Free Spirits Shared by Jory Strong Page B

between his hands so she could slide from
beneath the sheets and into the protection it afforded.
    Her heart swelled and a lump formed in her
throat. She loved him so much.
    She got out of bed and took possession of
the towel. He nuzzled her cheek. "After breakfast I'm going to see
if Tekoa will lend me his car. I want to get our stuff."
    "I'll go with you. I need my purse."
    "No." He captured and sucked her earlobe,
stroked a hand down her spine and held her tightly against his
erection. "Stay here with Tekoa, Jess. I want whatever happens
between the two of you to be your choice. I want you to go as fast
or as slow as you want without me being here to interfere or make
it awkward."
    She buried her face in the crook of his neck
and shivered. How could one day make such a difference?
    Her heart sped with the image of Clay after
the car crash, with the fear she'd carried as she left him and ran
for help. That's how.
    "I'll stay," she whispered, stomach
fluttering at the same time her nipples tightened and her sex grew
more swollen. She pulled away. "I'd better hurry up and take my
shower."
    She escaped, huffed out a laugh as the water
striking her skin drove her hands to her breast and pussy. She'd
just take the edge off…
    She was fooling herself if she really
believed that. The rub of her fingers over her clit became Clay's
tongue, Tekoa's tongue.
    Fire streaked down to her toes and her
buttocks clenched. She pinched her nipple, tugged and her fingers
became their mouths and there was no stopping the fantasy.
    She went up quick, quietly, and had to wait
several minutes before the blush subsided though it returned when
she slipped on Tekoa's red flannel shirt and left the bathroom
without panties.
    Clay's heated, knowing glace said he knew
that there was nothing underneath the shirt. His smile said that if
brought up for discussion, he'd approve and claim Tekoa was a man
after his own heart.
    Anticipation shivered through her. Clay was
a master at bedroom games and she suspected that when it came to
her, Tekoa would be too.
    Breakfast was on the table, but it was hard
to appreciate it when every step made her hyperaware of her flushed
pussy and the arousal on her inner thighs.
    She claimed the seat she'd taken the night
before. Clay plopped into the one he'd been in and her heart gave a
hard knock at the familiarity of it, as if these were already their
normal places.
    The phone rang as Tekoa was about to sit. He
sighed. "Go ahead and start without me."
    He went to his desk, leaned against it and
took the call, listened for several minutes then said, "They're
here with me now. Found them last night. I was going to call in and
tell you I'm now on vacation."
    His eyes met hers. His smile sent her heart
soaring. But as quickly as he'd smiled, he frowned and straightened
away from the desk. "You've contacted the others? Good. I'll be
here if the situation changes. Call me with updates."
    He hung up and joined them at the table.
Clay finished smearing blackberry jam on a biscuit. "Work?"
    "One of my deputies. A bus carrying convicts
hit a slick spot and went over a bank. The driver and guard were
taken to the hospital. Two of the convicts stuck around. The other
ten ran."
    "Dangerous?"
    "Most of them are doing time for nonviolent
crimes. But a couple of them are extremely dangerous and most
likely armed by now."
    "Are they close?"
    Tekoa shook his head. "Not close enough that
we need to worry about them showing up here."
    Clay glanced at her, then at Tekoa. "Okay if
I borrow your car so I can grab our stuff?"
    "Can't let you have the cruiser, but I've
got an old truck parked behind the cabin. It's got a police radio
in it if you run into trouble."
    Tekoa reached over and tucked Jessica's hair
back behind her ear, sending a spike of heat straight to her sex.
"By trouble I'm talking about getting stuck in the mud, not joining
the search for the convicts."
    "Got it. No hunting convicts. No fun with
guns."
    Tekoa snorted and dug into