Free Springer, Jan - Be My Dream Tonight [The Desperadoes 3] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour) by Jan Springer Page A

everything was going to be fine, and with that confirmation, she finally allowed herself to fully break down.
    She cried. This time harder than when she’d sobbed by the creek earlier. Realizing she hadn’t fully mourned the old man who they’d found laying on the porch, she cried some more for him. Then she bawled for the deer still alive out there, having lost one of their own. Most of all though, she wept for C.J., being alone. The emotions ran deep inside of her, and she didn’t know how long she wept, but when her sobs finally subsided, she felt so much better. It felt as if maybe some of the healing process had taken hold this time, and she knew she was going to be okay now.
    “Trader Jack has a hell of a big garden out back. It looks like he’d just tilled it a few days ago. There are seeds in the barn. He must have saved them from his last year’s crop. I know he had a pretty big-sized garden last year. He’s lucky to be in this valley. The mountains keep most of the cold air from getting in.”
    She already knew all about the valley being sheltered, and she had a feeling he wasn’t sure what to say or how to comfort her, so that’s why he was babbling. Just having his strong arms around her, though, made her feel so safe. And loved.
    “You look cute after you’ve had a good cry. Cute and so vulnerable,” he whispered. His brown eyes flared with intense emotion and protectiveness as he brushed a stray strand of hair out of her eyes. With such tenderness coming from a big man, one who obviously had intense feelings for her, made her suddenly feel all hot and excited at having him here with her. And she felt needy. So damned needy.
    “Make me feel better, Riley,” she blurted, and then she bit her bottom lip, wondering if maybe he would refuse her.
    His eyes widened slightly as if questioning if she really wanted the kind of comfort he craved to give her. But then the question disintegrated from his gaze, and suddenly his mouth melted over hers. His lips were firm, warm, and sensual. There was tenderness in his kiss. Tenderness for her hurting. And there was something else. An emotional turbulence. An upheaval. Something desperate and something wounded inside him. She had wounded him. She had hurt all of them by not remembering them. By not returning to them.
    There was also restrained fire in his kiss. A wild passion she’d only caught glimpses of during those flashes of memories she’d experienced.
    She sensed he needed her, too. Just as badly as she needed him right now. That he wanted sex. Heck, whom was she kidding? She wanted sex. With Riley. Now.
    “Make love to me, Ri,” she whispered after breaking the intoxicating kiss. She longed to experience what they’d shared in the past, and she slipped her hands beneath his T-shirt. Ripples and ripples of warm, solid muscles flexed beneath her fingers as she touched his flesh. Such silky-feeling flesh.
    His sharp inhalations and soft curses only increased her need for him to fuck her.
    “I want to take you so bad, Eve. I want to see the pleasure splashing across your face. Pleasure just like I used to give you.” His voice sounded so husky, and his eyes twinkled with such obvious love, her heart clenched in happiness.
    His mouth came down on hers again. This time, his lips slanted over hers with unrestrained passion. He tasted good, and she could feel the coiled need building deep inside her vagina. Could feel the rigid muscles lacing his abdomen as her fingers swept downward and then struggled to unclasp his jeans. She found the zipper, and within a heartbeat, she’d lowered it.
    The heat of his erection pressed against his underwear, and he groaned against her mouth. The guttural sound intoxicated her senses. He lifted his ass, and she slid his pants over his hips and down. Then she slipped his underwear down and gasped into his mouth at the feel of his hot, swollen, very long cock sliding against her palms.
    Oh wow, he was immense!
    As she