"I'm here to fuck you." She watched me from the bed as I approached her, eyes wide, not with fear as much as with uncertainty. After all, I hadn't given her any indication in all the months of her teasing and flirtations that I was the least bit interested. I kept my feelings well hidden from her and everyone else around me. "If you're attached to whatever that is that you're wearing, I suggest you take it off because it's going to be in shreds in a second." She made some sort of noise in her throat that was cut off when my mouth came down hard on hers. She was sweet and soft, just the way I knew she would be, which is why I'd avoided her thus far. A woman like her has no call being with a man like me. She's sweet tea and pecan pie on a southern porch on a hot summer day. I'm pizza and beer. She's cashmere and pearls in the back of a chauffeur-driven limo and I'm leathers and jeans on the back of a chopper. I tried for her sake to leave her alone. No
"Yes, Connor." Her eyes were wide on my face with just a hint of fear this time. I had no doubt I looked like a crazy man on top of her. I could feel the skin drawn tight against my cheekbones the way it did when I went into warrior stance. And this was the hottest battle I'd ever fought in my career. "I'll give you time to adjust to having a man like me in your life, but heed my warning. The you that you were when you woke up this morning no longer exist. There's no more Danielle. It's now Connor and Danielle. I'll teach you what it means to belong to me later; right now, I just want to fuck. Are you with me so far?" "Yes, Connor, please." She curled her pussy up, trying to get more of my cock inside her. That sweet Georgia peach voice of hers is going to get her drilled into the fucking bed time and again. I lifted her legs and spread her so I could fuck her deeper and harder. There was no way I could play the gallant lover, not this first time.
"Cum for me, Danielle." I latched onto her neck and bit down hard before sucking her skin into my mouth. She screamed, and I felt her warm juices flood my cock; that's all I needed to go off inside her hard and long. We were both out of breath, both panting for air, and I couldn't move. She'd done me in, sucked everything out of me. "I knew it, I fucking knew it." I rolled off of her but kept her in my arms. I couldn't even bring myself to let her go, not yet. "Are you mad that we made love again?" I looked down at her question. She seemed a bit confused, as she very well should be. I didn't even know what the fuck was going on, and I'd thought I had it all figured out. "That wasn't lovemaking, babe; that was a branding." The question is, who the fuck branded who? I pulled her out of bed and headed for the shower. We washed each other in between kisses. Had I ever done this before? Why did she make me want to do sappy shit? What was it about her that
Back at the compound where I lived with the men, I considered my brothers. I got ready for the day. I was getting a bit of a late start which none of the nosy fucks let me forget as they tried sticking their noses in my business as soon as I caught up with them. I was prepared for their shit, which I knew would be forthcoming. I'm the one always saying this relationship shit wasn't for me. I wasn't against it for others, but it just wasn't for me. Now I would be the first to take the plunge. I wonder if I should let them in on just what the fuck was in store for them when their time came? This all-consuming obsession that fucking ties you up in knots and owns your ass. I think I've become part bitch overnight or some shit. What the fuck am I thinking? "Fuck Connor, you smell like a bitch." "Fuck you, Zak." I smacked him behind the head as I went by on my way to the coffee. The other five assholes were all staring at me like I was some sort of a
The houses were done in a year and a half. We couldn't do everything ourselves because of our duties, but we'd worked on each other's places when we had downtime, and that had sped up the process quite a bit. Six months after we'd settled in and hung out our shingle, so to speak, we'd caught wind of the shit that was going on around us. There's no way in hell we're going to let shit like that take root in our backyard. After years of fighting and danger, the name of the game was peace and quiet. Now for me, that shit had been amped up a notch. I have a woman to protect. I don't want this shit anywhere near her, so the sooner we got to the bottom of whatever this was, the better. The town's people, after realizing that we weren't here to start shit, had pretty much accepted us with open arms. Well, most of them had anyway, and as far as they knew, we were navy men. No one knew what faction we'd been working for, as that shit tended to be top secret for
"Thought you weren't gonna go there, brother?" "Is there a problem, Ty?" "Nope, just saying. We had this long, drawn-out conversation where I told you to go for it, and I distinctly remember you giving me a laundry list of reasons why that wasn't such a good idea." "Yeah, well, shit changed." "Congratulations, man. So when are you bringing her home?" Logan was grinning like a proud papa the ass. "Tonight." "You need help with the move?" "Nah, my place is already furnished if she wants to change shit, she can just buy what she needs." "She knows she's moving in here?" Quinn asked while refilling my coffee; nosy fuck. "Yep." That got a good laugh out of all of them, but I just gave them the finger. They pretty much knew that I'd most likely ordered her as opposed to asking her. "Let's go, slackers, that building isn't gonna erect itself." I pushed back from the table and got to my feet. "We were waiti
We put aside all the bullshit as we got to work. The foundation had already been laid, and the outer walls built up with reinforced steel. Logan had made the call to go back to the old way of doing things. It cost a lot more, but once we explained things to the owners, they were more than willing to fork over the money. This area was prone to hurricanes and a rogue tornado or two over the last decade. When other matchstick buildings would blow in the wind, we were building this one to last. We were building the first thing to be erected in Briarwood since the fifties or some shit, so there was a lot of interest from the town's folk. There was a new business whose headquarters were in Atlanta, but it was cheaper for them to have offices here since Real Estate prices were insane these days. The head guy is some type of oil tycoon or some shit with offices all over the south and Midwest. He's already making noises about hiring us to do some other jobs for him becau
My day couldn't end fast enough. I was in a hurry to get back to her, to move her out of her place and into mine. To have her where I can protect her. To some, it may seem like I'm moving fast, well, except my brothers. They'd understand the need for me to do things this way. And I didn't really give a fuck what others thought, especially not when it comes to my woman. I have one way of doing this shit. All the way or not at all, and after being buried in Danielle's sweet pussy all night, I knew it was going to be all the way. In fact, from the first glide of my dick inside her, I knew she owned my ass. So there's only one thing left to do. Tie that shit down quick. I'd put my stamp on her last night; having her set up in my home will just seal the deal. I'll spend the next few weeks getting to know her and letting her get to know the man she'll be spending the rest of her life with. I think that's only fair since I plan on consuming her life completely from n
"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