When he was done, he shut off the water and stepped out of the shower, bringing her with him. He took a towel and patiently dried her body, then he carried her to the bed and kept his promise, making slow sweet love to her. Making it all about her. Taking his time and worshiping her body until she was writhing and begging for release. And then he gave her one of the greatest orgasms she’d ever experienced. As she floated back down to earth, he crawled up her body, coming down on top of her and kissing her softly over and over. When he broke off the kiss, he took her in his arms, holding her close as the last tremors left her, and she drifted off to sleep tucked against the heat of his body in blissful contentment.
*****
Cajun and the two prospects finally rolled up as Wolf talked them in with directions.
Green rattled the locked side gate, frustrated. His hands fisted around the bars, he shook it like a pissed off gorilla in a cage.
“Quit pounding on the thing!” Cole snapped, trying to get the key in the bottom of the padlock.
Red Dog twisted from his position next to Cole and spotted a squad car making the turn onto Cemetery Road from the highway, he barked at Green, “Quit! You’re gonna get us arrested. Goddamn. I hate handcuffs.”
“That’s not what Mary says,” Wolf chuckled.
Red Dog whirled on him. “So you’re the one she got that crap from.”
Wolf just grinned.
“We share a room tonight, you better pray I fall asleep before you do,” Red Dog threatened.
“Shut the fuck up, both of you,” Cole snapped.
The squad car slowed and pulled to a stop next to them. The window rolled down. “What’s going on here?”
Luckily, it was at that moment that Cole finally got the padlock open. “Nothing officer, just had a little trouble with the key.”
“What’s your business here?”
“Just going to my storage unit.”
“Why aren’t you using the front gate?”
Cole nodded to one of the nearby units. “My unit’s right there. Manager told me I could use this gate. Makes it easier to unload.” Cole held up the key. “He gave me the key.”
The officer nodded, his window rolled up and he drove away.
“He swings back around to the office, this jig is up.”
“Yeah, let’s move. Quickly.?
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*****
Nicklaus Ralston picked up his phone, looked at the incoming number and put it to his ear. “You have news for me, I hope.”
“We tracked them to Reno, sir.”
“And? Do you have her?”
“No, sir.”
“But she’s there? In Reno?”
“Well, no, sir.”
“Well, where the bloody hell is she?”
“We lost them, sir.”