It didn’t take long for my orgasm to build. Such sweet release, and oh, how I needed sweet release at that moment. We spiraled out of control, he and I together, as my orgasm pushed him over the edge.
He broke the kiss with a loud smack, panting in my ear. “Yes, baby, I’m coming. I’m coming with you, baby.”
Sated, I slid down his body. We rinsed each other off, and then I turned off the water.
I handed him a towel, and as he stood drying his hair and then his body, I said, “That was wonderful, Talon. You have no idea how much I needed that.”
“Baby, I always need you,” he said.
“I always need you too. It’s just that I got a phone call from my dad this morning.”
“Shit, I’m sorry, blue eyes. Is your mother okay?”
“She’s fine. Don’t worry about that. It’s just…”
“What?”
“It’s about my mother’s boyfriend, Nico Kostas.”
Talon visibly tensed before me, the striations in his muscles stark. “Yeah? What about him?”
“It seems that my mother had taken out an insurance policy on her life right before the accident. A million-dollar policy, and Nico was the beneficiary.”
He stood stock still, his eyes glazing over.
“Talon?”
“I’m telling you, blue eyes, that man is bad news. I mean it.”
“I’m beginning to believe that as well. And Talon? I’m so sorry about the tattoo thing. I just really liked a particular image, but trust me, I’m not getting a phoenix on my body ever. It will always remind me of the man who may have tried to kill my mother.”
“I’ll see that bastard in hell.” Talon threaded his fingers through his wet hair.
He was outraged. I could see it in his demeanor, his eyes, the way he was holding himself. He was ready to strike. But why? He hadn’t even met my mother, and he knew she and I were not close.
“Well, we don’t know for sure yet.”
He hung his towel on the rack. “I do, blue eyes. I know for sure.”
Chapter Twenty
Talon
I was nervous as hell driving Jade into Grand Junction to see her dad and talk to the cops. I was going to meet her father. The man who raised her. The man she loved more than anyone. Well, next to me, I hoped.
Believe it or not, that was bothering me more than dealing with this Nico character. If he was who I thought he was, I had no doubt he had tampered with the passenger airbag and tried to kill Jade’s mother for the money. If he was who I thought he was… Well, there was no limit to what he would do for his own amusement, let alone financial gain.
He was already guilty in my eyes—not only of abducting and raping me and killing Luke Walker and those other children, but also of attempting to kill Jade’s mother. All I needed to do was prove it. Of course, that was way easier said than done.
What made people so evil?
It was the first time I’d asked myself that question. I had really never before thought of those three men as human. Instead, they were the embodiment of evil. Now I might’ve identified two of them. They were men. Just men. Men I could pummel into next week, kill with my bare hands.
Simply men.
How did men turn into evil demons?
Jade was quiet during the ride, and I didn’t engage her. She knew by now that I didn’t have the gift of gab, and I was just as happy to be left to my own thoughts during the drive. Thanks to Jade’s strong coffee, I was awake. Awake and alone with my thoughts.