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  The pencil in Kade’s hand snapped in half in his right hand. Kade knew Ann’s soon-to-be ex well. He stayed at the local watering hole all day before stumbling home. It was only a matter of time before he killed someone on the road or Ann. Kade reached for the phone to call the state boys. He was going to make sure Ann was safe for the rest of her life.

  Chapter Eight

  Wynn told herself that she was only going after Kade to get her black-and-yellow Scarpa climbing shoes back. They were too expensive to replace so soon. Wynn broke down camp and hiked back to her Jeep in record time.

  Instead of going after him right away, Wynn drove to the hotel she was staying in and showered and changed into something that was sure to get his unwanted attention. A copy of Kade’s personnel file was sitting on the other queen-size bed. She couldn’t go there now. What she needed to know most wasn’t in those files. She needed to know about his personal life to rule him out as a suspect. That meant following him wherever he led her.

  The Forest Service field office was located within the boundaries of Red River Gorge. Wynn recognized Kade’s truck, from the files, sitting in the parking lot. The government vehicle he’d been using the other day was parked off the side entrance, too.

  He was here.

  Wynn made sure to park on the far side of his truck. As she got out, she stepped up on the running board and looked around the inside of his truck. Her climbing shoes were on the floorboard. She tried the door, but it was locked.

  “I guess you’re looking for your shoes.”

  Wynn whirled around to see Kade. He wasn’t in uniform, but there was still that dangerous, Dirty Harry glint to his eye. “I thought you had to work.”

  “My safety meeting ended early.” His gaze went from the natural shade of her roots to her high heels. “Where you going?”

  Wynn felt breathless when he looked at her that way. The sundress was a last summer throwback. “Nowhere.”

  “Why don’t I believe you?” he asked himself.

  “Can I please have my shoes back?”

  “No.”

  She let the anger she was feeling flare in her eyes. She went to move around him, but he stopped her with a firm hand on her elbow. “I guess I’ll have to report them stolen.”

  “No you won’t. Get in the truck, Wynn.”

  “I don’t think so.”

  He unlocked it with his remote and opened the door. “Don’t make a scene.”

  That hard glint to his eyes warned her not to push him, or he’d punish her in ways she could and wanted to imagine. She wasn’t sure what set him off, but she was dying to know what it was so she could get that look again.

  When she saw that look in his eye, she wanted to be put on all fours and spanked, rubbed, and hugged. She wanted to be loved by only him. That thought brought her up short. Wynn didn’t normally have thoughts of being loved or spanked by a man she wasn’t in a relationship with. In fact, Wynn had always wanted a lover to take control and smack her bottom until her panties were wet. Just thinking about him spanking her ass made her nipples tighten. Kade’s gaze dropped to the flimsy material of her dress, and the muscle in his jaw hardened.

  He took a step closer, invading her space.

  “What are you thinking about?” he asked.

  She couldn’t ignore the way his voiced lowered to a seductive whisper. The truth was a weapon she knew she could use against him to win. “Me naked on all fours and you spanking me.”

  He groaned and swayed hard against the truck, putting his palm out to catch himself. “Get in the truck where we can talk privately.”

  It was when she was stepping inside the cab that Wynn noticed that his windows were professionally tinted out. All of them were except the front windshield. Kade had parked facing the street under the shade of a pear tree. She watched Kade move around the front of the truck and adjust himself as he sat inside. He started the truck without a word and started to drive.

  “Where are we going?” she asked.

  “Someplace we can talk privately.”

  Wynn swallowed hard. She knew they wouldn’t be doing any talking wherever they ended up. Kade drove several miles away and up into the deepest and most remote part of the Red, to a place where few climbers and hikers knew about. Wynn let the hem of her sundress ride high on her thighs, and she was certain that Kade knew she wasn’t wearing a bra.

  Kade parked the truck and made sure the doors were locked. He kept the truck running with the air-conditioning on high.

  “Take off your heels.”

  Wynn slipped them off and let them fall to the floor. Anticipation made her heart race, and her pussy fluttered at the thought of being sexed by Kade again. He reached out and nudged the thin spaghetti straps off each shoulder. She shivered as her dress fell and spilled, revealing a hint of her breasts. Kade scooted to the big center part of the cab, bracing his legs wide.

  “Straddle me facing the window.”

  There was no going back. Part of her was terrified at what was happening between her and Kade. She knew if she fought it, she’d be tempting fate. She wasn’t so sure she wanted to take on something she knew she couldn’t win. Kade became impatient and reached for her wrist. He pulled her easily over his lap, planting her ass right on top of his crotch. Her billowy dress was still settling as his hands ran up the insides of her thighs. He groaned as she arched into him.

  He kissed the back of her neck, licking his way up to her ear. His fingers reached higher and were rewarded with a shock of wet heat as he discovered that she wasn’t wearing any panties.

  He cursed. “Tell me you don’t normally walk around with no panties.”

  “I do.”

  “That’s not good. Anyone could force you into their truck and rip that dress off of you.” He groaned, and she heard the jealous tone of his voice.

  “Maybe that’s what I want my lover to do.”

  Wynn felt his cock jerk within the tight confines of his jeans. He pushed her ass forward, and she braced her palms on the dash. She heard Kade struggling with his jeans. She looked over her shoulder just as she felt the slap of his heavy cock hit against her ass. Wynn rolled her hips back, wetting Kade’s cock with her pussy. She heard a ripping sound and knew it was a condom. Kade lifted her hips off his legs and positioned the plump tip of his sex at the center of her pussy.

  “Wynn...”

  She heard the desperation in his voice. Kade wasn’t a man that handed his body over so easily. Wynn didn’t want to consider the implication for very long. This couldn’t and wouldn’t be a long-term thing. They were fucking. That was it. Wynn didn’t want to get emotionally close to another man, not even in friendship. The stakes were too high for her heart and her career. What it really came down to was that she wasn’t a woman that could trust at all. That left only one option for them. They’d fuck until they got tired of each other or she eliminated him as a suspect.

  Wynn contracted her pussy, making her juices flow down over his shaft. She felt Kade’s hand rub over his shaft, rubbing her honey into his sex.

  “You’re killing me,” he groaned.

  “I know.”

  Slowly, Wynn lowered herself onto his flexed cock. Every muscle in his arms and legs was flexed taut as she lowered onto his thick, aching shaft. The tips of his fingers dug into her hips as she took control of his pleasure. His sex thickened as she moved toward the thick base of his shaft. They groaned in unison as their bodies latched tightly together. Wynn reached between her legs, moving her dress out of the way, to cup his big balls into her hand. For a long moment, neither one moved. Kade groaned as she kept perfectly still and started contracting her core muscles.

  She milked his cock until his sex jerked wildly deep within her pussy. She ground her hips in a circular motion and played with his balls. She knew he was desperate to thrust, but she wouldn’t hop up and down until she had her fill. Kade reached up beneath her dress and grabbed her breasts within his big hands. He tweaked her nipples, plucking them
with his thumbs and making her forget about her plans to tease him into submission. Kade pushed her forward until her palms were braced on the dash. Kade bounced in and out of her tight pussy, taking her fast and hard. Her breasts bounced wildly in his palms as he worked her sex over as though it’d be the last time they ever got to fuck again.

  The sound of their heavy breathing and their loving filled the air. Wynn loved the sound of their slapping bodies. Kade’s fingers came down to rub her clitoris into a frenzy.

  “Oh, Kade...”

  “Come for me, baby.”

  He ground himself hard into her pussy, and her body exploded around his thick cock. Kade groaned his approval as she rode him until her sex stopped flexing tight. Kade pulled his glistening sex out of her and moved her off his lap.

  “Bend over the back of the seat.”

  Wynn kneeled in the middle with her waist half into the back of the seat. Kade took both wrists and showed her where to hold onto. There were bars on the back window that Wynn wrapped her hands around. Kade kneeled behind her, rubbing his cock over her pussy and ass. Kade pulled her hips up and dipped his cock into her pussy.

  He held her tight for a moment as he tried to slow down the need to take her fast. She felt him twitching deep within her core. Wynn reared her hips back, and Kade pinched her ass with his hands.

  “Wrong move, baby. I can’t stop now.”

  “Oh, Kade...take me. Take me fast and hard.”

  He held her shoulders tight as he flexed his long, thick cock in and out of her pussy. Wynn felt his sex tighten harder as he sexed her. He flexed his thick shaft in and out, over and over until she felt core spasm again. Kade reached around and grabbed her nipples, pinching them and pulling on them to intensify her orgasm. She cried out his name as her orgasm spiraled into another one. Kade growled deep within the back of his throat, sending the rumble down to his sex. She felt his cock flex out hard, and he jerked it out.

  Kade let go of one of her breasts to grab his cock, and she knew he was ripping the condom off his shaft. He placed the plump head of his cock on the rim of her anus as he pumped himself off. Wynn felt his orgasm shatter through his entire body as a hot stream of cum shot over her bottom. He held her tight. Kade was breathing hard as he eased back, lowering her dress around her hips.

  He kissed her neck, scraping his teeth over her shoulder.

  “You’re amazing,” he said.

  She thought about the secrets she was keeping. Guilt mixed with her spiraling emotions. “Thanks. You’re not so bad either.”

  Kade pulled the flaps of his jeans closed and adjusted his cock back inside his jeans. Wynn smoothed her spaghetti straps back up her shoulders and sat back down in the passenger seat. Kade ran a hand through his hair as he eased back behind the wheel.

  He shifted the car into drive and headed back toward the main road. “I’ll give you back your shoes on one condition.”

  It was sounding a lot like blackmail. The corner of her mouth lifted. “I’m listening.”

  “You go climbing. You climb with me.”

  She lowered her voice. “So you’re a climber.”

  “Yeah, I am. I can keep up with you, too,” he said.

  Wynn pretended to think about it as Kade pulled his big truck up next to her Jeep. “Doesn’t working for the Forest Service conflict with your ideals as a climber?”

  He put the truck in park and looked at her hard. He reached around her shoulders and pulled her closer. Kade rubbed his hot fingers over the sensitive part of her neck. He kissed her passionately, dipping his tongue deep within her mouth.

  He pulled a breath away. “No it doesn’t. I wasn’t always a special agent with the Forest Service.”

  “Oh?”

  “I worked for the Secret Service for twelve years.”

  She wanted to know more about that, but she didn’t ask. There wasn’t any information in his personnel file about his work for the Secret Service. “You really don’t want me climbing alone, do you?”

  “No. You could get hurt and wouldn’t have anyone to help you.”

  “Fine. I won’t climb alone. Are you free tomorrow?” she asked.

  “I have the day off.”

  She pulled away and slipped her heels back on. “Good. I’ll give you a call. Maybe we can climb tomorrow,” she said.

  Wynn went to snag the Scarpas but didn’t make it far before Kade’s hand reached out and stopped her.

  “I’ll bring those when I meet up with you tomorrow.”

  “You really don’t trust me on this, do you?” she asked.

  He grinned. “No, I don’t. You’re my rule breaker.”

  She smiled. “Meet me at Eagle Point Buttress. We’re climbing Pussy Whipped tomorrow afternoon at one.”

  The corner of his mouth lifted. “Are you trying to tell me something?”

  “No, not at all.”

  “That’s a nice area. It tends to get rowdy with campers that drink. I’ve had a few bottles thrown at my head when I’m climbing.”

  “That’s why we’re going during the week. I’ve heard there’s a waterfall, too...”

  “There is. It’s a nice place to camp in the summer,” he said.

  “See you tomorrow, ranger.”

  Wynn got out of his truck feeling like she won, but the feeling didn’t last long. Next time they hooked up, she was planning on letting him know that this was just a casual fling. She couldn’t keep things going like this. She needed to rule him out so she could move on.

  Chapter Nine

  She was a rule breaker, always had been.

  Wynn knew Kade followed the rules, so she hiked out to Pussy Whipped early. She was just coming through the clearing when she caught sight of Kade’s bare, muscled back glistening in the sun. Her breath left her, and it took her a moment to remember to breathe. Morning sunshine worshipped his back like an obsessed lover.

  He hadn’t heard her approach. He was squatting as he ran the rope through his hands, checking for defects in the fibers. She watched his muscles go to work for him as he moved. Wynn had quiet footsteps when hiking through the woods. Slowly, she lowered her bag of gear to the ground and crept up behind him.

  She covered her hands over his eyes.

  He jumped and whirled around, taking her down to the ground in one athletic move that was a blur of movement. The air left Wynn as her backside hit the ground hard, and Kade covered her with his body. Her eyes were wide as she looked up at him. An animal look was on his face as he realized too late that it was her. His eyes widened, and he loosened his hold.

  “Wynn?”

  She wasn’t hurt, only startled at the sheer power that gave him the ability to move that way. It was almost inhuman. It made her wonder what other skills he had that she didn’t know about.

  “Did I hurt you?” he asked.

  He looked upset. She grinned and touched his jaw. “No. I’m sorry...I startled you.”

  He gave her a quick kiss on her lips and helped her to her feet. “You’re early.”

  “I thought I’d give the route a quick look before you got here,” she confessed.

  He gave her a look that challenged her to bear her soul. “I’m glad I got here early, then.”

  She checked out the equipment he brought. He had a rope and Black Diamond carabiners. Trad climbing involved a lot of safety equipment. There were two harnesses on the rock, right next to her yellow Scarpas. Her shoes. She sat down and toed her feet into her climbing shoes. She laced them up and stretched her legs out.

  “We doing trad?” she asked.

  “That okay with you?”

  “Sure. It’s been a while for me,” she said. “Who goes first?”

  “Ladies first,” he said.

  She took the harness he offered and slipped it over her tight-fitting climbing pants. Kade came over and helped her cinch in the legs and waist. His possessive gaze moved over her blue sports bra. He gave her a good pull in the center, bringing her in close. He gave her a kiss with his eyes
open. There were questions in his eyes as his gaze moved over her body, and he stepped back. She knew he wasn’t bold enough to ask her if she was wearing her workout thong. She tightened the buckle down on the harness and clipped on her chalk bag. She then hooked on the cams she’d be using as anchors as she climbed the route first.

  Kade harnessed up and clipped the rope into his carabiner. “Ready?” he asked.

  “I think I am.”

  “Belay?” she asked.

  “Belay on.”

  “Climbing,” she said.

  “Climb on.”

  Wynn chalked her hands and headed for the rock. She started out slow, feeling the rush of adrenaline that came with starting a new climb on a new rock. She climbed up ten feet before fitting her first cam between a crack in the rock. She pressed the center of the cam in and let go. It snapped out, creating a safety anchor if she fell. She reached between her legs, pulling the slack of rope up to clip it into the carabiner hanging from the cam.

  Climbing became a quiet dance of peace and serenity. She was shocked she felt it with Kade keeping her tied down to the rock. With each move, she felt as though she were moving closer to trusting him with the truth about what she was doing down here.

  She didn’t understand how this man had managed to slip his way into her heart so quickly. Or more importantly, how she allowed him to come inside without protecting her heart at all cost. She placed more cams as she climbed higher.

  Halfway up, Wynn looked down the cliff to see Kade watching her closely. He gave her slack in the rope and tension where she needed it, and he anticipated each of her moves with checking the route above her head.

  “Nice!” Kade yelled.

  A thrill danced over her skin. She wanted to impress him. “Thanks.”

  Distracted by Kade’s praise, she missed a critical hold for her right hand. That left a bad one. Wynn went for the bad one anyway, knowing she’d have to move off it fast.

  “Easy now. You have a better hold off to your right. There’s a nice pocket there.”

  She trusted Kade and went for it, finding the spot fast. Her left leg swung out without a hold as she leaned into the new one. Her hand went a second later, and she did a barn door off the cliff wall before she swung back in, hitting the rock. Wynn dug her toe onto the face of the rock as she back stepped to keep from doing a barn door again. She placed another critical cam and locked herself in with the rope.