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his eyes. And fucking purred again.
Her giggle had his eyes snapping open and glancing at her. She didn t seem like a woman who
laughed often, especially not the girlish sound of a giggle. It was all he could do not to puff his chest
out and preen with pride, or purr again. Then her hand slid over his abs and headed toward his
straining erection. He struggled between what he wanted and what they needed to do for a second
before interceding and capturing her hand with his.
Why don t you go start the water, and I ll join you in a minute?
She seemed uncertain, as if she wasn t sure how to react to him stopping her.
I want you to touch me. I want your hands and mouth all over me. Don t doubt that. But we
need to be on the road. We ve stayed longer than we should have.
She nodded, and her eyes flared then went soft when he brought her hand to his mouth and
kissed the palm.
Go, he urged her and couldn t take his eyes off her as she stood and walked across the cabin
naked. The woman was built like a goddess and seemed oblivious to the fact.
Mine roared through his mind again, and he gritted his teeth, fighting to contain the animalistic
claim inside. Things were fucked up enough as it as was without him trying to claim her as a fucking
possession. He had a feeling Amia wouldn t appreciate it anyway. There was so much to her, so
much she kept bottled up inside. He wanted to know all her secrets, her hopes, dreams and the
demons that haunted her at night. He d watched her while she d slept, scented her fear and held her
while she d cried and begged someone to just kill her. He didn t think she d appreciate it if she knew
that, though.
There were secrets she held deep. Like the scars she had and who had put them there. Then
there was her fear of going with him, that she would be endangering him just by being with him. What
had been done to her? And why? That s what he couldn t wrap his mind around. What had happened
to create the rift between Amia and her family?
He was already in too deep, and he knew next to nothing about her besides her name. Christ,
what was happening to him? To them? Because he was willing to believe Amia was caught up in this
as much as he was. Was this anything like what Tah had gone through with Abby? Was Amia meant to
be Reno s mate? He shook his head. There were too many unanswered questions for him to even think
about claiming and mating a woman.
He heard the water start up, and Amia s sigh of pleasure made him grin. Until the ringing of his
phone interrupted.
Where are you? Tah wasn t one to beat around the bush with a simple hello.
On my way back, Reno answered.
Good. I had a bad feeling. Abby had to hold me back from coming after you last night. I ve
paced the fucking floors today driving everyone crazy waiting to hear from you. Couldn t take it
anymore. You okay? Everything okay?
I m good. His glance speared back toward the open bathroom door and the steam slowly
making its way out. I ll tell you everything when I get back.
Tonight?
No. Something told him he d never make it driving straight through. He already wanted Amia
again. He figured they d make a few stops along the way. Maybe he could get her to open more than
her body to him. Maybe she would want more than his body in return.
Reno?
I m here. I ve& I won t be coming back empty-handed. I ve got a member of the Blane family
with me.
Does he have answers?
I don t know yet. I m going to take my time, make sure we re not being followed on the way
back. He wasn t sure why he didn t correct Tah s misconception that the person with Reno was a
man. He just wasn t ready to share Amia yet.
Call me daily until you get your ass back here, or I m coming after you, which will piss Abby
off, which will piss me the fuck off.
Reno laughed. Point taken.
Are you sure you re okay? Tah asked quietly. I swear I heard you roar in pain. It fired
through my brain and had me leaping out of bed ready to fight. Scared the shit out of Abby.
Reno wondered if Tah really was his pride leader. He d always felt a connection to his best
friend, long before they knew anything about spirits and shifters and beasts sleeping inside. Was it
possible Tah could sense when one of his pride was awake and in pain? Because Reno had no doubt
his animal spirit was awake and ready to fight. In fact, he found spirit too gentle of a word for what
was inside him. It was a fucking beast, as dominant and arrogant as the man. Didn t that just figure.
I m good. I ll call and check in tonight. Take care of Abby.
He hung up and tossed the phone on the disheveled bed. He would do as he said, keep his eyes
open and make sure they weren t followed. Someone had definitely been watching them in the woods
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