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off the ground and pulled her backwards. She saw Syra climb onto her glider behind

Torgo before she realized Gilroy had tucked her neatly in front of him on his glider and

was already turning it around and the dome was covering them. She strained to turn

her head and look over his broad mass to try and see Beel but the trees blocked her

view.

Hysteria from too many overwhelming events took over her wellbeing and she

broke down into uncontrollable sobs. They were well up into the air and flying at

dangerous speeds through inky blackness before she even realized that one of Gilroy’s

arms was wrapped neatly around her waist and that she was virtually tucked into his

strong body.

His long legs closed in around hers and his chin nestled closely against her temple.

She stiffened for a moment wanting to yell at him to get away from her but quickly

realized there was nowhere else for her to be. There were two gliders and Torgo and

Syra were on the other one. Gilroy could have put her behind him but his body was so

broad she knew she would have been uncomfortable spreading her legs that far apart

for as long as they would have to be in the glider. Did Gilroy realize that or was his

placing her in front of him merely an act of possession? She argued with herself, until

she realized how comfortable she was wrapped in this incredibly powerful body, and

that she was simply exhausted and her reaction was nothing sexual.

“Ana.”

The whispered voice in her ear made her jump and she opened her eyes to see

Gilroy smiling down at her. She jumped and struggled to get free of him.

“Calm down. I’m not going to hurt you.” His voice remained calm and one large

hand rested gently on her stomach. She reached to pull his hand off her but his long

fingers simply wrapped around hers and held her hand securely with his. “I just

wanted you to wake up. It looks like we’re going to land. Torgo and Syra are heading

down.”

She realized, somewhat embarrassed, that she had cuddled into his shoulder and

had been sleeping soundly. She blinked and straightened and his hand fell to her leg

although he kept her hand in his. She looked around outside the dome but didn’t dare

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move too much while she sat in such close quarters in between Gilroy’s legs. She could

see the sun barely working its way up to the horizon, and a new morning was less than

an hour away.

“Where are we?”

“We just crossed the mountain range. We’re back in Gothman, my lady.” His voice

was oddly soothing so close to her ear and he squeezed her hand when he finished

talking.

Gilroy landed his glider in an open area not far from where Syra had helped Lord

Darius after his glider crashed. Syra and Torgo were parked not too far away. The cold

air hit her like a hard slap in the face when Ana jumped free of the glider and that

incredibly distracting body that had wrapped around her.

“We just have to land for a minute,” Syra yelled to them as she started walking

away from Torgo who stood with his arms crossed watching her with something close

to confusion on his face. “Ana, come with me.”

“What’s wrong?” Ana asked when they had walked behind several large rocks that

blocked their view of Torgo and Gilroy.

“I told Torgo I had to go to the bathroom,” Syra said but she leaned her back

against the rock and stared up at the growing sunrise. “But, to be honest, I was getting

really sick to my stomach.”

Without further warning, she jerked her body forward and threw up all over the

ground in front of her. Ana stood watching her and then glanced around the rock at

Torgo and Gilroy who stood next to each other talking. She wasn’t sure what to do and

finally gently rubbed Syra’s back until she finished. Syra stood and smiled sheepishly

after wiping her mouth on her sleeve.

“Do you feel better now?” Ana asked quietly.

“I think so. I’m not sure what came over me.” She supported herself against the

rock and finally Ana saw color start to reappear in her cousin’s face.

“Syra. Ana.” Torgo’s voice sounded close and Ana and Syra walked around the

rock as both men walked up to them. “We’ve got company.”

Ana turned her head and saw about twenty gliders flying toward them at incredible

speed.

“It’s Mama or Andru,” Ana said confidently.

“I’m sure you’re right but nonetheless, let’s get back to the gliders.” Torgo grabbed

Syra just as Ana turned to see her collapse.

“Syra, what’s wrong with you?” Ana suddenly looked frantic.

Before Syra could answer, Torgo lifted her into his arms, ignoring her weak

protests.

“Nothing nine months won’t cure,” he said winking at his niece.

“Torgo, don’t go spreading something like that around. You have no idea if that’s

true or not. Now put me down.”

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“What, so you can fall down? I don’t make it a habit of treating a lady like that.” He

walked quickly back to the gliders and Ana walked behind him with Gilroy silently

behind her.

Ana reached her glider and hesitated in climbing on, not sure if she wanted to ride

in front of Gilroy again. She was wide-awake now from the cold air and not sure she

could handle his distracting body in her current state of mind. She needed about twelve

hours of sleep and a very long, hot shower.

Gilroy stepped from behind her and quickly straddled the glider then reached for

her, making it quite clear where he wanted her to sit. He easily saw the hesitation in her

eyes and smiled. “You’ll be a lot less comfortable behind me, my lady,” he said softly.

He reached out and took her hand then pulled her to him.

When he’d pulled her close enough his two hands literally wrapped around her

waist underneath his large leather coat and lifted her up, forcing her to spread her legs

so she could straddle the glider. He nestled her into him once again but she desperately

tried to keep her rear end from touching his crotch.

He was obviously aware of her actions as he started the glider and the dome closed

around them. He made it appear as if it was hard to maneuver the glider as they

accelerated and became airborne with her body leaning forward as it was. He growled

and with one hand against her stomach, his thumb way too close to one of her breasts,

he pulled her back into him and closed his body around her once again.

“Gilroy, please,” she whimpered, afraid if she said more he’d realize how much

that small movement on his part brought some rather sensual thoughts to her head. She

licked her lips and hoped she was breathing normally.

“Ana, I swear to you I’ll never do that to you again.” Once again his mouth was

very close to her ear and his breath tickled.

“Never do what?” She looked up but then looked down quickly when she realized

how close his face was to hers.

His chuckle was low and dangerous. “I won’t do anything you don’t want me to

do.” He easily wrapped his arm up over her chest, fitting his arm nicely in between her

breasts and resting his hand on her shoulder. He didn’t hide his arousal as he lowered

his head and placed a very sensual kiss on her cheek.

“Did I say you could do that?” She managed to whisper the words as she felt

herself melting.

“Yes.” He breathed the one word into her hair and somehow managed to pull her

even closer to him.

“Gilroy,” she tried to complain, although unconvincing since she made no effort to

move.

“Don’t worry, Ana. Just let me hold you, please. I’ll be under your brother’s

scrutinizing eye again real soon. Somehow, I don’t think I’ll be ordered to take your

virginity again any time soon.”

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She couldn’t help but giggle nervously at his joke and looked up when he did as the

Gothman gliders grew close enough to detect Tara and Andru approaching them.

Gilroy straightened his body and lowered his hand to her waist. He sent shocks of

electricity through her when he lingered for just a second on her breast and allowed two

fingers to trap her nipple through the thin material before releasing it and placing his

hand firmly on her waist. She gasped and instinctively leaned back into him.

The Gothman gliders surrounded them and Tara gestured that they should land.

Following orders, Torgo and Gilroy descended and once again the cold air attacked

them when the dome lifted.

“Ana,” Gilroy said quietly, grabbing her arm gently when she’d climbed off the

glider. She looked up and met his sky blue eyes and could tell that this man could easily

seduce any woman he wanted. “Please know I was following orders. I wouldn’t have

taken you like that if I had it to do my own way.”

His eyes searched hers but she simply nodded and pulled away when she heard her

brother’s voice.

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Chapter Twenty-Nine

“I’m absolutely furious with you,” Ana hissed into Andru’s ear as he lifted her off

the ground and she wrapped her arms and legs around him tightly. He swung her

around in a circle causing everyone around them to stop and notice the reunited twins.

“I haven’t slept a wink in the last two nights,” he whispered back to her, ignoring

her claim to being mad at him. “I’ve been worried sick about you. Tell me you’re okay.”

“I’m okay,” she answered and laid her head on his shoulder.

Andru looked over his sister’s shoulder and noticed Gilroy looking oddly at him,

an expression he hadn’t seen on his friend’s face before. He frowned at Gilroy and the

expression immediately disappeared. Gilroy raised one side of his mouth into a crooked

smile—the smile he was notoriously known for using to get his way in any situation.

Andru smiled back. He decided at that moment that he would never let his sister be

with another man that didn’t recognize that Ana was his first.

“Did you find Roth and Beel?” Andru asked after he’d put his sister down. He still

held her closely and Tara moved in to hug her daughter as well.

“They took me out of here,” Ana spoke quietly so only her mama and brother heard