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work. He hadn’t spoken to her during the day and expected her home late that night since she was supposed to have dinner with her sister. But Cale wasn’t ready to write him off quite yet. The guy was beyond nervous, shredding the paper napkin, fiddling with his water glass. He looked as if he’d been through the wringer, but that could just be a combination of worry about Cathy and the pressure at work.
    Just to cover all bases he called Brian and asked for a deep check on the boyfriend, too.
    His last stop was at The Hope Centre—the final client Cathy had seen that day. But despite the willingness of everyone to answer questions, again he came up empty handed.
    He had just climbed back into his truck when his cell phone rang. He checked the readout.
    Brian.
    Good. Maybe he had some information.
    “I have reports for you,” Brian confirmed as soon as Cale answered. “And feedback from the others.”
    “I can swing by and pick up what you’ve got.” Cale looked at his watch. “ Linnea will be getting home pretty soon. I thought I’d get some takeout to bring to her. If you’ve got information, so much the better.”
    “I have a better idea. How about if I pick up pizzas and Regan and I meet you at Linnea’s about seven. I really want to go over all this stuff in person, and also see what Linnea might add. Then we need to make some plans.”
    “Okay. Sounds good. See you then.”
    Linnea was just turning into her driveway when he pulled up in front of her house. He followed her inside through the garage, carrying his new duffel with the things he’d bought that day. When she turned to him, she had such a distressed look on her face he wrapped his arms around her and cradled her to his chest.
    “Tough day?” he asked.
    “Tough keeping my mind on my work when Cathy’s face keeps swimming in my mind.”
    “We may have new information in a bit.” He told her what Brian had said and that he and Regan were coming by at seven.
    “I just hope he was able to dig up something,” she said, her voice muffled against his chest. “Anything. I’ll take anything at this point, no matter how remote.”
    “We’ll find her,” Cale said, trying to sound positive.
    “She’s dead. I know she is. I just want to know what happened and give her a proper burial.”
     
    Linnea lifted her face to his. She needed the connection with him almost desperately. “Kiss me, Cale . Make me feel alive.”
    It began as a tender kiss but in seconds his hot tongue swept inside her mouth, igniting a fire that blazed through her entire body. Her skin felt too tight and her clothes suddenly too small. Her toes curled and the dormant pulse in her cunt leapt to life. She pressed her body against his as hard as she could, feeling the bulge of his swollen cock through his jeans.
    Suddenly she wanted that thick shaft inside her. Wanted him filling her, stretching her, cementing that connection that had sprung up so suddenly last night. Wanted the assurance of it as well as the wild feeling it created inside her. A wildness she hadn’t even realised she possessed.
    She wiggled one hand between them, reaching for his belt buckle, but it was too complicated for her to manoeuvre.
    “Be careful what you start,” he warned, his lips still against hers.
    “I can’t start anything unless I can get your pants off. Help me, please,” she begged. “I need you, Cale .”
    “We don’t have all that much time,” he reminded her.
    She laughed lightly into his mouth. “That shouldn’t be a problem for the wolf.”
    He lifted her in his arms and strode into the living room, kneeling to place her on the thick carpet. “I should take you upstairs to the bedroom, but I’m not sure I can wait that long. Jesus, Linnea . The minute you touch me I’m ready to fuck you.”
    She gave him a small, satisfied smile, enjoying the feeling of sexual power she obviously had over him. She’d always enjoyed sex as much as anyone, although not nearly as