"You missed me?" I played with the hair around her face. At times like this, when the need had been fed, and I could think clearly again, the love I had for her would rise up inside me and choke the shit outta me. "I always miss you, Logan." And then she says something like that, or something equally sweet, and I want to give her the fucking world. I hate getting sappy and shit, but it makes her eyes light up when I make an ass of myself, and after last night I figure now was as good a time as any to act like a damn sap. "I love you, Gabriella." See, her eyes lit up like the fourth of July, and her arms came up and around my shoulders, pulling me in for a kiss. "I love you too." This time was slower than the last. We kept our mouths sealed together as we both moved to our own rhythm. Her soft skin glided across the smooth Egyptian cotton of the sheets as I fucked into her with long deep strokes. Her nails dug into my back as I held her ass in both hands, lifting her on
The shooter was on a side angle to the water, which means we were heading to cover but would still be in a position to take the fucker out if the others didn't get them. "Alive," I uttered the word into the watch I had on my wrist that doubled as a communication device. There was another spate of gunfire, which seemed not to be aimed anywhere in particular unless you were laying down fire to subdue. I looked at the others like, 'what the fuck!' "Who the fuck do they have out there, Barney Fife?" There came the sound of running feet and tussling, followed by an expletive and a few thumps. Zak came striding back with a gift, which he thoughtfully dropped at my feet. What the fuck is this?" It was a damn kid. "Who the fuck? What are you doing out here, kid?" The boy couldn't be more than seventeen, shaking like a leaf with terror in his eyes. I would feel sorry for his little ass if he hadn't just taken shots at me. "Were you the one shooting?" he nodde
Back at the compound, we all headed for the Commander's place without question. It was the first time since the night we'd buried him that we were going in like this. Even when our homes were being built, we preferred to sleep outside in tents than to invade his territory, but somehow this felt right. I knew from their somber moods that we were all on the same wavelength. I just needed the kid to tell me what he knew and what, if anything, he could remember from back then. I didn't lift the shields on my house yet, and neither did Con; until we were in there with eyes on their asses, I don't think either of us was gonna feel comfortable doing that. It wasn't a small thing that we were shot at tonight. I knew our blood was still up, which meant Gaby's pussy was in for a workout again, damn. I'm gonna owe her, and she's probably gonna try to hit me up with this wedding shit again, fuck. We headed for the study, and Con went right for the liquor, which was right w
We couldn't let the kid go home yet, so after we'd questioned him some more and were all coming down from our adrenaline high, we headed for our respective homes. Cord, surprisingly enough, volunteered to put the kid up for the night. Ty hadn't said fuck one after his outburst, which meant I had a powder keg on my hands, and the only thing keeping the general population safe thus far was the fact that we didn't know who the fuck. "Logan." Her soft whisper smoothed out some of the rough edges as I kicked off my shoes and shed my clothes. I climbed into bed and pulled her into my arms. "I need you, baby." There were no words exchanged between us. I went straight for the pussy. I pushed the sheets away from her sleep-warm body and dove right in with my tongue. She wasn't allowed to wear anything in my bed except one of my old t-shirts, but definitely no panties. I liked knowing my fingers and anything else was just a slip away from her entrance, no barriers.
Gaby came rushing into the room with her hair still wet, and her shirt buttoned all wrong and shit. Lo tried to snag her, but she evaded his ass and headed for the bed. Dani picked up her head and looked at her, and the two women shared some kind of look that us men didn't know what the fuck. They reached out to each other, and Gaby climbed on the bed on the other side of her and took her hand. "Careful, don't shake the bed." I didn't even look at Lo to see what the fuck was going on with him. Brother or not, I'm pretty sure he wasn't too pleased to see his woman on a bed with another dude, no matter what the circumstances. "Okay, everybody out, you too, Connor" I gave Logan a look after his woman had lost her damn mind. "Bro, handle your shit." I love Gabriella and all, but she's fucked if she thinks I'm leaving my woman like this. He started calling her over. "Babe, come on, get outta there." She just looked at all of them lined off in my bedroom as if ready for battl
I stood off to the side and watched her with my arms folded as she puttered around Connor and Dani's kitchen. I gave each one of the ungrateful fucks sitting at the table the death glare to let them know there will be consequences if they made her feel bad about her cooking. I wasn't sure what she could do in the kitchen since she'd been playing it shy up until now, but whichever way it went, these fucks had better not hurt her feelings, or I'll shoot their asses. "Ty, you fuck sit down." He was hovering like a starving orphan. At least he wasn't looking like murder central any longer, shoulda known his greedy ass would be like this. He just grinned at me like a simpleton, but I wasn't sure I trusted that shit either. The kid was acting like he was stuck to Cord's side, and my brother, for once, wasn't trying to get away, weird. He caught me looking and shrugged. "Kid's got brains; you should see what he can do with a piece." I just lifted my brow at him, but he interpreted th
The women were at my house today, and the place was on lock. We'd given the workers the day off; they can have a long weekend. Thank fuck; the job was all but done and only needed the cosmetic finishes before we handed it over. One less thing to worry about. Just as I expected, the phone rang with the same unknown bullshit as before. "Yeah." I motioned to the others, and the place went quiet except for the squeaking of the chair the kid was swiveling around on as he watched cartoons. "Sorry, we missed you last night, until next time. You can consider that a pre-warning; next time, we won't be so generous." "Is that what that was? You, army boys, have a lot to learn. There were holes so wide in your little scheme, my brothers and I walked right through them. It wasn't even as good as a made-for-TV movie plot. And who uses kids to do their dirty work? What are you, a bitch?" Come on, asshole, lose some of that control. "Listen, you seadog, that will be th
The day had been long, and the night promised to be longer. Cord was the main attraction; he and the female that was caught between shooting daggers at him with her eyes and mooning over him, that shit was making my teeth hurt. The kid had proven himself to be more of a bottomless pit than Ty by eating me out of house and home all afternoon, while the women fawned all over him like he was three. Connor was understandably preoccupied with his woman and their unborn child, and we'd already had a meeting, all of us, about the need to protect them at all cost. Security was beefed up, and Connor was working on getting her to stay home until we got shit squared away. I knew Gabriella was gonna give me shit, but I was gonna insist she stay her little ass put too. We were taking a break, and every man was off doing his own thing. Cord had taken his new shadows with him, and I was alone with my woman. Things were gonna be a little hectic around here for the next few da
"Unghh." I love the way she grunts when I pound her. She gripped the sheets so hard I thought they'd rip, but I didn't stop battering her pussy with my steel-hard cock. Her legs shook and almost gave out on her when I changed up and went in on an angle. "Mine...mine...mine." Oh yeah, it was one of those moments. That shit came out of nowhere and hit me like a freight train. Next thing I knew, I was biting into her neck like a wolf with his mate, marking her on the outside as I scalded her pussy inside with hot jizz. Ever since she'd told me about the baby, I've been hard. Each time I think I'm done with her, my dick stands up, and I have to fuck her again; it's some kind of phenomenon. I dropped down on the bed beside her, puffing like a steam engine coming into the station. "Your pussy is gonna be the death of me." She crawled onto my chest, and I held her close and kissed her hair. "You still mad?" "Yes." She didn't say anything for a long t
I got my belt and went in search of her ass when she didn't show. I wasn't quiet when I opened the million and one doors in the place or when I walked through the closets. I must've known I was gonna end up with a princess because what the fuck did I need with walk-in closets as big as the damn bedrooms? "Gabriella, front and center, now." Not even a peep. It took me damn near ten minutes to find her. Her ass was in a cubicle in my closet. "Get outta there." I snapped the belt that I had folded in half. Her eyes were glued to the leather, and she wasn't looking like she was about to climb outta there anytime soon. "Did you hear me?" she opened her mouth, about to scream. "You do that shit; it'll only go worse for you, now get your badass out here and take your licks. You wanna do the crime, do the fucking time. How many times must I tell you? If you're not willing to bear the consequences, don't do the shit that's gonna get your ass beat." "But we were only try
A quick glance showed me that none of them was the one we were looking for, but they were definitely military, the hair, the build, the carriage; all dead giveaways. I looked back at my quarry, who was sweating profusely and not looking too sure of himself. She was crying and shaking, but I couldn't take that shit in right now; I had to save her life so I could wring her fucking neck for being stupid. "Give me my woman." He looked around at all of us and his two mates, who were beat to fuck. "No, everybody back off." He started backing up in a panic. "Don't do tha...well fuck." She screamed loud and hard when the blood sprayed all over her face. Cord had gone for the hand with the gun instead of the head, which was just as well because I wasn't sure how we would've explained that fuckery. I didn't go near her right away because now that the adrenaline was kicking, I was beyond pissed. The asshole was writhing on the ground holding his wrist, but
"So here's the deal, we have got to find out what's going on down by the water. So far, we know squat, and this affects our lives as well." Dani and I and our new friend Vanessa were sitting around drinking coffee while the menfolk were out and about doing who knows what. "I don't think that's such a good idea, and whatever you're gonna do, I can't know about it because I ought to know better." "Oh, come on, Vanessa, you're like one of them. If you go with, you can be our protection. Besides, we're not doing anything, just going to see what they missed." Dani wasn't looking too sure either, but I knew how to bring her around. I had to work on this Vanessa person because Logan had left her here with us, knowing him she was supposed to be more watchman than pal, but later for that. I have a wedding coming up in a few short months, and all this cops and robbers mess was interfering with my program. "They don't even have to know we went anywhere. They left
The night wasn't turning out to be half bad. Everyone seemed to be having a good time except Ty, who seemed to be grumbling in his beer. He had his eye on Vicky the whole time even though he was slick about it, and thank fuck; she had ignored my little upstart's suggestion that she dance with the next man who asked her to. I wasn't trying to get kicked out of the only decent watering hole in a ten-mile radius. So it didn't look like Ty was gonna fold tonight, but there was still a lot of fodder for my shits and giggles. Like Dani trying to convince Con that it was okay for her to have half a glass of wine, and him having a conniption, funny shit. Or the way Cord was mooning into his mug like he'd lost his best friend, good times. "It's already late." What the fuck? Vanessa's raised voice came out of left field. "I said you're not going, and that's final." "Who made you the boss of me, Zachary? I can go where I want when I want and with whom I
For some fucked up reason, the kids didn't wanna leave; the female especially seemed the most reluctant though she tried to play it off. I noticed she was no longer breathing fire, she seemed calm as fuck compared to when she first arrived, and I wondered what the fuck Cord had said or done to her in the past few hours to tame that beast. I introduced Gabriella to Vanessa, which helped to calm her ass down a little, but she still clung to my arm like she was marking her territory. Even though we'd checked and double-checked the area, we were still careful as we headed out of town. We rode in three vans funnily enough with three couples in one and then two and two in front and behind for security. Zak and Vanessa still hadn't said fuck all to each other, but I noticed that he'd been quick to jump in the truck with her when she followed the girls. The night was the usual balmy clear skies with a nice breeze, and the women were acting more excited than the rest of us like
She opened her mouth to speak from her place on the dusty floor in the middle of us, but I held my hand up. "Before you open your mouth to lie, I think you should know that we know a lot more than we did last time, and if you bullshit me, I will let one of these fucks slit your throat since we know these guys killed our Commander." Her eyes gave her away before she opened her mouth again. "I had nothing to do with that; I was just the scapegoat for the money thing." Her eyes were even more afraid than before, and I felt the shift in the room. It was one thing to suspect and quite another to have verification. Con moved to stand next to Tyler, but I wasn't sure he was the only danger. She might not have offed the old man herself, but she was in bed with the fucks who did it. "Tell me everything you know, from the moment they contacted you to now." She swallowed hard and looked around for an ally; there was none to be had. Right now, I might be the only thing keeping her
Vanessa gave the signal for us to open the gate, and we all stood around as it slid back to give her entrance. She stopped in the middle of us and hopped down with a big grin. It had been some time since we'd seen her, almost a year, I think, if not more. However long it was, it was way too long; she was good people. "Lieutenant." I walked over for a hug and, at the last second, hoped like fuck that Gaby wasn't spying on me from somewhere in the house. If there's one defect in my baby, it's her wide jealousy streak. She doesn't give a fuck who it is, and no amount of explanations work when she gets that shit in her head. "Captain, it's good to see you." I patted her back and released her before my Tasmanian devil came running to put her down. I hadn't told her too much about what was going down, just that we were expecting a visitor, and I expected her to show her all the hospitality due a guest. Gaby, like I said, gets her hackles up when there's a female involved, a
"For the love of fuck, Ty chew." There was no question that dinner was a huge hit; she'd really outdone herself. There wasn't an unloosened tab in the place. She had the biggest fucking smile on her face, and that's all I cared about, though I could wish the wildebeest at my table had some damn manners. "What's for dessert?" I closed my eyes and counted to ten; there's no point in trying to control his greed. She got up from the table and headed for the kitchen, and I got up to go help her. "Cap, sit your ass down, no hokey pokey while I'm waiting for dessert. If you're anything like Connor, we will end up waiting half an hour while you do who knows what in there, and some things just don't taste the same cold." "Ty, learn to cook or, better yet, find a woman who can, that way, you don't have to worry about what goes on in my kitchen." "Ooh nasty, I'm just saying." He wasn't fazed by my tone, not even a little bit. I ignored his dumb ass and went in search of