Total pages in book: 69
Estimated words: 72156 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 361(@200wpm)___ 289(@250wpm)___ 241(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 72156 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 361(@200wpm)___ 289(@250wpm)___ 241(@300wpm)
Then he pushes three quickly, and the elevator stops, the doors open.
“What floor is this?” I ask.
“I don’t care. I just don’t want to say goodbye yet.”
He takes my hand and we head down the hallway to the small alcove at the end of each floor that houses a waiting area and vending machines.
He takes a seat on a sofa and gestures me to sit next to him. I comply.
I’d do anything he asks, and that scares the hell out of me.
“How’s your sister?” I ask, willing my voice not to shake.
“She tolerated the transplant well. Everyone is optimistic.”
“That’s great news.”
“And your friend?”
“As far as I know she’s going to make it.”
He nods. “Good.”
“Yeah.”
He draws in a deep breath and lets it out in a slow whoosh. “I can’t get you out of my mind, Vannah. You’re making me insane.”
I swallow, my nipples still hard and aching. “I… I don’t mean to…”
He rakes his gaze over my face. “That’s why you do. God, you’re fucking beautiful.” He pushes a strand of hair behind my ear.
My pussy is still pulsing from the orgasm as I stare into his dark eyes. “Thank you. And you. You’re…”
He cups my cheek. “I know my effect on women. Fuck, it’s been so long for me.”
My heart falls then.
This is just sex to him.
He’s filling a need, and for some reason I’m the one he’s chosen to fill it.
I know myself. I let my heart get involved too quickly. I’ve been burned before. Burned badly, and I’m here to start anew.
I can’t do this. Not now. Not ever.
I rise. “I have to go.”
“To see your friend?”
“Uh…yeah. To see my friend.”
“When will I see you again?” he asks.
“At your next appointment. Next week.”
“Not good enough.” He rises, closes the distance between us.
I breathe in, gather my strength. “It has to be good enough, Falcon. Whatever this is between us is over.”
“You came tonight, like I told you to.”
“I came to visit my friend.”
He narrows his eyes. “You came to see me, Vannah. Don’t deny it.”
I open my mouth to do just that, but nothing comes out.
“This isn’t over,” he says.
“It is. I don’t do this. I don’t just…have sex. Indiscriminate sex.”
“It’s not over,” he says again. Then he turns and takes a few steps until he’s at the entrance to the alcove, his eyes heavy-lidded and on fire. “It’s not over until I say it’s over.”
And he walks away.
Leaving me standing there, my mouth dropped open, my heart racing, and my pussy throbbing at his words.
24
FALCON
She’s not the sex-only type. She’s the picket-fence type.
That’s so not me.
But damn it, it’s not over. I don’t take orders from women. I don’t take orders from anyone. I’m done with that. No more telling me when to eat, when to sleep, when to take a damned shower.
I’m fucking done taking orders.
From now on, I’m giving them.
Savannah’s gotten under my skin, and I’m far from done with her. If she can’t reassign me, I’ll reassign myself. First thing Monday I’ll go into the parole office and ask to be assigned to a different officer.
That will take care of her issues once and for all. Then I’ll use her gorgeous body until I’ve had enough.
I get back on the elevator and head back up to six to check on Raven.
Mom, Dad, Robin, and Hawk are still in her room, but Eagle’s nowhere to be found. Fucker. He doesn’t want to continue our conversation. Well, he will. Tomorrow. Tonight I’m staying with Raven again.
“Where’ve you been?” Dad demands when I walk in.
“I was talking to Eagle, and then I got a phone call. Where is he?”
“He had to go,” Mom says.
“Did he say why?”
“No.”
“Did you ask?”
“No. I don’t demand that my children tell me where they’re going,” Mom says. “You’re all adults, Falcon. I know he was a kid when you left, but he’s grown up now.”
“Easy, Star,” Dad says. “He was just asking.”
“Yeah.” I nod. “Just asking.”
I already know where he is. Back trying to deal with whatever trouble he’s gotten himself into. Loaning money to some derelict because he’s pussy-whipped over Leif Ramsey’s sister, who was always trouble waiting to happen.
Christ.
“We’re all about to go, anyway,” Robin says. “Ray needs her rest.”
“Yeah,” Hawk agrees.
“Good enough. I’m staying the night again.”
“Fal,” Raven says. “You can’t possibly get a good night’s sleep here.”
“I do fine. I’m not leaving your side until you leave this hospital.”
“That’s silly,” she says.
“Not to me.”
They don’t get it.
They learned to get along without me while I was gone, but I didn’t learn to get along without them. On the inside, you need something to look forward to. For me, it was being reunited with my family.
I’d do anything for my family.
I’ve more than proved that.
Sunday, Raven is doing great, and the doctors decide to discharge her and let her spend some time at home. She’ll be going back to the main house where Mom and Dad can keep an eye on her.