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“I’m coming back, babe, just got to clean up a little.”
Ronnie let her head fall back against the bed, her arm still laying stretched out where she’d reached for him.She heard water run in the bathroom, then he was back.He didn’t hesitate to roll her up on her side then curl up on the bed behind her, tugging her back against him.
“Glad we didn’t try that while your brother was here.He would have burst through the door and demanded to know what was going on.”The arm around her middle tightened.“I didn’t take you for a screamer, firecracker.”
“I didn’t know it either,” she said, wondering for a moment if she should be embarrassed by that, then decided no.It wasn’t her fault no one had made her come that hard before.There was no reason for her to be embarrassed by that.Them though?That might be another story, not that she planned to hunt them down and tell them that.
Demon’s low chuckle vibrated through her body, sending heat through her again.She hadn’t thought it possible to want more after that.
“So, tell me,” Demon said.“Did I blow your mind?”
“Out of the water.”Fatigue washed over her, making her wish she could take a nap.
“Good.Now rest for a few, there’s nowhere you need to be.”
Trusting him, she closed her eyes and let the darkness take her.
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Demonlayonthebed, Ronnie in his arms and listened to her breathe.He’d felt her tense when he’d suggested she sleep, but it hadn’t taken long for her body to relax against him and her breathing to even out.She felt good in his arms.He wished they could lie like this for the rest of the day, that he could fall asleep wrapped around her like this and not have anything to worry about.
But all too soon, her brother would return.Demon had no idea what he would say if he walked in on them right now.He had a good idea how he might react, if Ronnie were his sister, but even he could admit that he was more than a little redneck, and given the way he’d grown up, he could only guess that he would be fiercely protective of any sister he might have had.Since he hadn’t had one, though, it would only be a guess.
Demon knew that Gavin and Ronnie had been close when they were young, and he assumed they still were now, given that her brother had dropped everything in his life to come back and make sure she was okay.He couldn’t imagine he would take it too well if he walked in and found her naked and in bed with someone she’d known for less than a week.
But he had time.Gavin would be gone at least a couple of hours, probably more.It would likely take them at least a couple of hours to bring in Jim Bob.Longer if Gavin hung around to have a part of the questioning, or if he wanted to be the one to make the deal with him.
He glanced at the clock, he still had a while before he had to get up and get moving.He could stay here a little longer and hopefully let her rest a while.He hoped that by then, she would be sound asleep enough that his getting up wouldn’t wake her.He’d heard her get up and down several times during the night and had wanted to come in and see what was wrong, but had held back, because he’d suspected they would end up exactly as they were now.
That wouldn’t have been a bad thing, except that if he was the one looking to take someone unaware, he would have gone in at night.He would use the cover of darkness to help camouflage what he was doing, so he’d felt like he had to be more vigilant.
He probably shouldn’t be here now, because the threat to her was still out there, but he felt like it was far less likely they’d come into her house in the daylight when any of the neighbors could see them and call the cops.
It was a flimsy excuse, he knew but as he lay there with her in his arms, sated and content, he couldn’t bring himself to care.
“Where’sRonnie?”Gavinasked,his voice low, as he stepped in the front door and closed it behind him.His gaze skimmed the room, as if he was looking for her to be hiding in one of the corners.Not that he would find her there, she was still in bed, where he’d left her twenty minutes before when he’d figured he was about out of time and gotten up.
“Taking a nap.”Demon tipped back the cup of coffee he’d made after getting up.Ronnie hadn’t even twitched when he’d slide out of bed, letting him hope that she would sleep for a little while yet.
Gavin frowned.“A nap?I don’t know the last time she took a nap.”He moved into the living room, looked around again, then sat on the edge of the sofa, hunching forward so his elbows rested on his knees.
Demon shrugged.“She was up and down all night.It’s no wonder she’s tired this morning.”He figured she was having some disturbing dreams after her near miss yesterday, but he didn’t say anything.It would only worry her brother, and it was something that Demon wanted to be able to help her with, not anyone else.
Gavin watched him for a moment, as if trying to determine if Demon was lying to him or if he was hiding anything.Demon wasn’t worried.He had a better poker face than nearly everyone he knew, with the exception of the rest of his Demented Souls brothers.
“Anything happen while I was out?”he finally asked.
Demon shook his head.There was no way he would be telling her brother, or anyone else about what went on between them.
“How did it go, you get him?”
Gavin nodded.“We got him.”He shook his head slowly, as if in disbelief.“It didn’t take much to get him to sing.And boy is he singing.Downside is that he doesn’t seem to have much on the Devils or Switchblade, upside is he’s already completely implicated my father.I had to recuse myself from bringing him in or having any part in making a deal with him, but I’ve got some connections, so we’ll at least know what’s going on.”
“They take your dad in yet?”
Gavin shook his head.“Not yet.They were still putting together the team, but I wanted to come check on everything here.I was getting close to that two hour window I’d told Ronnie, and I didn’t want her to freak that something might have happened to me.Besides, my friend on the case will keep me updated on what’s going on.As much as I might want to be there, it would raise red flags since I’m not assigned on anything here.”He lifted one shoulder and let it drop as if he didn’t care.
Demon knew better but he didn’t say anything.
