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  He toed off his shoes before letting his jeans drop to the floor while pulling his T-shirt over his head, all in record time. As she lay back on her pillow, he grasped her panties and slid the silky scrap of cloth down her legs and over her feet. He dropped them beside his jeans.

  She had trimmed the soft hair between her thighs and he ran his finger over it. She moaned softly, a shiver traveling over her skin. She arched up off the bed and cupped her breasts, clearly missing his attention.

  Her eyes never left his as he eased onto the bed and straddled her thighs then braced his hands to either side of her shoulders. His cock and balls brushed her skin and he gritted his teeth, holding back a groan.

  “You’re so damned special.” He loved how she squirmed beneath him at his words. He looked down at her, taking in everything about her. He wanted to send more shivers throughout her entire body before he finished. He lowered his head and pressed soft kisses from her mouth to her ear. “You are an amazing woman.”

  She reached between them and gripped his cock. Her hand felt hot as she ran her thumb over the head, her other hand grasping his balls. He barely kept from coming, spilling every drop of semen on her belly.

  “I’m too close to coming.” He caught her hand in his and forced her to stop. “But hold on to that thought.” She gave him a smile and he was lost. She belonged to him and he would never let anything happen to her and he would never let her go.

  * * *

  Tori squirmed beneath Landon, needing him so badly she could almost scream from it. She still had hold of his cock and guided it to her entrance. “Inside me. Now.”

  He ignored her demands and grasped her hand, drawing it away from his erection. He pressed soft kisses down the curve of her slender neck to the hollow of her throat.

  She made an involuntary sound, halfway between a cry and a moan, and he put his hand over her mouth. “Not so loud, honey.”

  When he stopped her from speaking, it ratcheted her excitement. The sensual curve of his lips sent a crazy sensation to her belly, like butterflies gone wild, and she grew wetter between her thighs.

  Despite the fact she wanted him inside her now, he took his time sliding his hands over her and kissing her in ways and places she’d never been kissed before. He managed to press hot buttons she hadn’t even known existed. But he noticed and exploited them mercilessly. His callused hands made her feel alive, his every touch setting her on fire.

  He eased down her and she tensed when he moved his shoulders between her thighs. The anticipation of him going down on her sent tremors through her and she had to hold back moans trying to spill from her lips. He pressed her thighs farther apart with the width of his shoulders.

  A strangled gasp escaped her and she bit her lower lip as he stroked her folds, finding her clit. He lowered his head and she almost cried out from the exquisite pleasure of his mouth on her, licking and sucking. He gave a groan that sounded of sheer pleasure as he tasted her.

  He moved his mouth over her, licking her, sucking her. Doing everything he could to drive her wild. She gripped the sheet in her fists, trying to still her body. His tongue teased her folds, drawing from her feelings she’d never experienced before. He slid two fingers inside her, reaching for her G-spot and causing her eyes to widen with pleasure and a sheen of perspiration to coat her skin. It felt like heaven.

  Her thoughts spun as every part of her seemed to coil almost too tightly and she felt as though she might come undone, her mind and her body.

  What he did to her made her writhe with pleasure. Her legs trembled and she clamped her thighs around him. Her nipples ached to be pinched, caressed, sucked. She gripped his hair, holding him to her, yet she couldn’t handle much more of the way he took control of her body.

  Even as she had the thought, it felt as if an explosion rocked her body. Her vision grew blurry and she barely registered the fact that he’d reached up and clamped his hand over her mouth again before fondling her clit with his fingers. He drew out her pleasure and she shook almost violently from the force of her orgasm.

  As she came down, he placed soft kisses on the insides of her thighs. He pressed his lips to her mound before brushing his mouth over her belly. A shiver of renewed desire traveled through her when he dipped his tongue into her navel. A delicious sensation shot through her from her bellybutton to her clit. She’d never had multiple orgasms but she felt as if she could come again with a mere touch.

  When he had eased up her body, he studied her with a gaze full of emotions she didn’t recognize. He looked like a fierce, powerful, and proud warrior claiming his prize from a war. His mouth came down hard on hers as if he had untamed pent-up passion and it flowed into her. Her own desire built up again in a hot wave threatening to sweep her away.

  He broke the kiss, rose, and looked down at her and she held out her arms to him, wanting him to come back to her. Instead, he leaned to her side and grasped the condom packet. In moments he had covered his cock and shifted his body over hers. She hoped she could be with him again and be the one to roll the condom down his cock.

  “Take me inside you.” His request sent a thrill through her.

  She grasped his erection in her hand and placed it at the entrance to her core and her channel flooded with more moisture. He groaned, sucking in his breath, and the muscles in his arms and neck grew tight. She knew he held back the urge to thrust inside her hard.

  In an effort to urge him on, she wrapped her thighs around him. She raised her hips and dug her heels into his muscled ass and he drove his cock deep inside her. She tipped her head back, gasping as he filled her, stretched her, reached deep inside her, bumping her cervix. Her muscles clamped around him as if they never wanted him to leave.

  “That feels so good, so damned good.” Landon gave a low growl. “I’ve wanted to be inside you since I met you. I’ve wanted to take you and make you mine.”

  More thrills shot through her with the thrust his cock in and out. Just the right size for her, he easily reached her G-spot. The incredible sensation of his cock sliding against that one special place made her feel complete. She wondered if she’d be able to come with him inside her, something she’d never been able to do before.

  They strained together, their movements in time with each other as if they were of one mind, one body. His hands stroked her skin and she dug her fingernails into his back as she lost herself in the sensations.

  The soft scrape of his springy chest hair grazed her sensitive nipples, brushing them with every twitch of their bodies. The sensation heightened her pleasure and it lanced straight through her to the depths of her core. She bucked in tandem with him, loving the deep penetration.

  Sweat coated his skin and she felt a droplet of perspiration roll down the side of her face. He kept his movements slow and steady, but firm and hard too. She prayed the bedsprings wouldn’t creak so the other agents wouldn’t hear then almost didn’t care if they did.

  He drove in deep then held himself still for a moment and studied her. Her body continued to clench around him. She was so keyed up, unable to stop on a dime. She wanted him to move, but his gaze captured hers.

  With his eyes focused on her, he linked his fingers with hers. He stretched her arms above her head, their hands still clasped, and he began moving in and out again with long firm strokes.

  Tension drew her body tight, from her head to her toes. She perched so close to the edge, so very close. Her body felt like one sensitized mass of nerves. All the passion she felt, all the lust she had for Landon, became stronger as her mind spun with pleasure, her body more alive than it had ever been.

  The feelings were so powerful that in moments she found herself shooting toward an orgasm she knew would send her straight to the stars.

  Her eyes widened and her lips parted when she reached the peak. He drove her over it with his continued thrusting. She gladly jumped the cliff, losing all control over her mind and body.

  An involuntary cry tried to escape her lips, but Landon
sealed his mouth over hers and drew her cry inside himself. He took it all as her body trembled and shook with the force of her climax.

  She closed her eyes when he kissed her and the orgasm took her to another universe. Her body tingled from head to toe and from behind her eyes she felt as if starlight rained down on her.

  “Open your eyes.” His rough voice and his demand filled her with pure desire. “I want to watch you as I come inside you.”

  She obeyed and looked into his eyes. The connection sent renewed thrills through her body, and to her surprise, all sensation began to wind up inside her again. She closed in on climaxing a third time.

  He kept thrusting and she wished he didn’t have to wear a condom so they could feel each other skin to skin. She would be able to feel his cock pulsing, pumping his cum inside her.

  She knew the moment when he joined her. She watched his features tense as he stared into her eyes and saw when he shot over the precipice.

  He threw his head back and bared his teeth, coming hard. All of his muscles on his forearms, neck, biceps, and chest stood out. He looked as if he fought a battle, trying not to yell out his climax.

  His cock pulsed in her throbbing channel as he continued to thrust. Her eyes fluttered as more stars appeared, dragging her once again to a place she’d already visited twice.

  He kissed her again, taking from her a cry that almost escaped this time. Her body shook. Would she be able to take one more tremor of her core? She’d never experienced anything like this in her life. She’d barely had one orgasm before. How many times had she come? Three? Four?

  It didn’t matter. Not when she gradually fluttered down from the stars.

  He rolled onto his side, taking her with him so she lay in the crook of his arm. He held her close as they both breathed hard and her heart pounded like crazy. She willed her heart to slow and her body to relax.

  Gradually she felt completely limp, beyond relaxed, and as if she’d never be able to move again. It was impossible. She sighed, too sated to do anything more than move closer to his big, warm, muscular body. The scent of their sex filled the air and made her smile.

  He placed his forehead against hers, his sweat mingling with hers. “Do you know how incredibly beautiful you are right now?”

  She gave a soft laugh. “All sweaty and with my hair a mess?”

  “You look amazing.” He kissed her. “I’ve never seen anyone more gorgeous than you at this moment. With your face flushed, your lips swollen, and how messy your hair is after I’ve thoroughly taken you… Damn, you’re hot.”

  “Yes, I’m very hot. And sweaty.” She smiled, totally satisfied. “You look pretty darn good yourself.”

  A smile curved the corner of his mouth. “I can stay a little longer.” He brushed her cheek with his fingertips. “Danson and O’Donnell won’t leave their posts until I relieve one of them. But I think I’d better take a shower first.” He brought her hand to his lips and kissed the back of it. “I smell like sex.”

  She snuggled closer to him. “It’s a good scent for you.”

  “I like it.” He rubbed his thumb over the back of her hand in a slow, sensual circle. “Just not sure it’s the wisest perfume to wear in a case like this.”

  “You may be right.” She smiled. “And this might not have been the wisest thing we’ve done.”

  It had been crazy, letting him take her in a house with other agents during a time when she feared for her life. It was perhaps the craziest thing she’d ever done, but it had been worth every precious minute. Being with Landon made her feel safe and alive and ready to face anything that might come their way—

  The loud retort of a gunshot tore through the quiet night.

  Chapter 18

  Landon bolted upright in bed, his heart slamming.

  “Gunshot!” Terror crowded Tori’s voice as she sat up too.

  “Get dressed and don’t make a sound.” He rolled out of bed, grabbed his jeans from off the floor and shoved his legs into them. “Hurry.”

  Thank God he’d left his belt in the belt loops with his phone and his gun holster. He buckled the belt and didn’t bother to put on any more clothes. He grabbed his service weapon off the nightstand and gripped it in one hand. What the fuck had he been thinking, climbing into bed with Tori?

  He hurried to the bureau and shoved it across the carpet to brace it against the bedroom door. He’d locked the door earlier, but it wouldn’t hold. The piece of furniture wouldn’t be heavy enough to keep anyone out for long, so they couldn’t count on it.

  From his side vision, he saw Tori snatch her jeans and T-shirt from a chair and jerk both on.

  The sound of gunfire and shouts continued downstairs then Landon heard the sound of feet pounding up the stairs.

  He ran to the window and pulled up the blinds before unlatching the window and shoving it open. He peered outside, narrowing his eyes.

  “Come here.” He gestured to Tori to follow him. “I don’t see anything below. I think your best bet is to go out this way.”

  The doorknob rattled hard. Someone was trying to open the bedroom door and Landon’s heart slammed.

  “There’s a trellis you can climb to the ground.” He helped her into the window as men shouted and tried to get in the room. “I don’t know how well it will hold or for how long, so jump when you can.”

  “You’re coming with me, right?” Her gaze filled with horror.

  “Hurry. Go.” He glanced over his shoulder and saw that the door had opened a few inches and the bureau was moving. He turned to Tori. “We’re at the foot of the Huachuca Mountains. Get into the forest. I’ll find you.”

  She hesitated only a moment before slipping over the windowsill. Her voice shook. “Oh, God, I hate heights.”

  He held on until she had a good foothold. “At least you won’t be dead.”

  “I will if I fall.” But she still made it out of the window even as her arms shook with obvious fear.

  The men rammed the door hard and the bureau moved several more inches.

  As soon as Tori started down, Landon held his weapon with one hand and swung his leg out of the window. He eased over the sill at the same moment the men forced the door all the way open.

  Landon got one shot off at the first man who came through. The man dropped. A second man stepped over the body and saw Landon, who had climbed out of the window, now trying to gain purchase on the trellis with his bare feet.

  The man aimed his gun and fired. Landon bit back a shout at the pain slamming into his left shoulder, instantly weakening him.

  He almost fell off the trellis. He barely managed to grab it with his right hand, but lost his grip on his weapon and the Colt tumbled to the ground below. Somehow, he managed to hang on to the trellis with one hand.

  Another shot hit the sill and fragments of wood exploded near Landon’s face. He knew he wouldn’t be able to hold on for long with one hand. He looked down and saw Tori waiting for him at the bottom of the trellis.

  “Run!” He gritted his teeth against her hesitation. “Go, damn it!”

  A man leaned over the sill and Landon had no choice but to drop to the ground. More pain erupted through his shoulder as he hit the dirt and his vision grayed. A bullet whizzed by his ear.

  He felt the hard imprint of his Colt beneath him. He rolled off the gun, grabbed it, and aimed at the face in the window he could just make out in the darkness.

  The man trained his weapon on Landon, who lunged to the side. He ignored the explosive pain in his shoulder the best he could and got off several rounds at the man now leaning out of the window.

  A cry came from the man before his body tumbled over the windowsill and landed with a loud thump. He lay still just feet from Landon, who didn’t have time to think when a larger man’s form filled the window above.

  Bullets slammed into the ground a few inches from Landon. He pressed deeper in the shadows against the wall and knew he couldn’t be seen.

  Men shouted in Spanish. Landon w
as fluent in the language, but he couldn’t hear clearly. His mind spun from the pain in his shoulder, his hearing buzzed, and his adrenaline had climbed sky-high.

  He saw no sign of Tori. Hopefully she’d listened to him and run into the mountains as far away as she could.

  Keeping low, he ran from the house and through a back gate left wide open.

  The house exploded.

  The power of the blast flung Landon forward. He hit the ground with such force it jarred his teeth and the excruciating pain in his shoulder speared his body.

  Something slammed into the back of his skull. Pain burst in his head. His vision dimmed and he struggled to maintain consciousness.

  Then everything went black.

  * * *

  A tremendous explosion and Tori screamed, seeing the house go up in a fireball. “Landon!” Fear for him tore through her body. Her heart pounded even harder, a hard rock of a lump forming in her throat.

  Stones and twigs jabbed the soles of her bare feet as she ran back toward the house even though she knew no one could have survived the explosion. Her mind rejected the thought Landon might be dead. No, she wouldn’t believe that. He’d gotten out. She knew it.

  She prayed for it.

  Smoke roiled to the sky above towering flames. No one could have survived it. Were some of the cartel’s men still around? Or had they all been inside?

  In spite of the danger, she had to find Landon. She had almost reached the back gate when she saw a large form on the ground. A man, a big man, and he lay on his side.

  Her heart thrummed harder. Landon? She couldn’t tell. She raced to the still form and dropped to her knees. The man was naked from the waist up and wore no shoes.

  “Landon!” The cry came out as a sob. He didn’t move. She touched his shoulder and her hand came away covered in blood.