Page 31 of Kane's Bounty
Joshua’s eyes narrowed. “Prove it.”
“How?” Lena asked.
“No,” Kane said.
Joshua said, “You want my help, I want access to her mind. I want to know she’s not lying.”
“She’s not. You’re not probing her mind.”
Joshua cocked his head to one side. They knew enough about each other for him to know Kane would not be swayed. “Then you do it.”
The air thickened. Kane thought the room had become smaller. “I don’t do that.”
“But you can.”
“It’s not right.”
“Only if she resists.”
Kane got up. His brother’s suggestions infuriated him. He would not harm Lena. He would never do that to anyone. She touched his arm.
He looked down into her doe eyes.
“It’s okay, Kane. I will let you in. You said it wouldn’t hurt me if I was willing.”
His cock pressed against his zipper. He had no idea why the idea of being in Lena’s head aroused him, but it definitely did. “Are you sure? It’s very…intimate.”
“I’m sure.”
“More intimate than sex, Lena.”
“Are you trying to talk me out of this?”
He dug his hands in his pockets. “Maybe.”
Joshua cleared his throat. “That’s my condition. Oh, and I hold the stones while I’m granny-sitting. If you get caught, it’s better if the stones and Lena are not in the same place.”
Kane narrowed his eyes at his brother. “We are going in the bedroom and you are staying out here.”
A bright smile lit his handsome face. “I wouldn’t think of intruding. Once you know everything that’s going on in her pretty head, I’ll be on board or we’ll both be out. Of that, you have my word, little brother.”
He reached his hand down and she put her small one in it. She trusted him. God, that was a turn-on too. They walked into the bedroom. She sat on the bed and waited for him. Kane paced back and forth. His palms were sweating.
“Kane?”
He stopped and turned to see her watching him with wide eyes. He laughed. “I’m a little nervous.”
She patted the bed next to her, and he sat down. “Are you afraid of what you’ll find in my mind? Do you think I’m lying to you?”
“I believe you, Lena.”
“Then what?”
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. “In training, they made us probe the minds of people who resisted. I hated it, but I did it. It’s the only experience I have with probing and it was not at all pleasant. I don’t want to hurt you.”
She smiled. “You won’t hurt me, Kane. I know you won’t.” She smoothed the crease between his brows. “Let’s do this step by step. What’s first?”
He faced her and lifted his hands to the sides of her head. He touched his forehead to hers. “Relax and open your mind, Lena.”
