Free Kaleb (Samuel's Pride Series) by Kathi S. Barton Page A

criminal element couldn’t find her. Then he would order them to hit the streets, find her for them, and kill her dead. Yeah, he thought, that’d go over really well.
    “Sir, you might want to turn on the news. I think there’s been an accident.” Dreading this more than the phone call, he picked up the remote and turned on the television like his assistant suggested. And there on the screen were pictures of two of his men, Sams and Archer. Turning up the volume, he listened to what had happened to them.
    “About two hours ago , the police pulled this man’s body from the river and in the truck they discovered the grisly remains of a third man who has yet to be identified. This man, John Archer, was driving the car when it entered the river. A third man, Paul Sams, was apparently ejected from the car and his body was found deeper in the river by divers. It is unknown if the third man knew the other two but for now, we have three dead men.” He looked at Kolby when his phone rang. Neither of them went to answer it.
    “Do you suppose the last man is Camp?” Lyod nodded and turned off the television. “Who do you suppose would have done that to them? You don’t think that they simply killed each other and stuffed Camp in the trunk, do you?”
    “How the fuck should I know.” Lyod sat down hard. “Mother fuck, this woman is driving me crazy. Go down there and see what you can find out. And for Christ’s sake, put the phones on service. I don’t want to have to try and explain this to Ansell.”
    When he was gone , Lyod gathered up his things and decided to go home. This wasn’t a place to be if he didn’t want to talk to Ansell. By the time he was pulling out of the long parking lot of his private offices, he saw a limo pulling in. Smiling for the first time in days, he made his way home to hide and plan. Things were going south in a big fat hurry.

Chapter 6
     
    After rolling out of the unfamiliar bed, Thor stood there looking around for several seconds before someone made a soft noise beside her. She looked down at the man who lay there sleeping. Christ, he was fucking huge. Blushing furiously, she made her way to the bathroom.
    Turning on the shower after using the toilet , she looked at herself in the mirror as the steam filled the room. She’d had sex with a man who claimed he was a bear. And her best friend was a lion. Wiping the steam away as it blurred her appearance, she decided to stop thinking about them and focus on what she was up to.
    “Nothing.” Her voice didn’t echo in this bathroom like it did in her own. There was tile in here, earth tones that set the style for the bedroom, too. Wondering how she got off track again, she stepped into the spray and moaned. This was what a lot of water pressure felt like.
    Thor thought of Sweeney and knew that somehow he was in on what had gone down at Lipscomb’s house. She wasn’t sure how yet, but she’d get there. Washing her hair with Kaleb’s shampoo, she felt her body react strongly to his scent. “Damn it. Focus.”
    “Do you always talk to yourself in the shower? If so, you might want to try a little positive talk. Cursing at yourself isn’t a good way to start your day.” Thor watched as the door to the stall opened slowly and he was there. “Good morning. Would you mind very much if I joined you?”
    She was shaking her head before she could think of several hundred reasons why she should shower alone. When he stepped from around the door and into the hot water with her, all thoughts of him not joining her fled. And when he reached for her, she went to him willingly.
    The kiss was gentle. For a man his size , she’d been surprised by how gentle he could be with everything he did to her. Blushing again, she tried to pull away, but he held her tightly. Thor felt his cock thicken at her belly.
    “You’re not very talkative to other people in the morning, are you? That’s okay. I can do it for you until you get your feet under you.