His tone revealed that he knew the older woman. I should have figured. Solon was a small town. Everyone probably knew everyone, and there were no secrets.

“You’ll bleed all over her sheets.” I felt compelled to show at least a little restraint.

His sexy-as-hell-grin told me that he wasn’t buying it. “A little late for that.”

He was right. I just looked at him.

“Run out of excuses?”

“I’d have thought you’d want to punish me rather than fucking me for running away.” I was stupid for reminding him.

“Oh, don’t worry, baby. You’ll be punished for being a pain in my ass.” How could he make it sound more like a promise than a threat? “You have a choice, Audra. Fuck me now, or take your punishment now. I can promise you, you’ll wish you’d fucked me first.”

The bastard was serious! And here I was trying to be sensitive to his wounded condition. Yeah, right. The man was impossible, and intuitive enough to know that I wanted him. “What if you bleed to death?”

His sexy grin didn’t take the sting out of his next comment. “Then we’re both dead.”