I didn’t know exactly what the future held, but I knew we were a team. Parting today would not break us. I took in the scent of him, the sweetness of his pheromones and the natural boy-smell of his skin. I took in the feel of his soft lips and his firm body as he pressed it against me and moved in the exact right ways. I took in the sight of him, the waves of hair over his angled face and the passion in his eyes when he looked at me.

As he did now.

Each of these things I etched into my memory to be remembered and cherished at future times.

“We’re gonna be okay,” I whispered between kisses.

“Better than okay,” he said with a grin. And then he kissed me again and I pulled him until he rolled on top of me.

“I want to take you with me,” I said.

“So you can drive me mad like this every day?”

Was he kidding? He was the one making me all crazy.

“I think someone’s coming up the stairs,” Kaidan whispered, then kissed under my ear.

“No. Not yet.” I arched into him and held him tight.

We were both breathing hard when Dad pounded on the door. We froze, an inch from each other’s lips, and I giggled.

Traveling the world in search of possibly hostile Neph and eluding murderous Dukes seemed like a piece of cake in comparison to trying to be a good girl in the arms of Kaidan Rowe.

God give me strength.