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“Not so fast, baby girl.”

He stroked her again with his fingers and found the erect nub of her clit, lightly flicking his fingertip against it. A little whimper slipped from her lips, and she wiggled her hips with desperate need.

“Please,” she begged, her voice raspy.

“Please, what?”

“Please, I need you.”

His hand slid between her bottom cheeks, and he brushed over her back hole. She tensed, not sure if she liked what he was doing, but that combined with him still caressing her front almost sent her tumbling into bliss.

“Uh-uh,” he murmured. “You have to say the magic words, Adira. Tell me to fuck you.”

“Fuck me, oh God, fuck me now.”

“That’s right, I am your god.”

That was all the urging he needed. He gripped her hips with one hand and with a forceful jerk of his hips buried himself into her channel. Adira moaned, awash with pleasure. He pulled back and slammed home again, over and over. Pumping into her harder until wet smacking sounds mingled with her moans. He consumed her, like some savage, primitive creature. Fucking with no thought beyond the ecstasy of it all. Her excitement mounted with each thrust, and then…

A brief perfect moment of timelessness, suspended in that space between Heaven and reality. Weightless. Sublime. Exhilarating. Hunter’s cry of completion echoed through the room, mixing with her own cries. Then he slumped over her, resting his forehead on her back. She felt his heart racing, mimicking hers.

She knew in that instant that her heart was in trouble.

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The next week went by quickly, and she used the excuse of being busy as to not linger around Ares. He’d come kiss her hello, but she always managed to slip away before it led to something more. She had to, because she was getting in too deep. She had to protect her heart because this wasn’t about sleeping with two men. It wasn’t about how they made her body sing with desire. This was about her catching feelings, and it was far too quick to put a label on any of it.

When Friday rolled around, she had to clear her head so she went for a long drive until she found a beautiful lake dotted with whitecaps and men fishing in small boats. She slowed and then pulled onto the rocky parking lot. The brown National Park placard stated it was Cardinal Lake. Adira got out and walked to the shore where she pulled off her sneakers and socks to bury her toes in the frigid water. Fall was approaching, bringing with it cooler temperatures.

Hunter and Ares consumed her thoughts. If she continued on the path she walked, she was going to fall for them. She wasn’t sure if her heart could take another beating. Losing her parents hurt worse than losing Abel, but she had a sneaking suspicion that losing the two MC brothers would devastate her. The smart thing to do would be to leave. To quit and move on until she found another place to settle. Perhaps she had been naïve thinking she’d be able to continue working for Ares once their liaison was finished, because now she realized she could never see them with other women. It would break her in ways she couldn’t even imagine.

But maybe she wasn’t as smart as she thought she was, because she didn’t want to leave. She wanted the memories. Once they tired of her and moved on, she would need all of them to sustain her. Even with the acceptance she would face pain once more, she knew she was going to stay.

With that resolve, she left Cardinal Lake behind. The water carried away her misgivings.

Chapter Eighteen

Vivi held up her arms where the robe completely covered her hands. “This is ridiculous.”

“Were you dropped on your head as a baby?” Sidonie asked. “Maybe that stunted your growth. You know, like a hammer on a nail, just boop. Short.”

“I’d flip you off but I can’t find my fingers,” Vivi replied, frowning.

“You can take the robe off, you know,” Chase reminded her.

“But then I’d be naked. Look, I love you guys as the sisters I never had, but I’m not ready to show you the tits, the pits, and the bits.”

“I’m just happy to relax without the baby crying every five minutes,” Leia said. She was relaxing on a chaise lounge with a cooled gel pack over her eyes.

“You’re lucky you have an experienced babysitter,” Chase murmured.

Leia lifted one corner of the mask to eye her. “You and Thorn having any?”

“I don’t know. I don’t think so. We like our lives the way they are right now.”

“Lincoln and I got two and a half years left before we start baby making,” Vivi announced.

“You should let him practice changing diapers so he’ll have experience.”

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