Chapter 22

“What do you want?” His voice rasped like sandpaper, gone hoarse in the face of his desire. “Anything, Caleb. Everything I am, everything I have, it’s yours. It always has been.”

In that moment, I wanted to lick that beautiful brown skin all over, and claim him as I’d clearly owned him in Jamaica. Time was not on my side, however, and as ravenous as I was for him, I didn’t want to waste any more than necessary. Later, I promised myself. When I found the answers that would keep us both alive and give us eternity. Then, I would use and abuse every minute he gave me.

“You spread open on the bed.” I began to carry him toward the piece of furniture in question, nestled in the far corner. “I hope all your careful planning included buying lots of lube.”

A wicked smile curved his generous mouth. “My careful planning did more than that.”