Hawk (31 page)
Authors: Patricia A. Rasey
Life was good.
Kaleb couldn’t remember a time he had ever thought as much. Wrapping her tightly in his hold, he carried her to the bed where he set her atop the sheets. He handed her his tee, which she quickly pulled over her head. The soft material pooled about her. Kaleb tucked himself back into his jeans, then joined her on the bed. He leaned against the headboard and pulled her against his chest so that she sat between his spread thighs and her back rested against his chest. He could feel her heartbeat.
“I love you, Suzi.” He leaned down and whispered into her ear, “Everything about you. Your spirit, your tenacity, your courage, the love you had for my nephew and for keeping his secret. But most of all, the way you never gave up on me.”
She snuggled more fully into him, taking his arms and wrapping her middle with them.
“I may have wished otherwise, Kaleb”—she looked over her shoulder at him, and he laid a brief kiss upon her lips—“but I’ve always loved you … though I didn’t always like you. Down deep, I could never truly hate you.”
“You make me a better person.” He placed a kiss in the crook of her neck where moments ago he had fed. “Are you glad that you told Kane about his son earlier?”
She nodded. “He needed to know. Ion loved his father so much that he feared disappointing him. Ion would’ve been happy to know that his sexual preference wouldn’t have mattered to Kane … or you for that matter. I just wish he would’ve lived long enough to know that.”
“Kane and I will get our retribution.”
“Don’t you dare do something stupid, Kaleb Tepes. I couldn’t bear to lose you.”
His arms tightened around her. “I am yours, Suzi, now and forever. I will never jeopardize that.”
He then brought his tattooed wrist to his mouth and bit. Red blood began to flow from the twin holes down his wrist. He held his arm out to her. Suzi stared at his offering, then gripped his large wrist in her tiny hand.
“Are you ready to be mine?”
“Now and forever,” she said, then took the wrist to her mouth and drank.
The End
A daydreamer at heart, Patricia A. Rasey, resides in her native town in Northwest Ohio with her husband, Mark, and her lovable Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Todd. A graduate of Long Ridge Writer's School, Patricia has seen publication of some her short stories in magazines as well as several of her novels.
When not behind her computer, you can find Patricia working, reading, watching movies or MMA. She also enjoys spending her free time at the river camping and boating with her husband and two sons. Ms. Rasey is currently a third degree Black Belt in American Freestyle Karate.
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Other Works available:
Kiss of Deceit (re-release in 2014)
Eyes of Betrayal(re-release in 2014)
Facade (re-release in 2015)
Novellas:
Heat Wave (available Summer 2014)
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