Free Texas Wildfire (Texas Heroes Book 1) by Sable Hunter Page A

and…foolish. I let him sweep me off my feet and ignored all the signs.”
    “What signs?” Titan asked, wanting to understand.
    “He blamed others for everything. The women he dated before me were bitchy and didn’t understand him. Everyone else was to blame for his negative attitude and bad luck. He had a way of complimenting me even as he blamed someone else. I fell for it,” she admitted sadly. “What I didn’t realize is that the law of blame goes to the closest person, and soon that was me.”
    “I’ve noticed that a little bit at the station. He’s never at fault no matter what goes wrong.”
    “True and he resents anyone or anything that doesn’t put him first. I’ve heard him complain about things not being fair more times than I can count. He was concerned about his rights, but never about mine. He felt like he was entitled and superior. In the beginning I saw that as manliness when it was really childishness. Damien was petty, sarcastic and deceitful.” Makenna stared at her folded hands. “I rue the day I ever agreed to go out with him.”
    Titan covered her hand with his. “I hate you’ve been hurt. The only silver lining I can see is that he brought you here.” Every inclination he possessed urged him to pick her up and take her to bed. But that would be a mistake. She’d been hurt and the last thing she needed was a man rushing her into anything. When he saw her hide a yawn, he stood. “Let’s get you settled.”
    Almost choking on her last sip of drink, Makenna rose to follow. “I am tired.” Even though she knew he was escorting her to the spare room, she couldn’t ignore how momentous it was to be here with him. The idea of having sex with any man ought to give her pause. Perhaps it was all in her mind, but she just knew Titan would be different. He’d never hurt her. She believed this with every fiber of her being.
    Placing an arm around her shoulders, he guided her to the room next to his, found a T-shirt for her to wear to bed and left her alone to freshen up in the bathroom. Once she was out, he helped her ready the bed. Titan tried not to notice how sexy she was with the hem of his UT football jersey hitting her below the knees, her prominent nipples poking through the soft material, making his mouth water. Once she was under the covers, he was tempted to give her a goodnight kiss.
    “Will you stay in here, just for a little while?” She pointed to the chair next to the bed. “Will you sit with me?”
    “Oh, sure.” For a minute he’d almost thought she was inviting him into her bed. Wishful thinking.
    Makenna curled up in the bed, pulling the sheet up to her chin. She had to keep her hands covered or she would’ve reached for him. Could he tell she was trembling for him? Just knowing she was this close, within touching distance had every nerve tingling and her nipples swollen to throbbing points, aching for him to take them in his mouth and suck on them. That was one of her dearest fantasies. “Whew!” She sighed, fanning the covers.
    Titan laughed. “You’re too young to be having a hot flash. Let me turn the air down.”
    He got up to see about the temperature and she fanned the covers some more. He just didn’t realize her hot flash was caused by arousal and not the reading on the thermostat. What kind of woman was she? She’d been abused by one man today and here she was, lusting after another. Of course, Makenna knew her body’s bravado was due in part to the fact she was safe. No matter how much she fantasized about Titan touching her, he wouldn’t lay a finger on her unless she invited him to. That knowledge gave her mind free rein to wander in erotic directions she’d probably never be brave enough to explore. “If you don’t want to stay in here with me, you don’t have to.” There, she was giving him an out. “I’ll probably lie here awake for hours.”
    Titan sat down beside her, crossing one booted foot over his knee. “I’ll sit right here