Page 139 of Kane's Prey

Success boosted my adrenaline, not that I needed the extra. For her, I’d endure anything. Wait any amount of time.

Thank fuck, it was over.

With my woman in my arms, I jogged down the beach to the lower level dock where my boat waited, tied up at the end of the reach. I cradled her to me, touching her feet to the planks.

“Step down for me, aye?”

Trembling, Dixie turned slowly, her frame rigid.Beautiful.

Her eyes widened. Astonishment lit features I’d obsessed over.

“You?”

Me. I released a savage smile, so different to my usual control, and let her see the conviction in my eyes.

I’d made a mistake once in letting her go. Never again.

The End.