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    Though there were others out walking around town as well, neither he nor Goldie paid them any attention. Caleb found himself meeting a few men’s speculative glances and eased closer to the woman beside him. He met each man’s gaze squarely as he took her hand or wrapped his arm around her shoulders. He was not sure why, but he felt a need to make sure these men knew without a doubt that this woman was his.
    Once they walked through the small collection of beach house rentals at the far end of town, they kept walking. Once on the hard sand just above the surf line, they turned and walked along the shore. Time seemed to come to a halt as they continued strolling, talking, and sharing bits and pieces of themselves and their lives.
    When they reached a tall fence that crossed the beach and went well out into the water, he stopped when she tried to turn them to walk a path along the fence line.
    “Why the fence?” he asked.
    “Two-thirds of the island is privately owned. This is to keep guests from straying.”
    “Who owns it?” Caleb asked, wanting to know everything about this woman. His curiosity was making him cross boundaries he normally would not go near.
    “The pa…The Pyrate family trust.” She started to say something else then corrected herself. “Grandfather can explain it better than I can.”
    “Uh-huh,” Caleb said then allowed her to lead him back toward town. The closer they got to his cottage, the slower Goldie walked, apparently reluctant for the evening to end.
    He wondered if there was some little thing she was not telling him. Some secret to do with why she had just about fucked him on the wide-open roof of the ferry and why she had bitten his neck during sex at his house.
    She came to a complete stop at his front walk.
    “You are coming in, aren’t you?” he said, looking down at her.
    Moonlight glinted off her black hair as she tilted her head back to meet his gaze. “Is that okay?” she asked, sounding unusually hesitant for a woman he had figured out was anything but.
    “Do you need to be anywhere else tonight?” he asked as he wrapped his arm tighter around her shoulders and guided her up the walk to his porch.
    She shook her head as they climbed the steps to the porch. “Cash is covering for me tonight. I’m free until the meeting tomorrow morning.”
    “Good,” he said, opening the door and following her inside. “Then after you can tell me more about this instant recognition and life–slash–soul mate thing between us.”

Chapter 5
     
    “After?” she asked as he closed and locked the door.
    Turning, he pulled her into his arms. “Yeah, after. I have to do a thorough body search and check every inch of this body for identifying marks and to make sure you’re not packing any concealed weapons.”
    “And what are you arresting me for, Deputy?” she asked, falling into his game easily.
    “Haven’t made up my mind yet.”
    Lifting her into his arms, he carried her down the hall and into the room where a queen-size bed waited for them. When he reached the side of the bed, he held her out over the mattress and dropped her. She giggled as she bounced, watching as he quickly stripped to his boxer shorts before he threw himself down beside her then half covered her body with his own. He kissed her long and deep before shifting and propping his head up on one elbow.
    “Do I get to search you, too?” she asked, her giggles transforming into a long moan as he ran his free hand up her body to cup and massage first one breast and then the other. Her nipples popped to attention under her shirt as shivers of heat built in her core.
    “We’ll see,” he said, leaning down and licking at her bottom lip. “But first I’ve got to search you to make sure you’re not concealing anything dangerous.”
    With her helping as much as she could, he had her stripped bare in less than a minute. Then he spent many long minutes exploring every inch of her body. He licked and