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slipping out of his shirt and tossing it somewhere else in the room. Regis giggled as they rid themselves of the rest of their clothes, pushing them aside so they had the full spread of the blanket Keith had laid out in front of the fire free for them to lay on.
    And when they lay next to each other, hot flesh against hot flesh, Regis thought she’d lose her mind again. His hands were everywhere, stroking her skin, touching her in places that made her throw back her head in pure pleasure. And then he explored her more, this time with his mouth. He kissed her leaving a moist trail down her neck, to her breasts as he stroked one breast with his wide palm and then driving her crazy by flicking her nipple with his tongue.
    “Oh, I want you inside me,” she said, not sure where she’d had the strength to even utter the words aloud. She reached between them and stroked him and wrapped her leg around him. He threw his head back with a gasp, breathing heavy, and then with determination, he kissed her with such passion and fire that she lost all sense of where she was. All she knew was their two bodies entwined, touching each other, loving each other.
    And when he entered her with such force and hunger, all it took was a few strokes to lift her higher until she reached her peak and tumbled over the edge. She was still feeling the incredible pleasure he’d brought her when he rocked his hip harder. He buried his face in her neck and breathed harder until he reached his orgasm with an intensity that had him gasping for breath and clinging to her.
    In his arms, Regis closed her eyes and wrapped her arms and legs around Keith, not wanting to let go of the beautiful connection they’d created. And as he pulled away from her and gazed into her eyes with such longing, she wondered if it was possible to ever get her fill of Keith McKinnon.
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Chapter Seven
     
    The fire was warm against her naked skin. Keith’s body nestled up against hers made it all the warmer. He’d pulled a small blanket that had been draped over the chair by the fireplace and loosely placed it over them. Content, she watched the changing colors of the fire licking the burning logs as she rested her head on Keith’s shoulder. With his arm wrapped around, he held her close.
    She played with the gold medallion and cross he was wearing.
    “Where did you get these?”
    He glanced down and took the medallion between his fingers. “This was Wade’s. Remember that ring I found in the canyon?”
    “Yeah.”
    “Wade melted it down and made into this. If you noticed, there are only markings on one side of the medallion. He always wore it, too.”
    “How did you get it?”
    Keith drew in a deep breath, expanding his chest. She felt the rise and fall of it and the heavy thump of his heartbeat against her ear as she lay there.
    “Wade was leaving for the Peace Corps. He’d been gone for a while and was back for a visit before heading out again. As you can imagine, my mother wasn’t too pleased.”
    “She likes having her boys around.”
    “Could you tell?”
    Regis chuckled.
    “Anyway, Wade called all of us who were still stateside and wanted to meet for a drink before he left. Ethan was overseas in the military. Sam was in Arizona, I think, fighting some monster fire that had broken out there. Logan, well, he was dealing with his life back then, which was…difficult.”
    “And you?”
    “I was doing my residency in Sioux City. Wade was in Aberdeen, just a few hours from Sioux City.”
    Keith was quiet and just rolled the medallion between his fingers.
    “Logan went to have a drink with Wade, and I didn’t. Next time I saw Logan he gave me the chain with the medallion and this cross and told me Wade wanted me to hold onto it until he came back. I put it around my neck and the next day we found out about the tsunami that hit the island he was working on. They never found him.”
    She gasped and lifted her head to look at Keith. The unshed tears in his