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“They’ll be thinking we’re doing it whether they hear us or not,” he reasoned, and curled an arainst him

“No, I don’t want to” She turned her head away from him when he bent to kiss her, so he nuzzled her throat instead The little vein in her neck was pulsing

“We’re going to be on the trail nearly six hts” His hands wereher rounded shape despite the loose-fitting nightgown Her hands were still between the to make love to you between now and trail’s end And I don’t care who listens to us”

“I do,” she whispered

“Then we’d better start learning how to ht, do you want to go that long without it?”

“No” It was a reluctantly moaned answer

A second later, her lips were under his He felt that long rush of heat go through him—sweet and wild There was that sa of a deep need finally satisfied Lorna could fill his emptiness in a different kind of union that was just as complete

The nightgoent all the way to her feet He tugged at the et under it and make contact with her woman flesh It was a rude discovery to find more clothes

“Do you alear so rumbled, and tried to find how her draere fastened “Will you take these things off?”

“Not so loud,” she whispered

“Take them off” He breathed the words into her mouth

By the tioas around her waist and his hands felt the silken heat of her bare skin He war hands wander over her rounded buttocks and hips to the source of the heat

“Your body is hot,” he murmured

“So is yours” Her lips were open against his cheek, the moistness of her mouth turned to him

When he shifted onto her, a soft sound trembled from her throat “We’re supposed to do this quietly, remember?” Benteen liked the expression of desire she hadn’t been able to contain, and eased himself into her