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He realized she was asleep when her fingers paused in his hair. He glanced up at her and smiled. She looked so sweet and innocent, but he knew and loved the strength she’d shown him so many times.

Zeke lifted his head and moved to lay down beside her while supporting himself on one elbow so he could look down on her.

“Hey,” he whispered as he stroked her cheek.

She blinked her eyes a few times and then stared up at him in a daze.

He smiled gently down at her before he lowered his head and took her mouth in a kiss so hot and carnal it could have singed his hair. Her lips instantly opened to his tongue tangled with hers, making them both groan. It seemed to last for hours. The kiss went on and on as he explored her mouth in long, drugging kisses.

Chapter Nine

He tore his mouth from hers when a floorboard in front of the house creaked. He pressed a finger to her lips and shook his head when her eyes widened.

“You’re going into the corner and staying there until I get back.” He stood and lifted her to her feet, trying to be as quiet as possible. He had her sit with her back against the wall and then placed the dark blanket over her. “Stay there.” She nodded.

He moved to the basket, pulled out the gun he always had with him, and started stalking toward the front of the house, stopping several times to listen. He heard a few more sounds, but they moved off when he got close. He hadn’t turned the flashlight on yet because he was able to see pretty well with his night vision.

At one point, he heard someone running, and then a motor started down the road a bit, and he rushed to the front window to see the taillights of a car speed off.

He carefully moved around to ensure no one was still there before heading back to the bedroom where Kayla was hiding. His heart stopped when he saw the corner was empty. His gaze flew around the room until he saw her peeking out the side of one window.

“What the hell are you doing?”

She screamed and whirled around. “I heard something out the back, and I wanted to see if I could see anything.”

“What about staying in the corner, didn’t you understand?” He knew he was in full dom mode, but his heart was still galloping in his chest when he thought he’d lost her or she’d been taken.

“I grabbed the knife from the basket, so I wasn’t totally helpless.”

“If you had stayed where I put you, you would have beenfine.”

Her chin went up. “Or I would have been a sitting duck. It depends on how you look at it.”

He stared at her. The situation was turning dangerous. He’d had a few things vandalized at the house he was staying in, and he thought it was kids. Now, he knew something was going on, and until he knew who was stalking him, he needed to keep her away from him.

Goddammit. His body ached with the need to fuck her and make her his. But it wasn’t going to happen anytime soon. “This was a bad idea,” he said, starting to gather everything together and put it in the basket.

“What was?” she asked.

“This. Being together.”

He wanted to kick himself at the pain he caused but knew, for now, it was for the best. He wasn’t giving up on her, but he wanted to know who the threat was before it went any further and they started to involve her.

He pushed her out of the house and threw everything in the back of the truck. By the time he got around to her side to help, she was in with the seat belt on. He gritted his teeth together and let it go.

They had just turned onto the road when she talked.

“So, let me get this straight. You don’t want us to be together because I disobeyed you?”

“That’s not it.”

“Then what?” she asked.

“It’s just the wrong time for us.”

“Why?”

He felt his stomach tighten. “It’s the way it has to be, at least for now.”

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