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done, she’d displayed no anger, no fear, no fight when her captors had simply handed her over like she was a bag of laundry.
    He’d gotten angry on her behalf. And he’d known she was his and he was going to take her. When she’d gotten pregnant that first week, when he’d realized that what he’d sensed as a connection between them was fed by a connection with the child they’d created, he’d started working on a way to get her out.
    And now he wanted to complain because the woman he’d left behind had become the woman he’d always wanted her to be?
    “Michael?”
    He broke away from his thoughts and refocused on Cara, staring down at him, exasperation clear on her face. And beneath it, heat. The heat he’d only seen in her expression when she looked at him.
    “I want you to stop, Michael,” she continued. “I want you to stay with us.”
    Blessed Goddess, what he wouldn’t give to finish this so he could wash the blood off his hands and hold his son. “I can’t. I have to kill Bennett. When he’s dead, this will all be over.”
    It was the one thing that had kept him going. When Bennett was dead, Cara and Aron would be safe.
    Cara sighed and let her hand drift down to his chest, just above his heart. He forgot to brace for pain and was surprised and grateful when he felt only warmth radiate from the point of contact.
    His eyes drifted closed as he sighed and he felt her heat seep further into his body.
    She tensed, as if to pull away, and he placed his hand over hers. “Don’t move. Let it lie there. It helps.”
    So much so, he wanted her to do more than just put her hand on his chest. He wanted her to move that hand lower on his body, to his aching cock. How had he gone from being in so much pain to wanting her so badly?
    Her hand relaxed and the heat spread, easing more of the ache from his body.
    “This isn’t over, Michael,” Cara said. “If you won’t stop then I want you to talk to Teo and his brothers about getting help.”
    He forced himself to bite back the immediate “Hell no” that popped into his head.
    Instead, he looked her straight in the eyes and said, “All right. I’ll talk to them.”
    If she wanted him to talk to her sister’s family, he’d talk. Didn’t mean he’d accept their help though.
    This was his fight. He’d finish it the way he’d started it. Alone.
    Her gaze narrowed as her index finger tapped him in the chest. It should have hurt, considering how he’d felt when he woke. Now, the tiny motion made his cock twitch and harden.
    And her gaze narrowed even further even as the heat in her gaze intensified. “Michael. I know that look. I know what you’re thinking. When you left the first time…”
    She didn’t finish her sentence and he realized he was holding his breath, waiting for her to finish.
    Instead, she bent forward to kiss him.
    He sucked in a breath just before her lips touched his and every ache and pain in his body faded away. As if he’d never felt better.
    He didn’t stop to give it a lot of thought though. Instead, he kissed her back.
    She relaxed into him immediately and he wrapped his arms around her, bringing her tight against him.
    But as soon as her breasts pressed against his, she pulled back with a little gasp.
    “Blessed Goddess, I’m sorry. I should go.”
    Her expression looked stricken and he sat there, dumbstruck for several seconds as she shook her head then got up to leave. He grabbed her hand and held on, keeping her on the bed.
    “What’s wrong? Cara?”
    She shook her head again, refusing to meet his eyes. “Nothing. You need to rest. You don’t need me—”
    She tugged on her hand again but he wasn’t letting her go.
    He wanted to say, “Yes, I do need you, Cara. More than you know.” But he couldn’t do that to her. He would be leaving as soon as he could to finish off Bennett. And he probably wouldn’t make it out alive.
    He took a closer look at her and saw an emotion he’d never wanted to see on her face