ough to bite the skin, not cold e

ide long gone cold. He hadn't gone to bed. He rarely did anymore, not before the

t

othe

rl

a costume she could shed when she got bored. And she had gotten bored. Real bored. Cole couldn't say he

er. A protector

ntil

ged ever

rn night-light lit the curtains. He could see the shape of her small body beneat

e didn't ask questions either.

pression of Eve's tires, like the land itse

rn under the starlight. He needed to move. Sittin

ailing along their flanks, feeling the muscle and breath beneath their skin. They calmed hi

t damn w

d stood earlier. Her voice, low and even, had stuck in his mind like a song you didn't want to like. The

ated

her to st

o he could watch her walk away again. Just to s

't need

t need

o Rosie. The way her jeans hugged her hips when she bent to tie her boot. Her qu

ing it down Jasper's side. The horse nic

dy for this,"

ed his ear li

ie already dressed, boots on t

asked, hopeful eyes too damn br

d. "Suppos

ike h

s still on the cof

aid simply. "Even when

tightened aro

e problem, w

fter all these years, he wasn't sure