Unrelenting Love

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“Hello, Kat.” Those two words, soft and seductive, hit her like a jet blast, searing and overpowering.

She wanted to run to him and have him hold her like he should have done when they buried Ty.

She wanted to smack the shit out him because he hadn’t been there when she needed him most.

She wanted to cry in his arms and have him comfort her.

She wanted to cut him to the core with her words and actions, making him hurt as much as he’d hurt her.

In the wave of reactions, Katlin realized that she had overwhelming emotions for the first time in three years. She felt…something…everything…as sensation poured into the void that had been left cold and empty far too long. Since the day they had stood in Arlington Cemetery and said goodbye to the man who had been best friend to both of them. The man she had loved, and trusted, longer than he had deserved.

She should have known Alejandro’s mere presence would do that to her. Standing casually before her was the only man who could infuriate her to violence one second and stir her passion to the edge of orgasm in the next.

Stunned by internal war, she stood there.

Speechless.

And naked.