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After a few minutes I raised my head to make eye contact with her. She was glowing, a tiny smile on her face. “Are you okay, babe?”

“You didn’t use a condom.” Her tone was accusing and slightly bitter.

“I know I’m clean, and you said you haven’t been with anyone else.” It was a poor excuse, but I wasn’t sorry I’d fucked her bare.

“Yeah, well, that takes care of STDs.”

I frowned, not liking where this conversation was going. “Are you telling me that you aren’t on the pill?”

“That’s what I’m telling you.”

Fuck! “Why the hell not, Allie?” I could feel my anger rising now.

“Why should I, Rock? I never intended to get involved with anyone.”

“And what about your friend Tim?”

“Tom,” she hissed. “Our relationship hadn’t progressed that far. I told you, I haven’t been with anyone but you.”

“Fuck!” I snarled. “Why didn’t you say something?”

“Oh, it’s my job to say something? Besides, I started to, but you cut me off. After that, well, it wasn’t exactly on my mind.”

“Wasn’t exactly on mine, either,” I smirked. The sex had always been good between us.

“This isn’t going to happen again, Rock. I mean it. It can’t.”

Was she talking about the lack of a condom or the whole sex thing? “I have news for you, babe, it’s going to happen again, and often. When we get to Maine I’ll set up you and Sam in my house and it won’t be just for show. I’m claiming you in front of the club like I should have done seven years ago.”

She looked at me as if I were crazy. Hell, maybe I was. I’d forgotten that I was still inside her until she snapped, “Get off.” She tried to push me away, but I wasn’t budging. “I mean it, Rock. Get off me now!”

I reluctantly pulled my semi-hard dick out of her wet heat and straightened up to glare down at her. “Quiet! You want to wake Sam up?” I scowled.

She jumped up from the bed the second I stepped back. I let my gaze travel over her nudity, which only turned my dick harder. She was mad, and I didn’t know why. She’d been into the sex just as much as I had. “Don’t try and tell me that you didn’t enjoy what just happened between us.”

She just glared at me and remained stubbornly silent.

I glared right back, knowing the truth. She thought she was going to control me? Stop me from claiming her ass? She was in for a surprise. She should remember how things went at the club. More than one woman had been claimed, and always because of any fucking love between her and the brother who’d claimed her. Hawk had claimed Audra in the beginning to keep the brothers away from her and to protect her. A claimed woman was protected by the whole club.

I planned on claiming Allie for that very reason.

To protect her and our son.

Chapter 11

Allie

Damn it! I punched my pillow into shape for the umpteenth time, cursing into it as I thought about how things were going. Rock was a dominant male, demanding and controlling, and I should have reminded myself of that before letting him fuck me. I sighed heavily, trying to ignore the pleasant ache between my legs. God, why did it have to be him that my body craved? I’d always been weak when he’d made it known that he wanted me, his kisses had never ended with just a kiss, almost always with a hot and heavy episode that claimed my heart and soul. And now that I’d fucked him again, I knew there was no turning back.

Part of me, the part I’d pushed back down and refused to acknowledge was thrilled the man was back in my life. I’d never stopped loving the bastard, although I would never have admitted that to him. It was bad enough that I’d admitted to him that he was the only one I’d ever had sex with. That had to feed into his arrogant ego. But the truth was, my body wanted what it wanted, and no one else had ever tempted me into going there with them.

Tom was the closest I’d come, and given a little more time I can’t say that it wouldn’t have happened. Tears gathered in my eyes, making them burn. Sex with Rock was phenomenal. It always had been. He’d always seen to my needs before his own. In spite of his rough around the edges ways, he was a great lover. Of course, I had nothing to compare it to, it was just something I instinctively knew. He made me feel alive. I wanted to believe that I was the only woman in his life, but I knew better. I was sure there had been many over the years who’d sampled his possessive brand of fucking.

I brushed the tears away angrily. After our argument I’d kicked him out of the bedroom and told him to go sleep in the guest room, surprised when he’d gone without a fight. Thank goodness Sam had slept through everything, because lord knows we hadn’t been quiet. The raging storm outside must have helped drown out the noise of our rediscovering of each other. I punched my pillow again and closed my eyes, determined to force myself asleep.

Eventually it worked, and the noises in my head died down as I let the sounds of the storm lull me into blissful sleep.

Morning came too early. It seemed as though I’d just fallen asleep when Sam came bounding into my room and jumped into bed with me. In spite of my rude awakening I smiled. We didn’t have enough time on school mornings, but on the weekends I always looked forward to our snuggle time in bed, knowing that we didn’t have to hurry.

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