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I paused, on full alert now that Muffy had joined in. When I lifted my head, a shadowy figure slid by the van.
Sadie’s and Muffy’s barks grew more ferocious. Dang it. I didn’t have any Mace. Of all the times to be careless. I’d locked the back door to be safe but hadn’t considered outside threats.
I found the key, shoved it in the lock, shaking as I turned it.
The dogs' barks turned to tugs. They jumped and wagged their tails at the person now drenched in light.
Teague.
Chapter Forty-One
Teague
I didn’t askto come inside.
I just did.
And the second the door shut behind me, I backed her against it and slammed my mouth onto hers.
She whimpered, dropped the leashes, and fisted my coat.
I wasn’t gentle like she deserved.
But my need to express my gratitude was urgent.
Again, she hadn’t said a word to me at the funeral, but her presence had been enough. She’d seen me through another tragic day.
The dogs jumped as if they wanted to join in. I snapped my fingers and they sat.
Pepper yanked me closer and kissed me back like she’d been waiting her whole life to do it.
There was a wildness about her.
She drew me in with her spirit.
And her heart.
Our mouths moved together, conveying what words never could. She never closed her eyes when we kissed. Like she wanted toseeme. I loved that.
I pushed the hood of her rain jacket off her head. Her hair and face were wet. She wore no makeup. Pepper didn’t need it.
She was beautiful in the purest sense.
We grew more frantic; if we didn’t convey our message right that instant it would be lost for good. I pressed her farther into the door. Our bodies were molded together, yet it still wasn’t close enough.
Need pulsed through my veins with a vengeance I’d never felt.
She shivered.
Instinct kicked in.
She was soaking wet. And cold.
I ripped my mouth off hers.
“You’ll catch. A cold.” I spoke between harsh breaths.
“I don’t care.” She stretched her neck toward me and brushed her lips across mine.
