Page 224 of Beyond the Blue Horizon
Stand on one of those summits with my arms outstretched and shout it to the world stunning.
I sat there swimming in that beauty for the longest time, holding her as we rested in the silence. Satisfied in the promises that had been made and secrets that had been shared.
I wished she’d given them all to me, but I got it.
Understood that all of this had happened so fast.
Her crashing into my life had changed everything.
Swore, I could hardly remember my life without her in it, and she’d only been here for a short time.
Woman a fatal crack in my false foundation.
I’d been worried that the sense I had that someone was lurking around the motel had been related to her, but I found solitude in the fact that it’d been Pierce Renfry. That bastard dead and gone.
Now, we could rest. Allow Piper time to acclimate to this new truth.
The fact that I was going to be everything for her.
She could give me her sorrow.
Give me her fear.
Give me the pleasure of chasing down the fucker who put those scars on her back.
I knew it was him.
Justin.
Knew whoever he was and whatever he’d done had cut her deep.
I was going to cut him fucking deeper.
Slay her demons.
But I could wait until she was ready. I didn’t want to spook her more after what she witnessed last night. After she just found out about Sanctum.
It was a lot to handle.
A lot to process.
Truly, the only thing that mattered right then was that she’d stayed.
So, until then, I was just going to stare at this treasure that had dropped into my life.
“Why are you looking at me like that?” she whispered.
“Because I can’t see anything else.”
Her teeth raked her bottom lip. This understanding—the connection—a buzz that rippled between us.
“I kind of like looking at you, too.” It was a soft, breathy tease.
I leaned down so I could inhale it, and I stole a kiss from that sexpot mouth.
I couldn’t help but hum, satisfaction winding a bow in the center of my chest. “Never going to get enough of kissin’ you,” I mumbled at her mouth.
I inhaled the tremor that rolled through her, and I kissed her a little deeper. “Never going to get enough of this body.”
