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 After
the front door closed, I gulped. Now I was in a house alone with yet another
hot biker, but he wasn’t the one who was going to get the green-means-go sign
into my panties.

 “Blue—”

 “No.
Don’t say anything. I just want you to know, before and IF you and Talon take
this further, I want my chance. I need you to know that Talon wasn’t the only
one watching you. What makes me different is that while I was watching, I
wasn’t doing anyone else. I think you’re incredible, Zara. I want you in every
way.” He lay a kiss on my cheek and went over to the couch, sat down, and
turned on the television.

 Oh.
My. God. What in the hell was that? No way, no flipping way. Blue wanted me. In
every way.

 Wait.
What did he mean by while he was watching me, he wasn’t doing anyone else? Did
that mean Talon had?

 Oh,
who was I kidding? Of course he was. I witnessed myself his whoring-ness.

 I
shook my head to clear it. I didn’t have time for this; I had enough on my
mind. If I let that get to me, I’d be sitting in a corner rocking back and
forth, sucking my thumb.

 “I’m
going to clean. Yeah, cleaning is good.”

 Blue
looked around the house. “Everything seems clean to me, baby.”

 “No,
no it isn’t.” I walked over to the couch and pointed to the carpet. “Look, can
you see the crumbs?”

 He
leaned over, smiled, and said, “Nope.”

 “They’re
there.” I got to my hands and knees, shoving my head down nearly into the
carpet. “See there? It’s really crummy.”

 Blue
laughed. “Sure, baby. Clean away.”

 I
got up, harrumphed, and added, “I have to dust first.”

By
mid-afternoon, I had dusted, cleaned the bathrooms, bedrooms, and vacuumed.
Now, I was in the kitchen making Blue and myself a sandwich for a late lunch. I
felt kind of bad I hadn’t offered him anything before this time, so to make it
up, he was not only getting two sandwiches, but a piece of chocolate mud cake,
a coffee, and a soft drink. I placed them all on a tray and took them into the
lounge where his behind was still planted on the couch, now laughing at
Judge
Judy
on TV.

 “Wow,
baby. Maybe I should have confessed my devotion for you a long time ago if this
is what I’m going to get.”

 I
blushed and stuttered, “U-uh, no. I mean, I’m sorry for not…for being busy all
morning and forgetting lunch. Um, no devotion needed here.” I nodded and went
back into the kitchen where my own lunch was waiting to be consumed.

 I’d
just sat down at the table when the phone rang. “Hello?” I answered.

 “Why
the frig have you not called me yet?” Deanna quietly hissed into the phone.

 “Why
would I call you at work?”

 “Your
brother and his partner popped in for a visit. They laughed at me, ‘cause I was
as sweet as pie, no matter what I did; but then they informed me that Blue was
all up in your face this morning. What happened?”

 “Um,
I can’t really talk right now.”

 “The
fuck you can’t…oh, I am so sorry, but I do not believe that is an option for
you.” I laughed. Someone must have walked into the library to cause Deanna to
change her tune like that. On another hiss she added, “Unless you want me to
tell Maya about that time we smoked a joint when she was a baby and you ended
up laughing so hard you cried ‘cause you thought you had an ugly ape baby, you
had better start talking.”

 That
was a bit uncalled for. Not every baby was cute, and it just happened that Maya
was one of them; didn’t mean I loved her less.

 “Jeesh,
alright. Hang on a sec’.” Taking my plate with me, I got up, walked out to the
lounge where Blue gave me a knowing smirk. “Uh, I gotta take this. Be back.”
And I quickly headed down the hall to my bedroom. “You ready?” I asked into the
phone after sitting down near the pillows on my bed.

 “What
do you think? Hurry it up, woman, before I get a customer.”

 “Okay,
the quick low down. Blue came in, walked up to me, ran his hand down my cheek,
and said ‘morning, baby.’ Mattie and Julian left. Then—oh my God, Deanna. Then
he confessed that Talon wasn’t the only one watching me for two years. So had
he. And he wants me in every way.”

 “Holy
David Hasslehoff,” Deanna yelled. “Sorry, sorry.” I knew she was apologizing to
people at the library. “Heck, Zee. What are you going to do?” she whispered.

 “Nothing.”

 “What
do you mean nothing?”

 “Deanna,
hun, he isn’t the one who gets my heart and loins racing when he walks into a
room. Sure he is great looking, but…my-my heart already knows who it wants.
Even if that guy can be a bossy, alpha-male ass sometimes. He’s all of those
things, and mine.”

 Silence
on the other end. That was never good coming from Deanna.

 “Deanna?”

 “That’s
good, Zee. I’m glad for you. Look I gotta go. See ya later, loser.” She sounded
deflated, or her boss had just caught her on the phone once again.

 “Yeah,
okay, I’ll see you later.” When we’d have a serious talk.

 After
we’d hung up, I dropped the phone to the bed; a second later it rang again. I
answered it with a chirpy, “Hello.”

 Nothing
but air on the other head.

 “Hello?”
I said again.

 Zilch
reply.

 “Look
if this is one of those heavy breathing idiots, go out and get a job.”

 Still
nothing.

 My
bedroom door was flung open, Talon stood there breathing hard. Two steps and he
had the phone out of my hand and ended the call.

 “Hey!”
I glared.

 “Kitten.”
He closed his eyes and breathed deep. Upon opening them, he pulled me from the
bed and wrapped his arms around me. Then whispered, “It was him.”

 I
froze. Somehow, I knew who he meant and it certainly wasn’t a random pervert.

 “No.”
I shook my head against his chest.

 “I
asked Violet to hook me up,” he said, still whispering. “We have your lines
covered; you call out, we know who you’re calling.We can hear the conversation.
Anyone who calls in and says nothing, we trace their number. He had the balls
to use his own phone.”

 “Talon,”
I whispered.

 “He
won’t get to you. I promise.”

 He
was telling the truth, but I was still scared outta my brain.

 “Let
it roll on off you, kitten. Don’t let him win.”

 Again,
all I could do was nod.

 “What’s
goin’ on?” A concerned Blue asked from the doorway.

 “Nothin’
to concern you,
brother,
” Talon growled. He turned us both so we were
facing Blue.

 “I
think it does, brother. I’m here to help aren’t I?”

 “I
think you’re fuckin’ here for other reasons, like hittin’ on my woman.”

 My
eyes widened. Blue looked to me. Did he think I said something?

 “I-I
never…”

 “It’s
all right, baby.” He smiled at me and turned a glare on Talon. “The phone call,
right?” he asked.

 Oh,
crap’ola. Talon’s words came rushing back to me.
We have your lines covered
.
He had heard everything I’d said to Deanna.

 “Yes,”
Talon snapped through clenched teeth. “But something you didn’t hear, and that
Zara would never share, ‘cause she wouldn’t wanna hurt you, was that you aren’t
the one that makes her heart race when you walk into a room. She already knows
who she wants, and it ain’t fuckin’ you.”

 “Talon.”
I gasped. Because he was right, I never would have told Blue that.

 “What,
babe? At least I didn’t mention anything about your loins.” He chuckled. I
buried my head in my hands and cringed.

 “Well,
congratu-fuckin-lations.”

 I
stood straight, my hand reached out to Blue. “Blue—”

 “It’s
all right, sweetheart.”

 “No,
it ain’t. Brothers don’t do that shit to each other. A brother never goes after
what’s already another brother's. You knew I’d claimed Zara. What the fuck?”

 “Come
on, Talon. Look at her; she’s one sweet piece in every way. Most bitches around
our area only want one thing, a cock to lay on and get off. I’m sick of that
crap. I want more, and I saw that in Zara. I knew I was too late; I could see
it in her eyes the way she looks at you. But you can’t hate me too much for
trying.”

 “We’ll
fuckin’ see. Right now, we got other stuff to deal with. Get back to the
compound. I’m takin’
my
woman to get her kid.”

 “I
get it, Talon, loud and clear.”

 “Blue—”

 “Don’t
stress, baby. S’all good.”

 I
nodded, looked to the floor, and without thinking, but feeling, I quietly said,
“One day someone will come along, Blue, and you’ll know she’s it. She’ll do
something that will blow your mind, and then she’ll be stuck there; and not a
minute will go by that you won’t think about her. But that isn’t me, and I’m
sorry.”

 “Fuck,”
he hissed. “See what I’m talkin’ ‘bout, brother? She’s got class,
balls—especially to stand up to you, and sweetness. A total package.”

 “I
know that, brother,” Talon said. “Why’d you think I stopped stuffin’ around and
grabbed her while I could? I’m just lucky enough she’s willin’ to grab me
back.”

 I
pulled my lips between my teeth so I wouldn’t cry. This was a wonderful moment
in my life.

 It
wouldn’t be until much later that I remembered about the phone call.

B
lue left just as Mattie and Julian arrived home with their arms
filled with groceries. It was lucky they had the help of Vic, another of
Talon’s guys, to carry it all in. Vic had short blond hair, blue eyes, was
tall, and slim, though you could tell he’d still hold his own in a fight. Or if
he couldn’t, he’d probably scare a bloke with the permanent scowl he had going
on. Though, I wasn’t totally sure that scowl was permanent; it could have been
there for the fact that Mattie and Julian had tortured him all day, dragging
him here and there.

 “The
sex shop was the funniest.” Julian cackled just before Talon and I walked out
the front door to collect Maya from school. Talon found that hilarious, where I
found it worrisome. Because if it wasn't for me and my...situation, Vic
wouldn't have been put in that spot in the first place.

 Poor Vic; he’ll end up hating me.

 “Kitten,”
Talon said, as I walked quietly beside him.

 “Yeah?”
I looked over at him.

 “Wanna
talk ‘bout your loins and how they race for me?”

 I
blushed, pulled my hand free of his, and shoved him. “No, jerk. Want to talk
about the fact that you didn’t mention doing anything to my phone in the first
place?”