Page 27 of Kane's Bounty
“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. Kissing her temple, he 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 longbefore 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 Kane’s 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.”
