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Authors: Rebecca York
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They had just escaped from dangers beyond his wildest imagining. Now he needed to affirm their escape—in this place where he couldn’t trust his own observations or his senses—and where everything might change in an instant.
As they clung to each other, it was only a small leap to the next step. The need to claim her for his own, the need to be deep, deep inside her, erasing everything from existence except the two of them and what they could give each other.
He had forgotten where they were. Forgotten everything but the woman in his arms.
His hands stroked over her back, then down to her hips while he feasted on her, with an abandon that might have shocked him if he’d been capable of rational thought.
He worked his hand between them and cupped her breast, then glided his thumb across the beaded nipple.
Lord she felt so good, and the small sounds she made only fueled his passion.
He was about to pull up her shirt to give himself better access to her breasts when a bark of a laugh made them both go rigid.
Chapter Nine
“Is this what you consider exploring the hotel?” a voice said. “Looks like a more personal exploration to me.”
Mack knew instantly that it was Tom Wright, the smart-ass car salesman.
Lily gasped and pushed him away, her face flaming.
Mack sat up and glared at the jerk intruder. He wanted to punch him in his grinning mouth but couldn’t justify his outrage. He and Lily had been making a spectacle of themselves. But anyone else would have turned and walked in the other direction. They probably would never have known he was there.
Lily angled herself away from Mack. He saw her drag in a breath and let it out as she ran shaky fingers through her hair.
“Go back to the bar,” he said to the man standing a few feet away. “We’ll be along in a minute.”
“Are you sure you can be trusted out here?” Wright asked, a sardonic note in his voice.
“Don’t press your luck,” Mack growled, making it clear that if the jerk stayed around, he was going to get hurt.
Wright shrugged and turned away.
Mack waited until they were alone, then turned to Lily. “I’m sorry.”
“That will not happen again,” she answered, punching out the words as she climbed to her feet and straightened her clothing. Without speaking again, she started jogging back to the hotel.
He didn’t respond, because he would either be lying to her—or he would make her very angry.
Still he couldn’t simply let her go. He needed to ask the question he should have asked when they’d first made it back to the hotel grounds.
“Wait a minute.”
“No.”
He caught up with her and put a hand on her shoulder. When she tried to shake it off, he said, “We have to talk about what happened in the woods.”
She stopped, and he saw her face change when he asked, “In there—was something sucking at your mind—dragging out memories. And you couldn’t stop it.”
She clenched her teeth.
He squeezed her shoulder, then lessened the pressure when she winced. “This is important. Answer me.”
‘Yes.”
“So that dog and pony show in there was designed to distract us—so he could do it.”
She gave him a startled look. “How do you know?”
“I don’t know for sure, but it’s logical. I don’t think he was just doing it for fun.”
He kept his gaze on her. “And now? Did you lose those memories?”
She might not have understood what he meant, but her answer told him that she did. “I still have them.”
“What exactly?”
“I’m not going to share private thoughts with you,” she answered and started toward the hotel again.
But he wasn’t willing to simply let her walk away. “Stuff from long ago—and recently?”
“Yes,” she bit out without looking at him.
oOo
From his hiding place on the branch of a tree where he’d levitated earlier, Danny Preston watched the happy couple stride across the lawn as if a troupe of ugly little men were after them.
To be more accurate, Mack
They had just escaped from dangers beyond his wildest imagining. Now he needed to affirm their escape—in this place where he couldn’t trust his own observations or his senses—and where everything might change in an instant.
As they clung to each other, it was only a small leap to the next step. The need to claim her for his own, the need to be deep, deep inside her, erasing everything from existence except the two of them and what they could give each other.
He had forgotten where they were. Forgotten everything but the woman in his arms.
His hands stroked over her back, then down to her hips while he feasted on her, with an abandon that might have shocked him if he’d been capable of rational thought.
He worked his hand between them and cupped her breast, then glided his thumb across the beaded nipple.
Lord she felt so good, and the small sounds she made only fueled his passion.
He was about to pull up her shirt to give himself better access to her breasts when a bark of a laugh made them both go rigid.
Chapter Nine
“Is this what you consider exploring the hotel?” a voice said. “Looks like a more personal exploration to me.”
Mack knew instantly that it was Tom Wright, the smart-ass car salesman.
Lily gasped and pushed him away, her face flaming.
Mack sat up and glared at the jerk intruder. He wanted to punch him in his grinning mouth but couldn’t justify his outrage. He and Lily had been making a spectacle of themselves. But anyone else would have turned and walked in the other direction. They probably would never have known he was there.
Lily angled herself away from Mack. He saw her drag in a breath and let it out as she ran shaky fingers through her hair.
“Go back to the bar,” he said to the man standing a few feet away. “We’ll be along in a minute.”
“Are you sure you can be trusted out here?” Wright asked, a sardonic note in his voice.
“Don’t press your luck,” Mack growled, making it clear that if the jerk stayed around, he was going to get hurt.
Wright shrugged and turned away.
Mack waited until they were alone, then turned to Lily. “I’m sorry.”
“That will not happen again,” she answered, punching out the words as she climbed to her feet and straightened her clothing. Without speaking again, she started jogging back to the hotel.
He didn’t respond, because he would either be lying to her—or he would make her very angry.
Still he couldn’t simply let her go. He needed to ask the question he should have asked when they’d first made it back to the hotel grounds.
“Wait a minute.”
“No.”
He caught up with her and put a hand on her shoulder. When she tried to shake it off, he said, “We have to talk about what happened in the woods.”
She stopped, and he saw her face change when he asked, “In there—was something sucking at your mind—dragging out memories. And you couldn’t stop it.”
She clenched her teeth.
He squeezed her shoulder, then lessened the pressure when she winced. “This is important. Answer me.”
‘Yes.”
“So that dog and pony show in there was designed to distract us—so he could do it.”
She gave him a startled look. “How do you know?”
“I don’t know for sure, but it’s logical. I don’t think he was just doing it for fun.”
He kept his gaze on her. “And now? Did you lose those memories?”
She might not have understood what he meant, but her answer told him that she did. “I still have them.”
“What exactly?”
“I’m not going to share private thoughts with you,” she answered and started toward the hotel again.
But he wasn’t willing to simply let her walk away. “Stuff from long ago—and recently?”
“Yes,” she bit out without looking at him.
oOo
From his hiding place on the branch of a tree where he’d levitated earlier, Danny Preston watched the happy couple stride across the lawn as if a troupe of ugly little men were after them.
To be more accurate, Mack
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