“Nox!” she called out.

Nox quickly shifted and ran to her, utterly naked. He didn’t care. They embraced, and the touch of her skin nearly electrocuted him into an early death.

“Oh my god, Nox. You’re bleeding, baby!” she said, face buried in his chest.

He clutched at her lovely form, fingers wandering every inch to make sure she was still intact. Once he got to her ample ass, his cock twitched, reminded of the early days of lovemaking.

Kelli giggled into him as she tried to lean back and look him over, but he gripped her ass tightly and growled as he began sucking on her neck.

“Oh, Nox,” she moaned.

The sound of delight made him hard as stone. The entire point of their mission disappeared from memory as he traced her supple neck with his mouth, inspiring some of the most erotic sounds he’d ever heard in his life.

“Nox,” she groaned, pulling away. “Baby, let me see you.”

“I’m fine,” he grunted. “God, I missed you, Kelli.”

She moaned again, and he sensed her underwear dampening as his fingers moved down between her legs, but she was adamant.

“Baby, we can’t here,” she said. “He may be back any second. Let me look at you.”

Nox groaned with frustration, but he did as she asked, holding onto her shoulders and caressing them gently as she assessed his wounds.

He had a few marks on his face, and his jaw didn’t feel its best, but he would heal in no time.

“What the hell happened?” she whispered.

“There was a pack defending Archie,” Nox said, letting her turn his face from side to side. “We had to get rid of them before getting back to the mission.”

He turned to her, her wonderful blue eyes shining at him like jewels in the dark. She smiled, and he nearly lost his mind with desire.

Nox pulled her by the hips, smacking her pelvis against his. She gasped, sensing his erection.

“Tell me how the hell you are,” he purred, running a hand delicately through her hair and down her back.

She breathed deeply, lost in his touch, but came back to earth after clearing her throat.

“They … they have them, Nox,” Kelli said firmly. “Archie has them both, making them do tricks and some other bullshit. I knew it was your brother immediately.”

Revenge surged through Nox’s soul, and he almost wanted Archie to walk in on them so he could give him one final swipe to end his life.

“We’ve got him then,” Nox said through gritted teeth. “We’ve just got to find a way to get them out. You can find that, surely?”

Kelli shook her head frantically, waving her hands in front of her face.

“It’s more complicated than that. Archie made me sign a stupid contract to be an animal trainer, and every time I go there, they make sure I’m blindfolded the entire way. But he’s agreed to allow you to see me. Be ready for him to call you.”

Nox heaved a big sigh. He was still moving his hands all over his beloved’s body, his own personal soothing device.

“What about here?” he said, pointing to the space he had crawled through. “I can show you where it is, and you can lead them through here.”

She sighed, then moved her hands up his chest, stroking the hair. A tingle moved up his spine.

“He’s put me in a different cabin each day,” she said. “I can tell it’s different even without the blindfold. But I think that’s the point. He wants to confuse me, us, you, and the pack. I have to figure out something that’s foolproof before we try anything. If I leave now, we might spook Archie, and he could take off with your brother to some other part of the country. We’d never find them then.”

Nox wished that they weren’t in that horrible predicament. Even though Kelli had not showered and was wearing the same overalls and plaid shirt from when he’d left her, he wanted her. He wanted to bathe her and make love to her until the stars moved through her very soul.

“I need time to figure all this out,” Kelli said, still stroking his hair. “We just have to be patient while I tell your brother and his wife that you’re coming for them.”