kiss, he would have easily persuaded her

Angela was still sleeping when Jackson woke He eased out of bed, looking down at her, and it seemed impossible that the passionate creature who had ruled his senses, his libido, and the entire night could appear so pure and innocent by the light of day With sun shining in on her, the line of her back against the cool beige of the sheets curved like alabaster, the kind of beauty sculptors longed to capture

He headed into the bathroo the door quietly While he shaved, showered and dressed, he cas in his mind He had seen the children; he had seen the little boy and the little girl in the roohostly nerve and faded into dustthat was far more acute than whatever power he possessed hiht of a brand-new day, there was the earthly--and the unearthly--that must be tackled and solved Odd Now he had to question hihosts existed--and that they could ht, the key noas to get to know the girl Angela had befriended last night, Gabby Taylor

She was still sleeping when he eed, and he decided not to wake her yet

He called Andy Devereaux as he headed out of the room and down the stairs to the kitchen

"Devereaux That you, Crow?"

"Yes,an eye on the girl’s house through the night You want to co I can I’ll tell you, we have the United States Constitution, and the Church of Christ Arisen has a laho see and every daious freedoet e need to shut the place down, it’s got to be legal In other words, I can’t break into that church and arrest anyone without a warrant and a reason"

"I know that, Andy," Jackson assured hiirl and her faht?"

"Nothing happened at all," Andy assured him

"And your officers were careful?"

"Absolutely"

"All right, thanks, Andy I’ll be there in a bit"