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Her flavor bursts on my tongue giving me the reward I've been searching for my whole life!
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Carson
I come awake just as my body starts to convulse. Oh, God! Nothing should feel this good. I realize I'm riding his face but can't stop myself. I'm too far gone, too driven to make this last, to stop.
There are no worries, no thoughts of 'what if'. I don't have to think about the fear that grew when the two guys come in and told Ezra that this was almost over. That there was another way to keep the men safe. A selfish part of me automatically went to concern about what that means for me now that I'm not needed as a cover anymore.
I should be happy. Hell, I should be screaming from the rooftops that this nightmare is almost over but that means so is my time with Ezra. And that makes me unbelievably sad for some reason. My body tightens up so hard I think I might break. I reach out for...comfort. Confirmation that I'm not by myself. That the things I am feeling aren't just one-sided. My hands sink into his hair as my back comes off the lounger.
And then muscles I never knew I had start contracting and pulsing to the beat of my heart. I am pretty sure I black out for a minute because when I come to, I am not on the wicker chair on the screened-in porch. I am in a bed I am quickly becoming familiar with. And I am unfortunately alone. Is this how it is going to be in the end - me being by myself again?
Even though I know he’s not beside me I still reach out to run my hand down the opposite side of the bed. I seem to always be waking up by myself when I'm with Ezra. Not that I should be getting used to having someone beside me. I roll out of bed and dress. There is a sense of urgency that comes upon me. Where is everyone? Why is the house so quiet? Am I truly alone? Is it already over?
I use the stairs to make my way all the way down to the bottom floor. I thought when I first got here that it was nothing but a garage, but nothing is what it seems in this house. It’s really a...weapons room...security center...man cave hybrid thing. I would label it the Control Room if I had to put a name on it.
My feet barely touch the floor when Ezra is coming toward me. "We have to go!"
"What?" It is already happening. I'm being sent away because I'm useless to him...them.
Jack-Jack comes running out of the room yipping and bounces up on me almost like he can sense my sorrow and distress.
"Get dressed! We have to leave!"
I bend to pick up my sweet man before running to find my shoes. Other than that, I'm as ready as I'm going to be. It takes us forty-five minutes to reach the 'Base' and another five to go through all the gates. Finally, we pull up in front of a big house made of wood where I see Ana and Lexi standing outside waiting for me with another woman with flaming red hair and a tiny baby bump.
As I am walking up the steps, the dark shadow that seems to be forever beside her walks up to Lexi giving her a kiss worthy of any of the heroes I have ever written about. She seems almost swallowed up by the big guy. I find myself envious of her relationship with this man. Not that I want her man but to have what she does seems like a dream.
Ana comes running over to meet me with a hug. She introduces me to her sister-in-law, Evie, and her brother Ace. Lexi tells me she’s going to introduce me to her sister as well and I realize suddenly that everyone here has a family connection it seems. Lexi and Libby, Ana and Ace, Steve and Remy, Dante and Duncan. Sisters and brothers if not by blood then by marriage or actions. Seeing Evie with her man makes me just as sad. He kisses her like he might never have the chance again - and he's just going to fly the helicopter. I guess when you're these guys you never really know if it will be the last time but damn! They sure know how to treat their women.
Oh to be one of those lucky women. It must be magical to be loved that...hard by someone so strong and brave. Ezra leaves me without so much as a backward glance. By the time I'm through meeting everyone he's already gone and I'm back in a room full of strangers. The thought makes me stick closer to Ana. At least I have that.
I miss my normal. Kiki and the life I had before Ezra moved in. It was safer. It was...less painful than this life I seem to have fallen into. Oh and don't even get me started on the fact that every fucking woman on this compound is preggo except me and Ana. By the time the men return late into the night on the third night, I've made up my mind. The thing that separates me from the old me to now is how much control I had over my life.
All of us women might have been waiting up for the men to come back. We knew when they were headed home because Ace keeps in almost constant contact with Evie. You can tell these two love one another fiercely and being apart is hard on both of them. So when she tells us they are headed back and there is a commotion outside signifying their return, we are all more than ready for them. Lexi leads us to the helipad so we can greet them right away. This big, dark man comes out of the helicopter holding this little bitty girl that looks like she might be fifteen. The way he is holding her tells everyone around that they are an item. That is his woman.
He walks by us without stopping. It's his brother who stops for Lexi. "Is the girl alright?"
There is honest worry in her voice. Duncan gives her a nod but even he looks...thrown off his game a little.
"Yeah, she's just a little traumatized. Doc had to give her something to calm her down. Apparently, there was some trouble before we got there."
Evie is the one who cocks her eyebrow at Duncan. She turns in Ace's arms, the man not wanting to let her go for even a minute. "Trouble? Trouble? Does that mean you guys blew up another house?"
"Oh my God! They’ve blown up more than one?!"
"Oh honey, have I got a story for you. Wait...did they blow your freakin' house up too?"
Her words have my eyes going round with disbelief. Too...too!?
"Her father. Is he alright too?" It's the cool, redhead that asks the question. She's Lexi's sister, Libby, and stands beside the man I haven't had a lot of interaction with. There is something about him that’s really scary. He might not be as big as all the other men and he comes off all professor-y in his glasses but something about him feels like he'll kill you quicker than anyone else here and even make you like it before you bleed out.
"He's with Gauge in one of the safehouses. Guy had a heart attack during the extraction." This time it's Ezra who answers. He looks tired like maybe he hasn't slept for the three days he was away. I know how he feels, it was hard for me to sleep without him in my bed. That thought scared me more than any of the Goons With Guns ever could. He starts walking towards their leader, the man with glasses - Jim.
"Can he still tell us what we need to know?" It’s not really the question I would ask after learning someone just suffered a heart attack but then again, I can't say I would ever be involved in a prison break either.
