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reconciliation didn’t seem appropriate with a sibling witness.
    Once they’d pulled up, Fin left without needing to be asked. He actually sprang from the vehicle like his ass had caught fire.
    “Wow, he sure wanted out of here.”
    “He’s never been one for serious talks with women. Breaks out in hives and shit.” Dax snickered toward the back of his fleeing brother. “Hey, there’s something I want to show you.”
    “Sure.” Anything to buy them some more alone time. When she went to retrieve her purse, Dax stopped her.
    “Leave it in the truck. I’ll lock it, and you can grab it on the way back.”
    “Um, okay.” Her stomach somersaulted nervously. She prayed he didn’t want to suggest they move their relationship more slowly, and break the news to her out here, privately.
    “Wait here just a minute. I’ll be right back.” Dax took off into the house.
    Zhara hugged herself against the chill and listened to the sounds of the night. Owls hooted nearby and, if she wasn’t mistaken, the soulful howls of a few coyotes sang in the distance. She’d heard stories they’d migrated to these parts.
    “Back.” Dax handed her a jacket before he slid a backpack over his shoulders. Watching his muscles bunch to accommodate his maneuvering reminded her how Dax looked naked. Oh, yeah, those were images she wanted in front of her. Now, preferably.
    Dax held his hand toward her and she took it. She trusted him completely when he began guiding them into the woods. The evening had gone from dusk to pitch black quicker then she’d thought possible, but still, Dax led them deeper into the forest.
    Finally they came to the opening of a cave.
    “When I was a child, and anything bad happened, I ran here to escape.”
    “Like how little are we talking?”
    “From as far back as I can remember. My grandfather brought me one day shortly before he passed. At first I came as a tribute, I think. After I realized my brothers didn’t know about the cave, I came to escape.”
    “No one knows about it?” Zhara asked, touched by his story.
    “Not until now...no.”
    Dax’s lowered voice was all the warning she received before he was on her. Her feet left the ground and their bodies came flush, molding into with one another’s. Having Dax holding her like this again when yesterday she’d thought they were through felt like heaven on earth.
    His kiss took, claimed, and demanded. He devoured all she gave and wanted more. He made her believe she was the air to his lungs. That without her, he’d die.
    Thing was, she felt the same.
    He broke them apart. Rested his forehead against hers as he fought to take a steady breath.
    “There’s more.” He reached into his backpack and pulled out a flashlight before leading her into the mouth of the cave. They walked deeper within until the shaft opened widely to reveal a large pool illuminated by the now-risen moon. The sight was breathtaking.
    Dax let go of her hand and pilfered his pocket before he disappeared into the dark shadows along the cave’s walls. She caught a faint whisking sound before the cave came alive, swathed in the warm glow of torchlight.
    His back still faced her, but she became aware he was retrieving items from his pack.
    “Thought a few things might come in handy.”
    He laid a blanket upon the earthen floor in front of the reflection pool before them. He intended on romantic, which it was, yet she needed more. Sensed he did as well. So as he straightened out the spread, she removed her blouse. By the time he turned back to her, she was slipping her skirt down. When her bare mound came into his view, not even the shadowed cave hid the desire burning in his eyes. His pupils dilated and his appearance became downright feral. If not for the sexual need singing in her veins, she might have been cold. Nothing, however, could penetrate the molten lust driving her movements.
    His gaze zeroed in on her nipples. Chocolate kisses, he called them. Corny? Hell, yeah, but