“He loves you almost as much as I do, which means, he will give his own life to protect you.”
I refused to show him how much that sweet statement meant to me, so I licked my lips and tried for disinterest. “Did you get everything sorted you needed to?”
“Yes. For the moment.” He stroked my cheek. “Missed you, though.”
“Good.”
He grinned. “Missed you more last night, if I’m being honest.”
“Wrath didn’t keep you warm?”
“Slept in the bunkroom, as you well know.”
“It’s a nice room.”
“The beds are at least six inches too short for me.”
“Oh, so you missed your bed, not me.”
“Yes, sure, we can go with that,” he retorted.
“I’m calling an Uber.”
He chuckled, wrapping an arm tightly around me. “You’re being ornery and any other day, I’d be all over that, but I’m starving.”
My stomach grumbled again, and I tugged on his cut. “We can eat, I guess.”
“Thank you.” He kissed me again and this time, I reciprocated. “Jesus, I missed you,” he whispered. “I’m sorry I didn’t let you know I was heading to Denver.”
“And?”
“I’m not apologizing for the Sierra thing, because she brought that on herself and Wrath never hurt or abused her. She was covered.”
I sighed. He was right. Even Sierra confirmed that, so I suppose staying mad at him when Sierra was over it wasn’t really fair.
“Fine,” I said. “I’ll let you have that one.”
“Oh, thank you, your majesty.”
I leaned back and raised an eyebrow. “Do you know the Warren Zevon song, ‘Things to do in Denver when you’re dead’?”
“Can’t say that I do.”
“Well, I highly suggest you listen to it, and take notes, because if you leave without telling me again, I’m going to murder you.”
He dropped his head back and laughed, kissing me again, then handing me a helmet and stowing my bags before taking us to Billy’s.
* * *
“Yes!” I hissed as Orion slammed into me from behind, slapping my ass once, then twice, bringing me to orgasm for the second time in less than twenty minutes.
I fell onto my stomach, but that didn’t stop my man from burying himself deep, in fact, it gave him more leverage as he thrust into me harder. He bit down on my shoulder as his cock pulsed against my walls and I found myself orgasming again.
He kissed the place he’d just bit, then rolled us onto our sides. “That’s three,” he said.
I smiled, nodding as I licked my lips. “You can count. Well done.”
He chuckled. “Top of my kindergarten class.”
