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lowered my head to his, letting my tongue taste the fullness of his mouth. He yanked me against him, rolling me over and pinning me to the bed. He crushed his mouth against mine, a heady onslaught of pleasure and torment. His body burned so hot beneath my roving fingers, it seemed fevered. Or maybe it was me. At this point, I wasn’t sure where I ended and he began.
    “
Cara
, I love you.”
    I opened my eyes. He watched me intently. How was it I’d never noticed how symmetrically perfect his features were? A mathematical masterpiece created by a random collision of genes and DNA.
    He loved me.
    Slash’s eyes burned with a fierce light. “You’re mine. Understood?”
    I acquiesced. There was no submission here, only a joining of like minds and a promise of more to come.
    “Understood.”

Chapter Ten
    We stood side-by-side in the hotel room, getting dressed. Slash passed me while retrieving his jeans from the floor and leaned over to kiss my bare shoulder. I didn’t even shy away at the unexpected gesture. I was becoming less and less self-conscious around him.
    I fastened my bra, then tugged my T-shirt over my head. “What now?”
    He shoved his feet into a pair of black boots. “We have a meeting with Woodward in about an hour to review options and go over all the intelligence we’ve accumulated to this point.”
    “And until then?”
    “You go to your parents’ house. I need to figure out the best way to tell Basia about Xavier.”
    “I should be the one to tell her about Xavier.”
    “We both know she’ll call you soon enough. Let me take first crack at it. I can give her the facts and fill her in on Xavier’s condition minus the highly charged emotional component that will likely be present between the two of you. You’re going to have your hands full with your parents for the next forty minutes anyway.”
    I wanted to argue, but he was right. My parents would be out of their minds with worry and I was the only one who could handle them.
    “Fine.” Sighing, I pulled on my jeans and laced up my tennis shoes. “I guess I’d better tell Bonnie, too, unless someone else already has.”
    Slash shrugged. “I think that’s doubtful at this point. She’d probably appreciate hearing it from you.”
    I sat next to him on the bed and he gave me a kiss on the cheek. I liked that—his spontaneous show of affection.
    “You better?” he asked.
    “Yes.” I paused for a moment. “It was more than the sex. You know that, right?”
    “I know.”
    Impulsively, I pressed a cool hand against his cheek. “You’re a pretty good guy.”
    He captured my hand, brought it to his lips and turned it over, pressing a lingering kiss to the inside of my wrist. “You’re not so bad yourself.”
    He stood, reaching into his jacket pocket and pulling out a half-eaten power bar. “Want a bite?”
    “Ugh. No thanks.”
    “Such disdain from a girl who eats processed peanut butter crackers from the vending machine.”
    I gave him a small smile. “I figure if I keep offering them to you, one day you’ll learn to appreciate the processed goodness.”
    He looked so appalled, I laughed. “Don’t worry. I’ll catch something to eat at my parents’.”
    “An even better idea. Let’s go.”
    We grabbed our coats and drove to my parents’ house. I checked the house as we pulled up out front. The bay window had already been boarded up. The February wind was cold as I exited the car and I shivered, pulling my coat tighter as we walked up the sidewalk. Two policemen were standing guard at the front door. Slash and I stopped to chat with them. I learned there were more two more officers around the back and felt better for knowing it.
    Slash gave me a quick kiss on the porch, then left.
    I went into the house alone and found my family in the living room. Rock and Beau pounced on me immediately, asking questions, but my mom shooed them away. She ushered me to the couch, where I sat sipping a hot cup of tea and giving them a