ALINEThe first time I came, it was from his mouth alone. Wet andhot friction. Sucking and licking. Moving up and around. In and out. Thorough. Very thorough. His tongue touching places that no one else had ever touched. Not with their tongue. Not their fingers. Nothing.I didn’t tell him that this was the first time I’d ever had an orgasm I hadn’t brought about. The first time I’d ever experienced oral sex. The first time anyone outside of my doctor had seen the most intimate parts of me. I was the sort of person who didn’t change clothes casually, even around my sister.But I wasn’t really thinking about any of that as he began to rub my clitoris with the flat of his tongue. I didn’t want to think about any of it. Think about anything but the way pleasure was coiling tight in my belly once more. Then he slipped a finger inside me, and I gasped, my back arching. I’d used my own fingers a few times, but it wasn’t the same. Not the size, not the angle. Not the way he moved.He moved hi

EOIN“EOIN!”Fuck, I loved it when she screamed my name. Nothing else sounded so good, and it wasn’t something I would ever get used to. Just like I’d never get used to the way I felt when I was inside her. How good sex was with her. How perfectly we fit together.Her body tightened around mine, and I followed her over the edge. “Aline!”I jerked awake all at once, suddenly remembering that I wasn’t supposed to be sleeping in the first place.Shit.I was supposed to be keeping watch over the woman I’d been sent here to rescue. Not fucking her and then falling asleep next to her in bed.Bed.Next to her.The room was almost too dark for me to see well, but it was enough for me to be able to tell that I was alone. I rolled overand fumbled for the bedside lamp. The sudden burst of light made me wince, and I was forced to squint into the shadows.“Shit.”Blinking rapidly to clear my vision, I mentally berated myself the entire time. I had one fucking job. Stay awake. Keep her safe.Okay,

EOINI  didn’t  believe  for  a  minute  that  Aline  would  just  accept  thather part in all of this was over. She wouldn’t rest until everyone was home safe, and a long plane ride wasn’t going to do anything to slow her down. Even in the short amount of time I’d known her, I could see that she didn’t give up on anything.I just hoped getting her out of the country would at least keep her safe while she poked the hornets’ nest. Then again, maybe Freedom had enough influence over Aline to talk some sense into her and get the crazy woman to listen to fucking logic.I was not going back into that shitstorm because Aline had some sort of savior complex. I’d tie her ass to a chair first.Once we were on board, Cain pulled up the steps and signaled to Fever, who disappeared into the cockpit, I assumed, to let Dave know we were ready to go. While I began to unload everything I’d carried from the hotel, Cain handed his sat p

EOINI pulled out my phone, so I didn’t have to watch her walk awaywithout a look back. She’d slept almost the entire flight home, but I hadn’t minded. It’d meant I didn’t have to come up with excuses for why I wasn’t talking to her. I could just pretend that nothing had changed since I’d flown out of this same airport.I called Da first.“Hey, Da. I’m back.” I went back into the plane to get my stuff.“Good to hear from you,” he said. “You’re in L.A., then?”“Yeah, L.A.” I slung the bag over my shoulder. “Plane’s at the airport. Thank you for loaning it to me.”“You can use it to fly home at any time.” He paused before adding, “Are you thinkin’ of staying in L.A. for a bit?”I’d made the most of the long plane ride, using the time with Cain to work out whether or not I’d be a good fit with his team or if I should look at other agencies. The only thing I’d been sure of, after this

EOINHoping it’d help with the jet lag, I’d agreed with the guysthat I’d rather debrief today than come in tomorrow. Jet lag always sucked, but I hadn’t realized how much my sleep issues would make things worse. I hadn’t had any nightmares while we were gone, but I still wasn’t sleeping for shit.Everyone, even Cain, had gotten at least some sleep on the flight back. I’d dozed, drifted in and out in that place where I was almost asleep but aware of where I was and what was going on around me. It was enough to keep me from going crazy but definitely not what I needed. The only real rest I’d had the entire time we’d been over there had been sleeping next to Aline.And then I’d woken up, and all hell had broken loose. At least the plane had been quiet, and no one had been trying to kill me.“What’d you think about your first mission?” Bode Monroe went by the nickname Bruce because he came from a family like mine, one with