“I won’t be long,” I promised. “I don’t want you going anywhere without Clarke, okay?”
Lany frowned.
“This is important, Lany.” I glanced at Eddie again, but just for a moment. “I think there is something going on here, and I need to figure out what it is. I need you to be somewhere safe.”
“Okay, Sal.” Lany sounded a lot more accepting at that point.
“I’ll tell you everything when I get home, promise.”
“Is there anything we can do?”
“Don’t talk to your uncle until I get this figured out.”
Lany blinked at me.
“Lany, this is the second time in just a couple of weeks that you, Eddie, and Lyn were attacked. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.”
His eyebrows shot up. “Seriously?”
“Seriously.”
“Geez, I just thought it was dumb luck.”
I shook my head. “Not even you are that lucky.”
I laughed when Lany’s eyes narrowed at me. Sometimes, he was really fun to rile. Then there were other times when I knew I was going to pay for being overbearing.
I hoped this wasn’t one of them.
“Just stay with Clarke, Lany, okay?”
“Yeah, yeah,” Lany grumbled.
I smiled because I knew from his tone that Lany wasn’t really upset with me. If he had been, I would probably be dodging flying objects right about now.
I leaned over and pressed my lips to Lany’s. One touch and I knew a simple kiss good-bye wasn’t going to cut it. I needed something a little bit more. I needed to feel that special connection I shared with Lany.
I wrapped my arms around Lany as I stepped in between his thighs, pressing close to him. The man could have no doubt whatsoever what kind of affect he was having on me.
“You know I love you, right?”
“I know,” Lany replied as he gazed up at me with a twinkle in his amber-green eyes. “Maybe when you get home you can show me how much.”
There was no doubt what he was referring to. I could feel Lany hardness pressing against me when he moved. It was a gentle shift, body to body.
“Would you like that,caro?” I murmured for his ears only.
“So much,” Lany groaned as his head dropped back.
This wasn’t the time or the place to show Lany how much I would like that, too, but god, I wanted to. I was really glad my bulk hid us from the rest of the room as I leaned down and skimmed my lips over the soft curve of Lany’s neck.
When I lifted my mouth from Lany’s throat, I slid my fingers up over his soft skin, and Lany let me. Never once, in all the time we had been together, had Lany ever shown the slightest fear of me. I could bend him, lift him, move in any manner that I wanted, and Lany simply accepted my dominion over his body.
It was heady stuff, and something I swore from day one I would never abuse. Lany’s love and acceptance was too precious to me.
“Tu sei una stella…la mia stella,Lany.”I felt something misty enter my eyes as I stared down at Lany. If I couldn’t figure out what was going on, I could lose him.
And that couldn’t be allowed.
