A Shadow's Embrace (18 page)

Strong hands held her thighs pressed into the bed so she remained splayed open fully, settled beneath his weight as he fucked her harder, deeper than she imagined possible. Her breathing became soft, shallow grunts that matched the urgency of his pace.
 

She erupted in a maelstrom of desire as his name rumbled from her throat again and again. If the world ended tonight, she’d be okay with that because she’d just experienced nirvana.
 

He collapsed into her, his hot breath on her cheek. “We’re doing that every night.”
 

She whimpered at the thought and shimmied against him. “Promise?”
 

“Hell, yes.”
 

The last tendrils of pleasure mingled between them, gentle strokes along her arm, down the swell of her breast. She moaned softly and looked at him.
 

“Keep that up and I’m jumping you.”
 

He smirked. “Don’t think Kaeden would appreciate it. We’re lucky he gave us this reprieve. He takes debriefs seriously.”
 

“He probably sensed I couldn’t handle any more dark. I needed you, the taste of light and good you give.”
 

“Damn, babe, wanna fuck you all over. You give me good. You are everything I ache for.” He feathered kisses along the seam of her lips. “I can survive anything as long as you’re there with me at the end.”
 

“I realized something when we were heading back to this massive compound. You saved me today in so many ways. I felt you in my mind, stitching every slice she wielded, mending every gash her evil created. What’s crazier is that I already trust you more than I ever trusted her.”
 

“We’ve known each other longer than we realize. You’ve joked, teased, and toyed with me for months as you fed intel about things you stumbled across. We had that seamless, open start long before Mia’s bullshit surfaced.”
 

She hadn’t thought of that. “Dare said Rider’s vitals are good, better than they’d expected.”
 

“Yeah, well, Ace seems to think that has something to do with the unapproved visit he got from Patch and his crew.” Dagan ran a finger along her arm. “They’re good kids.”
 

“Yeah, they just needed a leg up.”
 

“We’ll get Indigo Order up and running. A lot of the Shadows want in. We figure we can rotate volunteers in, help out where you need. Besides, it’ll help the SEO build street cred.”
 

“That’d be good. Diaz has warmed toward y’all. He hasn’t said anything, but that isn’t his style. I heard Kaeden offered to train him and his direct reports.”
 

“Yeah. He’s got a bigger crew than we’d realized at first. Now that Mia’s out of the picture, hopefully we can get some of the smaller crews in safer quarters.”
 

We. She was part of a "we."
 

“It’ll take some time to get everything flowing good between Indigo and SEO.” Uncertainty edged his words. “The shit from today brought up some issues we’ve gotta address. Kaeden sent some Shadows over to go through Mia’s second pad.”
 

“I didn’t even know she had one.”
 

“Once word got out she was gone, Diaz picked up whispers she’d been spotted in an area several miles southeast. Ace dug and found rental contracts from one of Conver’s shadow corporations.”
 

“Lovely.”
 

“Knowing Lang and Conver have personal history widens the net for our ops. We’ve got to put more focus on Lang now, figure out what was going down with that breeding program Mia mentioned. Plus, Diaz was right. She took kids from outside Indigo’s safe zone.”
 

Oh, God. They’d killed Mia to keep Devyn alive, and now they couldn’t find out where the kids were.
 

“I wish y’all hadn’t had to—”
 

“Don’t ever wish that, babe. We’ll find them. There was not a single man in that op who would’ve let you suffer or get permanently gone to get some intel we can get on our own.” He kissed her hand and squeezed. “You mattered more than anything that bitch could’ve shared.”
 

“God, I love you.”
 

“I love you, too.” The whispered response settled in her heart. These were the words he hadn’t spoken yet but had shown with every fiber of his being.
 

She traced an invisible path in the shape of a heart along his chest. “You think she was telling the truth? That Nevada and Sage were part of that breeding program? Could that have been why they ran?”
 

“I don’t think Kaeden and Trent are ready to go down that road yet. We’ll work our way back there. Their wounds from back then are too raw to prod.”
 

“They couldn’t have stopped it, whatever it was. Conver was too evil. Lang was too.”
 

“It doesn’t matter, babe. Sage and Nevada belonged to Trent and Kaeden. Shadows do whatever it takes to keep what they love safe. No matter what.”
 

“Mmm. Well, I know what I want from my Shadow right now.”
 

“Oh, yeah?”
 

“Yeah, let me show you.”
 

THE END
 

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