Holy shit! Am I still breathing? It can't be possible for anyone to survive that. I took stock of myself to make sure everything was as it should be. My hoo-ha was pulverized, I can't even touch her, and there are love bites all over my chest and back, but none of that took away from the feeling of euphoria. No wonder he kept saying I wasn't ready? Who would be?I guess the big stupid grin on my face was testament to the fact that I didn't give a damn about any of that. It was well worth the wait, even if I never walked again in this lifetime. The pain meds were wearing off and although he told me to take more I refused; for some reason I wanted to feel what he'd done to me, it was important. My heart lurched when I remembered that he hadn't used all of himself in me. I'd felt the ring each time he slammed into me that first time and then he'd used his hand when I seduced him, mercy. There was a sting between my thighs when my body reacted to the memory of what we'd shared.Look

My eyes snapped open not much longer after. Her weight on my chest did strange things to my heart. I looked down at her sleeping form. Probably about the only time I'll know peace from now on is when she's out like this. But I wasn't thinking about my lost freedom or the end of my peaceful existence, I was too busy being grateful as fuck that I'd found her. I don't know why, have no real understanding of how these things work, but there's no way that I would ever stop believing that she was made just for me. I kissed her hair and eased out from under her before I became more of the bitch Ty is so fond of calling me lately.In the bathroom, I ran us both a bath and put in enough healing salts to do the trick. I wasn't about to kid myself that tonight I could lay next to her and not fuck. She's going to need it. I went back for her and lifted her sleeping form from the bed. She moaned fretfully to be left alone."I'm going to clean you up now Gem open your eyes." I had to leave he

They gave it their best shot, trying to talk me out of it with no luck. I guess they got tired of butting their heads against the wall because it wasn't long before Gaby was on my side. I should've done some rethinking after that happy event. It's a given that anything Gaby's involved in is bound to blow up in our faces, but I wasn't exactly in my right frame of mind."You can't be serious, don't encourage her." There was a ring of unease in Vanessa's voice. "Tell me, how do you geniuses plan to get off the property huh? Did you see how fast Cord was on your ass this afternoon? Did you even stop to think how he knew you were gone before you even turned the corner?""She's got a point damn." Gaby bit her nails and went into deep thought. We spent the next half an hour arguing about the best course of action. It was obvious that the place was under heavy security but there had to be some way to get out of here.When we started to get too carried away Vanessa decided if she couldn't

Logan got between the two of us and whispered in my ear. "Not like this brother, you don't wanna do this now." He eased her away from me and passed her off to Gaby and Dani, which made me see red. He stepped back with his hands up. Enough to give me my space, but still kept himself between me and her. I moved, he moved.I put my hand in his chest to push him back as the blood rushed in my ears. "Cord, work with me here." He stopped pushing, and the fucker knew just the right tone to take to get me out of the zone I was heading into. I've never really heard it off the field though. That's how I knew I was moving into dangerous fucking territory. I looked in his eyes and saw it. Fuck!"I need a minute brother." He relaxed when he realized I wasn't going after her. I just needed to step away for a minute because I had become the danger. That shit didn't even loosen up now that I knew she was safe. I still wanted to ring her fucking neck.What if she hadn't been wearing her tracer? W

"Good, I'll talk to her myself and let her know what's going on but we don't want her any more involved than she has to be for her own safety. You cool, we straight?""Yeah I'm good, but the girls are a little spooked. Logan and Connor really let them have it and I think they think you were gonna really hurt her.""Nah, her pride maybe a little, but I will never harm your sister, not ever." The boy didn't have to know what kind of hell I was about to rain down on her ass. Back inside Vicky gave me a covered dish. "This is for Susie, yours is on the table.""She's fine." That's all I said as I took the dish from her and put it back. I didn't touch the meal she'd set out for me either. I'd just come here to get away from my house and my thoughts for a minute.Everyone was so subdued it was almost comical and I could see the truth in Davey's words by the tearstains on the women's faces. Good, it's about damn time they took this shit seriously.I didn't hang around long. I sti