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weight but mine as well?” Still straddling him, she lifted up to look at him in the glowing moonlight, her fingers grazing his shoulder. “Your bruise is already fading.”
Looking at his shoulder, he nodded; she was right, it was fading. All of his injuries healed much quicker on the island. “It will just be replaced by another tomorrow.”
“He’s a brute.”
“He’s a hard task master. And I’m getting better already. By the end of the week, I might be actually able to take him down.”
“Let me come see that.” Serena smiled, her eyes twinkling He loved her like this, when she was relaxed and herself. She was always at ease in the water. On land she tried so hard. Like she knew she didn’t fit in. At first, he had chalked it up to her past relationship with Rekkus and the tension there. But both she and Rekkus acted the exact same no matter who was around. With the exception of when Dana was around—then, Rekkus went from what he would call a wild animal to a pussy cat in seconds.
Interesting, that. He supposed even the mighty fall sometimes.
But still the unanswered questions swirled in his brain about what the hell was going on under the surface of this island. Kaleb had stumbled across a bizarre barracks-like building in the woods. Though empty, it was definitely ready for occupants—and soon. And there was a second dock on the other side of the island that he would have missed had he not stopped to retie his shoe. Only when he was in a kneeling position did the camouflage around the dock seem odd enough to make him give it a closer look. The small shed-like building housed a state of the art cigarette boat, capable of high speeds.
Then there was the unexplained boom followed by what he would have assumed was an earthquake on Saturday morning, waking him from a deep sleep. He had jumped up and run to stand under the doorway, years of training come to life. Serena had refused to budge from the bed and mumbled something about it happening at sunup and sundown every Saturday before going to sleep again. Sure enough, the boom happened again at sunset and he wondered how he had missed that the day he’d arrived.
But then he remembered he had been asleep and Rekkus had said something about Sage “over doing it.” He wondered if the Rowans were drugging people, but he couldn’t figure out why. They genuinely seemed to want to help those staying on their island. Well, the lighter two did. The darker two brooded, and Cyrus did seem to get great pleasure out of throwing Kaleb to the ground—by far his favorite move. Sarka just ignored everyone unless forced to acknowledge them. But Kaleb had noticed she was the only one to use the first elevator.
Soft lips against his pulse brought him back from his musing. “You’re an insatiable minx.”
“Only with you.” Serena pulled back again, and her hands cradled his face. “I don’t want you to leave on Saturday.”
“I can’t stay here. I need to get back to work, or at least try.”
She looked away and sighed, a sound that ripped at something inside of him. “I know but…”
“You could come to Alaska.”
She lifted her head with a jolt. “You would want me to come to Alaska? To be with you?”
“I just asked you, didn’t I?”
“Alaska is really cold.”
“Is that a yes?”
She pulled away from him and floated to the center of the pool. “I want to say yes.”
“Then say yes.” When Serena didn’t answer, he moved toward her. He cupped her face, forcing her to look at him. So many emotions swirled in her eyes. A part of Kaleb thrilled that she was at least considering it, but the other part of him felt the bitter stab of disappointment that she hadn’t jumped at the idea. He’d never asked a woman to live with him before, so to do so now and have her stumble over her answer was a blow.
“It’s not that easy.”
“Yes .” He drew out the word as long as he could. “Very easy.”
She sighed one of those sighs that
Looking at his shoulder, he nodded; she was right, it was fading. All of his injuries healed much quicker on the island. “It will just be replaced by another tomorrow.”
“He’s a brute.”
“He’s a hard task master. And I’m getting better already. By the end of the week, I might be actually able to take him down.”
“Let me come see that.” Serena smiled, her eyes twinkling He loved her like this, when she was relaxed and herself. She was always at ease in the water. On land she tried so hard. Like she knew she didn’t fit in. At first, he had chalked it up to her past relationship with Rekkus and the tension there. But both she and Rekkus acted the exact same no matter who was around. With the exception of when Dana was around—then, Rekkus went from what he would call a wild animal to a pussy cat in seconds.
Interesting, that. He supposed even the mighty fall sometimes.
But still the unanswered questions swirled in his brain about what the hell was going on under the surface of this island. Kaleb had stumbled across a bizarre barracks-like building in the woods. Though empty, it was definitely ready for occupants—and soon. And there was a second dock on the other side of the island that he would have missed had he not stopped to retie his shoe. Only when he was in a kneeling position did the camouflage around the dock seem odd enough to make him give it a closer look. The small shed-like building housed a state of the art cigarette boat, capable of high speeds.
Then there was the unexplained boom followed by what he would have assumed was an earthquake on Saturday morning, waking him from a deep sleep. He had jumped up and run to stand under the doorway, years of training come to life. Serena had refused to budge from the bed and mumbled something about it happening at sunup and sundown every Saturday before going to sleep again. Sure enough, the boom happened again at sunset and he wondered how he had missed that the day he’d arrived.
But then he remembered he had been asleep and Rekkus had said something about Sage “over doing it.” He wondered if the Rowans were drugging people, but he couldn’t figure out why. They genuinely seemed to want to help those staying on their island. Well, the lighter two did. The darker two brooded, and Cyrus did seem to get great pleasure out of throwing Kaleb to the ground—by far his favorite move. Sarka just ignored everyone unless forced to acknowledge them. But Kaleb had noticed she was the only one to use the first elevator.
Soft lips against his pulse brought him back from his musing. “You’re an insatiable minx.”
“Only with you.” Serena pulled back again, and her hands cradled his face. “I don’t want you to leave on Saturday.”
“I can’t stay here. I need to get back to work, or at least try.”
She looked away and sighed, a sound that ripped at something inside of him. “I know but…”
“You could come to Alaska.”
She lifted her head with a jolt. “You would want me to come to Alaska? To be with you?”
“I just asked you, didn’t I?”
“Alaska is really cold.”
“Is that a yes?”
She pulled away from him and floated to the center of the pool. “I want to say yes.”
“Then say yes.” When Serena didn’t answer, he moved toward her. He cupped her face, forcing her to look at him. So many emotions swirled in her eyes. A part of Kaleb thrilled that she was at least considering it, but the other part of him felt the bitter stab of disappointment that she hadn’t jumped at the idea. He’d never asked a woman to live with him before, so to do so now and have her stumble over her answer was a blow.
“It’s not that easy.”
“Yes .” He drew out the word as long as he could. “Very easy.”
She sighed one of those sighs that
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