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. You haven t answered me, she pointed out, shooting him a look that hitpoint-blank. Thought I was once. What happened? A Taste of Scarlet 59 Didn t work out. Hell, he was failing the first test she d given him.If hewanted her to keep on getting naked and trusting him with her secrets, then he dbetter get his shit together and give her some of his own truths.He cleared his throat. I was married for ten years.We lived together formaybe two out of the ten.She wasn t happy alone. He amended his statement infavor of fuller disclosure. Wasn t happy with me being gone. Why didn t you spend more time together? It felt real odd to talk about it.He d locked that part of himself away for solong.But he owed Scarlet every bit of assurance he could give her.The truth was agood start. Spirit guide what some call whisperer my job at the time involved alot of travel.Guiding rogues back to their humanity is rebuilding confidence.First Ihad to make contact, which usually meant tracking them.Sometimes for months. How long ago did the marriage end? Long enough ago that it took him a minute to work it out. Five years nextMay. Her pretty eyes turned shiny with sympathy. That s tough. Since he couldn t think of anything else to say, he stayed clammed up.She asked softly, Do you still miss her? No. The word came out in a growl.Shit, he was blowing this.He wove hisfingers with hers, wanting way more than he had any right to hope for from her.While he was busy kicking his own ass, she studied him.When he finally got it together and glanced at her, he was caught by sparks ofgold in her brown eyes.She edged closer, and he forgot about her needing gentlehandling, his need for space, and every other damn reason they were such a badidea.Her sweet mouth pressed against his.In his belly, an ancient hunger, longdenied, roared to life.A need for more than sex, more than touching a need for thisfemale and no other. 60 Evanne LorraineHe didn t forget how rotten it felt when she was afraid of him.His instinct topush, to dominate wouldn t always work in his favor with Scarlet.He had to balancehis need for control with the greater need to build her confidence and to protect her.Holding her hand lightly, his muscles trembled from the effort of restraininghimself while she explored.She nibbled kisses from one side of his mouth to theother, then traced the seam of his lips with the tip of her tongue.He softened, inviting her to deepen the kiss.Shyly she darted in, her tongue dancing with his.Framing her face, he pushedback, stroking her mouth with his, her hand with his, and her body with his.Theidea that they both had way too many clothes on penetrated the primal soup ofurges sloshing between his ears.He didn t want to let go of her hand, and he didn t want to stop cupping herface.What he needed was a third arm.Red solved the problem by slipping her handfree of his and burrowing it under his shirt.Her slender fingers stroked, and hisbody rippled in response, eager to prove his fitness.Too bad he didn t have a carhandy to bench-press so he could really impress her.The whole time she petted him, she kept the kiss going until her arousalperfumed the air and he was primed to a hairbreadth from go.It wasn t somethinghe was going to worry about if he came in his boxers, it might give him back somebadly needed control.His free arm finally caught on and got with the program, circling her waistand pulling her in nice and tight.She stretched up as if she were trying to fit thehard length of his cock into the tender vee at the top of her legs.A heartbeat later, he noticed what she wanted, cupped her bottom, and liftedher.As it turned out, clothes weren t the big problem he d thought they d be.Heatfrom her core sizzled right through the layers separating them.It was Scarlet who finally broke the kiss, nibbling downward and stopping tobite his chin.The pain from her tiny nip shot straight to his balls.Desperate need A Taste of Scarlet 61coiled in the base of his throbbing cock.He was seconds from acting like the animalhe truly was.The opening of Hells Bells chimed on his cell phone, yanking him back toreality.Tolling bells meant Hunter was reaching out.With Daniel s son on the cuspof changing, the pack s leader was a crucial link.Then he remembered he d left a message asking Hunter to call.He dug out thephone. Sorry, I ve got to take this. He kept his eyes locked on Red as he answered. Yeah? Daniel half listened to Hunter while he tried to remember why getting nakedwith Red again was a bad idea
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