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With what she’d been through with her father’s ‘friend’, he used the term loosely because the man certainly wasn’t acting like anyone Talon would call a friend.Much less anyone Talon would want around his children, assuming he had any that is.He didn’t.At least not yet.He had never been in a hurry for kids.He’d wanted a couple, eventually.But something about the woman in his arms made him wonder what it would be like if there were a tiny version of her running around and climbing all over him.The idea appealed to him far more than it ever had in the past.
Still in his arms, Madison took a shuddering breath and let it out in a rush.She pulled away and Talon reluctantly released his hold on her.
“Thank you.I’m not sure how long this will last either, but I want to try.I want to see if we can fit.If we can make it more than a short time.But even if we can’t, I won’t forget the way you stepped in and helped when I needed it most.”
“If you’ll let me, I’ll always be there for you, little warrior.It’s getting late.You working the same shift tomorrow?”
Madison shook her head.“I’ve got an early shift tomorrow.I need to be there by eight, but I get off at four.”
“Then we’d better get some sleep.Your alarm set for the same time for tomorrow?”
“Alarm is set for four thirty.”
“All right.Let’s get some sleep then.You can decide in the morning if you want to pack before work or come back here after to do it.”He guided her toward the bedroom with a hand on the small of her back.
She didn’t argue, didn’t even want to tonight, but yawned as they headed into the bedroom.She’d talk to him later about his being high handed and bossy.Probably when she cared more about whatever he was trying to get her to do, or not do, than going to bed when she was tired.
In the bedroom she didn’t say anything as she stripped out of her clothes and slid beneath the sheets.As she settled in, watching Talon as he stripped out of his own clothes, she thought about the next day.If she threw her things into a bag before they left, they could get out of town as soon as she was out of work.That would mean getting to the ranch sooner.But did she want that?Was she ready to meet the men he called his brothers?
“I’ll pack in the morning so we can get out of town earlier.I’ll feel better knowing that there are more people around if Billy decides he’s tired of waiting.I want to find out how he knows what I’m doing and getting notes left for me if he’s still over there.It seems like your friends are my best bet.”
“I think so too.I don’t know that we’ll be able to figure it out before he does something else, but when he does, and I’m confident it will be a when and not an if, we’ll be ready.I won’t let anything happen to you.”
“And you’re sure your friends will help you?”
“They’re my brothers and yes.They’ll help.I’m not fully patched in yet, but these are still my brothers, and I have no doubt they’ll have my back, and that means yours too.”He shed the last of his clothes and slid into bed beside her.
Madison rolled over and turned out the lamp, laying alone in the dark for only a few seconds before Talon’s arm snaked around her waist and tugged her to him until she lay curled on her side, his body spooned against her back.
She was glad he was so certain about his friends, or his brothers as he called them.He’d already told her he’d grown up with only a younger sister, so she had to wonder where he’d met them, and how he’d found them.But she wasn’t going to ask, not tonight.
His body surrounding hers had her relaxing, and her worries fading from her mind.As her worries faded, she realized she had a strong, sexy man in her bed, something that happened far too rarely for her liking.She should take advantage of having him in her bed while she could.
Madison briefly considered rolling over, but decided to see what she could do like this first.To see if Talon was even interested before she moved out of the warm, comfortable spot where she lay.
Reaching back, she ran her hand up his leg, pausing to draw abstract circles on the hollow of his hip with her finger, then continued as far up his torso as she could reach before reversing her path and smoothing her fingers down his skin once more.
“I was going to let you rest because you have to get up earlier tomorrow.”His voice was barely more than a whisper of breath across her skin.
“I’ll sleep better after.”She let her hand continue playing up and down his skin.
“You’re not the only one.”He placed a gentle kiss to the sensitive spot behind her ear, sending shivers through her entire body.Seeming to like what that did to her, he did it again, then used the tip of his tongue to draw circles there before trailing down her neck.
Madison let the sensations wash through her.She arched her back, pressing her butt back into him and hopefully telling him without words how much she liked what he was doing.His arm that had been around her torso, holding her against him slid upward until his hand cupped one breast.Talon played his thumb back and forth over her nipple, making her whimper with need.
Her hands ached to do more than pet his leg and hip but at the same time, she didn’t want to move.She didn’t want to do anything to disrupt the way Talon seemed to know exactly what to do to make her body sing.
A haze of need clouded her mind.Heat pooled low in her belly until she couldn’t think, but moved and arched into him hoping he wouldn’t stop.
When Talon’s hand left her breast, she almost cried out, but bit her lower lip instead.The loss of his firm touch, the heat of his skin against hers was almost painful.His fingertips drew some kind of swirling design along her skin as he trailed his hand down her torso lingering to tease her belly button then once more moving down her body.
When he reached the apex of her thighs, she shifted, lifting one leg up, she turned it so the foot was propped on the mattress, leaving her leg out of the way so he could get where she wanted him.Where she ached to feel him.
His fingers parted her folds, but didn’t immediately go to her clit.Instead, he teased her, moving around, caressing all of her only brushing her sensitive nub of nerves in passing, giving her only the slightest hint of what it would feel like when he lavished that button with attention.
She whimpered and moved against him, asking for more without bothering to use her words.At this point her body felt like one huge aching need.She didn’t have the words to ask for what she wanted, needed.All she could do was move, encourage him, and hope he could read her body enough to give her the release she was so desperate for.
“How bad you want this?”Talon whispered into her ear.
