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  Chapter Five

  Dammit, why did things have to be so complicated? He’d never met anyone like Lena before. He’d never wanted anyone as much and sure as hell never had sex with a fugitive before. He always thought of them as marks and nothing more. Lena was different. She made him feel things he had no name for. Admittedly, his personal relationship skills were lacking, but he could feel her disappointment when he told her he would still turn her over to the authorities.

  He tugged her hand and pulled her over to the couch. He remembered staying in the office with Josh while they waited for extraction. They had arm-wrestled to see who would sleep on the lumpy couch and who got the hard desk. He’d lost that night. Tonight would be different. His chest tightened with the idea of sleeping with Lena tucked into his arms. The thought shocked him. It wasn’t just the sex he anticipated. Oh he wanted to fuck her. There was no doubt about that. But he also wanted to wake up with her. A thought that had never occurred to him with any other woman.

  First, he had to explain. He pulled her down into his lap. She didn’t fight him, but her earlier arousal had faded from her thoughts.

  “I’ve been a recovery agent for almost fifteen years. I was eighteen when I got my license. This is all I know how to do and I take it really seriously. I have never missed a mark or a court date.”

  “I wouldn’t want to spoil your perfect record.” Her voice was hard and she tried to move off his lap.

  He tightened his arms around her waist and kept her in place. Her anger flooded his telepathic sense and he felt just the edge of hate creeping in to her mind. Could he stand it if Lena hated him? No! The answer was obvious. He pulled her around sharply, lifting her so she was straddling his lap and facing him before pulling her close. He was vulnerable in this position. She could scratch his eyes out and make a run for it, but where would she go? He didn’t think she would run. She turned her head to one side, refusing to meet his stare, and crossed her arms over her chest.

  “Look at me, Lena,” he commanded.

  She turned back sharply. There it was, hatred. He had to take a deep breath to keep from reacting outwardly to the storm brewing within.

  “I would be the happiest man in the world if we were just two people who had met by chance and couldn’t keep our hands off each other. I don’t know if the second vision is even possible for us, but I can tell you, I’ve never even thought of having that kind of life. Now it’s all I can think about. Seeing your belly round with my child safely growing within is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Believe me when I tell you, I want it all and I want it with you.”

  Her anger subsided, but she didn’t give an inch physically. Her arms remained covering those beautiful tits and her eyes stayed hard and unyielding.

  He continued, “The fact is, we didn’t meet that way. We met because I was hired by the Boston courts to bring you back for trial. Tomorrow, when the plane comes for us, I could bring you to Boston and turn you over. If that’s what you want, then it’s what I’ll do. You know as well as I do, we will never have any chance at a life together until your name is cleared.”

  “What do you want?” she asked.

  His gut clenched. “I want for the first vision the stones gave us to be a mistake. I want you to live.”

  “Even if it means I go to jail for a crime I didn’t commit?”

  He had to look away from her face for a few seconds. The idea of her behind bars where he couldn’t touch her was almost as unbearable as the idea of her dead. Almost. “Yes, even if you are in prison. At least in prison there is a chance.”

  She reached her hand down between them. Her fingers grazed the tip of his hard cock, but moved to the pocket, where she gripped the Stones of Adeline through his trunks. “If these get into the wrong hands, none of it will have mattered. My entire life will have been for nothing.” She released them and put her hands on his shoulders. Her head was down. “Can I trust you, Kane?”

  “With your life.” His body was near to bursting with need, but he resisted pulling her against his cock.

  “What about my heart?” She touched her forehead to his.

  He closed his eyes and let the warm feeling flow from her mind into his. The niggling of hatred had disappeared and left something else behind, something he had no idea how to name. “I wish I knew how to answer that, Lena.”

  He didn’t know what he’d expected to feel from her, but understanding swelled in her thoughts. She kissed his cheek. “I’ll teach you,” she said.

  Kane’s body trembled with a mixture of excitement and fear. He wanted to learn what it was she gave him so willingly, and at the same time, the new emotions were terrifying.

  Lena slid her ass forward and pressed her pussy against his cock. Whatever else she had been feeling became overshadowed by desire and his own need skyrocketed. He gripped her ass and turned her toward the couch before laying her down and covering her body with his, her mouth with his mouth. “Lena, I want you. I wish it was in the warm, soft bed back in the hotel, but I would want you on a rock in the middle of the desert.” He spoke against her lips and cheek. Then kissed her chin, jaw and up to her ear. His tongue swirled around her lobe and sucked in the sensitive skin.

  Her breath caught in her throat and she pressed her hips up, rubbing her pussy against his shaft. “I want you too. I don’t care where. I’ve been waiting for you to fuck me since the alley.”

  He couldn’t take any more. He pushed her to one side and leaped from the couch. She stared up at him, wide eyed. Reaching down, his fingers found the button and zipper of her shorts and pulled them off her with the bathing suit. She reached behind her neck and pulled the tie on her top. A moment later she was completely naked on the old, beat-up couch. One of her knees was pulled up and her pussy glistened in the low light of the desk lamp.

  Kane practically tore his shirt off. He heard a button clatter to the floor and roll away. He was more careful with his swimming trunks. He felt the precious stones in the pocket, folded them inside and tucked the shorts into his pack. When he turned back around, she was still watching him. Her eyes smoldered with want and one hand had made its way between her legs. Riveted to her fingers swirling around her clit, he watched as she excited herself. His cock jumped and he moved closer, sitting on the edge of the couch and gripping his length in one hand.

  “God, Lena. You can’t know how hot that is. I could watch you do that all day.”

  Her fingers glistened with her own juices. She gave a smoky laugh. “Why don’t you bring that over here and let me suck on it?”

  He didn’t have to be asked twice. Immediately he moved to the end of the couch where her head was. She sat up to get a better angle and came to the edge of the cushion. Her fingers continued to rub her clit as she moaned while pulling his cock into her mouth.

  Warm, wet ecstasy surrounded him. His eyes closed and his head fell back as she sucked him deep into her throat and swirled her tongue around the swollen head. While her right hand was still busy, her left slid between his legs and lightly caressed his balls. His knees nearly buckled. He had to look.

  Her wide hazel eyes gazed up at him. She slid her tongue along the pulsing vein and sucked him deep before repeating the action on a deep moan. She sucked harder and faster, his cock sliding in and out of her incredible mouth while her fingers tickled the sensitive space between his balls and his anus. Did she know what she was doing to him? From the look in her eyes, he would guess she did.

  He stepped back before he came sooner than he wanted. He registered her disappointment, smiling as he dropped to his knees and kissed the mouth that had given him so much pleasure. “When I come, I want to be buried deep inside you, Lena.”

  She gasped and her fingers rubbed harder. He dipped his head and pulled one perfect nipple into his mouth, sucked on it and worried it with his teeth. She moaned and bucked against her hand. He thought he might come just watching her fingers bringing her pleasure. He kissed a path across her chest and pulled her ot
her nipple into his mouth, tugging the sensitive peak hard. His name filled the room as she cried out.

  Continuing to suck her tit, he slid his hand down, thrusting two fingers inside her. She clutched her mound with her hand while her pussy pulsed around his fingers. She screamed and he covered her mouth with his, plunging his tongue inside and muffling her cries.

  He waited until the orgasm had completely rolled over her, nearly coming himself from the experience of her rapture. Sliding his fingers from her body, he watched as she swiveled to one side and rested her head back. Her legs were open and waiting for him. In one step, he was at the desk and pulling a condom from his duffle. He had the foil pack opened before he’d gotten back to the couch and rolled the rubber over his cock.

  “I want you to fuck me, Kane. I want all of you.”

  If she didn’t stop talking that way, he was going to embarrass himself by coming without ever getting inside her.

  He knelt between her legs and fell forward. Keeping his weight on his arms, he slowly lowered. Her hand slid between them, guiding him in as he slid forward. Her breath came in short gasps, followed by a deep moan, which he echoed when he was completely buried in her warm pussy.

  He moved slowly out of her and smiled at the tiny cry that escaped her lips. “I love the noises you make.”

  He stroked back inside her wet slit. She grunted deep in her chest. It looked as if she wanted to say something, but only moans and gasps came out as he moved faster. He pulled almost all the way out and thrust forward. She screamed his name. He could listen to the sound for the rest of his life. Her body welcomed him as if he was coming home.

  Trying to hold back, he continued his slow, even movements. He wanted to come so badly his balls ached, but he wanted her to come with him. Her legs wrapped around his ass and pulled him in hard.

  She cried out, “I’m coming, Kane.”

  He let go and pumped into her hard and fast. His grunts filled the room and mixed with her scream. He collapsed on top of her and her arms wrapped around his back. Her fingers traced a path up and down his shoulder blades.

  He knew he was too heavy, and if he stayed as he was, he would fall asleep and crush her. Reluctantly, he rose from the couch and went to the door in the corner where there was a small bathroom to dispose of the condom. He washed his hands and face and returned to the office.

  “That’s the bathroom?” she asked.

  “Yeah.” He pulled his jeans from the duffle and put them on while she crossed to the bathroom.

  She returned a few minutes later. The hair around her face was damp. Lena sat on the couch and looked at him where he leaned against the desk. She pulled on her shorts and he handed her a clean T-shirt to wear.

  “Thanks.”

  He watched with reluctance as she pulled the oversized white cotton over her head and covered her beautiful body.

  Kane joined her on the couch and lay down with his back against the back cushion. She did the same with her back pressed against his front. He wrapped one arm around her waist.

  “My grandmother is in New Jersey.”

  Amazingly, those six words changed everything. It was dramatic the way his body relaxed and pulled her in closer. He hadn’t even realized he wanted her trust until she gave it. The space between them closed and he knew he was in deep trouble. He would never be able to get enough of Lena. He would always want more. That was going to be a problem.

  “Where in New Jersey is she?” His mouth was just above her ear.

  “A small town outside of Princeton.”

  He thought a moment. “Princeton has a small airport, doesn’t it?”

  “I think so.”

  “Good.” He kissed her ear. “Get some sleep, Lena. Our ride will be here in a few hours.”

  Her mind was a torrent of emotions. He kissed her temple and settled her against his arm. Her eyes closed, but it was at least ten minutes before she fell asleep. Her body relaxed into his. He didn’t know if he would be able to sleep, but soon her even breathing lulled him and he slept.

  * * * * *

  He woke long before he heard the sound of the engine circling the airstrip. Glad to have gotten a few hours of rest, he thought waking with Lena tucked into his arms was reason enough to lose sleep. Her every curve fit into the hard planes of his body perfectly. He had to concentrate on not getting hard and waking her up. It wasn’t easy.

  “Lena, wake up,” he whispered.

  Her body arched as if she was a bow and his cock reacted as if it was the arrow. She snuggled in closer and he groaned.

  “Our ride is here. He’ll be landing in a few minutes.”

  She opened those unusual eyes and looked up at him. A slow smile lit her face. His heart hammered against his chest. The fact that her sweet smile was for him nearly did him in.

  A minute later, she sat up and stretched before going into the bathroom.

  Kane put on the shirt from the day before, but left it open. She came back to the office in her shorts and his shirt tied in a knot at her waist. Her hair was barely combed and she looked thoroughly delicious. “There’s a brush in my pack. Help yourself.”

  When he came out of the bathroom, she had brushed her hair and pulled it back in a ponytail. He noticed a small red mark on her neck. He hadn’t meant to mark her, but he felt some odd sense of ownership seeing it there. Neanderthal.

  “Let’s go.”

  She nodded and they walked back through the hangar to the landing strip just as the small jet made a perfect landing and rolled to a stop a hundred yards from them. As they approached, the door opened and the steps folded down.

  Kane had expected the plane, but when his brother jogged down the steps, he was shocked. As soon as Joshua’s feet hit the pavement, he removed his sunglasses. He looked Lena up and down and smiled a bit too warmly. “Ms. Cruz, I’m glad to see you are unharmed.”

  Lena looked from Joshua to Kane. Their looks were too similar not to notice. “Joshua Lakeland?”

  He held his hand out and shook hers. He held it a bit longer than was necessary. Kane’s temperature rose. Lena smiled brightly. Jealously surged up from his gut.

  His brother’s head turned sharply and he looked at him for a long moment. “Good to see you, Kane.” He pulled his brother in for a quick hug.

  Kane relaxed. “You too. I was expecting you to send the ride. I didn’t realize you would fly all the way down here.”

  Joshua cocked his head to one side. “You’re in trouble, I come. You’d do the same for me.”

  It was true. He would fly across a continent to help his brother. He’d once flown around the world to do just that. Kane nodded and said, “We ready to go?”

  “She needs fuel. Is Sandy here?”

  Kane shook his head. “We got here late and it’s a bit early for Sandy to get up. I left him something.”

  Joshua said, “Let’s get her fueled up and get the hell out of here. You have no idea what you’ve gotten yourself into, Kane.”

  “I have some idea.” He turned to Lena, who had been listening and watching everything. “You can go up and relax. We’ll be ready to go shortly.” He handed her the duffle and she trotted up the steps. He watched as her ass swayed with every step. When he turned back, Josh was watching him.

  “You got a problem, bro.”

  “I know.”

  They moved quickly, fueling the jet and going through a system checklist.

  When it was all done, the brothers climbed the steps. Lena sat comfortably, drinking a bottle of water and looking out the window. When she heard them, she turned.

  “I hope you don’t mind. I helped myself.” She lifted the plastic bottle.

  “Nope. That’s what it’s for.” Josh asked, “Where to?”

  “Head for the northeast US. We need to find a place where we can talk. Do you have a spot?” Kane asked.

  “Maryland?”

  “Perfect.”

  “Don’t we need a flight plan?” Lena asked.

  Kane s
hook his head. “Josh never uses them.”

  Joshua smiled. “Seatbacks and tray tables, folks. Let’s get gone. There’s some clean clothes in the closet.” He pointed to a cupboard and left them alone in the cabin, but didn’t close the cockpit door. She went over and opened the door, pulling out jeans and a blue shirt for him. She tossed them over. There was another pair of jeans and a cream-colored blouse for her. She stripped down and changed. “Why didn’t you tell him where to go? Don’t you trust him?”

  “Josh is the only person on the planet I do trust.” Actually, he would amend that. In the last forty-eight hours, he’d grown to trust Lena as well. He shed his dirty clothes for the clean ones Joshua had provided and buckled his seat belt.

  Kane watched his brother as he expertly maneuvered the plane down the runway. Lena’s voice cut through his thoughts.

  “Then why?”

  The cabin had four luxurious bucket seats, which could be pushed back to sleeping position. It had two tables that pulled out and a small couch tucked into the corner. The plane was top of the line. Lena looked perfect seated in it. He needed to keep his head clear and not be distracted by how much he loved looking at her, not to mention touching her. “We need a plan. It’s better to go somewhere we’ll be safe, can tell Josh the situation and find out what he knows before we go see your grandmother. We’re going to have to ask a lot of my brother in the next few days. Once we see Grandma and find out what she can tell us about the visions, someone is going to have to protect her. No doubt Thorn is waiting for just this kind of move. He’ll be on us as soon as we surface.”

  Lena looked down at the carpet. “Should I just go to Boston?”

  He hated the sorrow in her voice.

  They were airborne. He unbuckled his seat belt and turned toward her. “You’re going to have to trust me, Lena. I’m not going to let anything happen to your grandmother.”

  “She’s all I have.” A single tear slid down her cheek.

  He kissed it away. What was the constant tightening of his chest? “That’s not exactly true, but I understand.”