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Reece

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 Panting, I pulled away from her. Raising my head to stare at her as I tore at the fastening to my belt and pants. I pulled the fabric away, stripping the last of the clothes from my body in a rush. I noticed that she was flushed from the chest up to her cheeks. The sight was enough to make my mouth water. I wanted to lick my way up her body just as much as I wanted to be inside her.

 I decided I could still take a little time. I leaned back over her and placed my tongue just above her knee. Slowly, I licked up her inner thigh. I skirted about her core, I didn't need to be drawn there again, I was on a mission. I continued higher, lapping at her navel again. Higher, my tongue went higher, up over her ribs. I took the time to lap at each breast before continuing up her chest and to her neck. I ended once again at her mark. I pressed my tongue to it firmly causing her to squirm beneath me.

 "Reece." She moaned, slightly dazed.

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Reece

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 I had an extra spring in my step when I went down to breakfast the next morning. I walked in and took my seat without saying a word.

 "What's with that look?" Mom asked me.

 "What look?" I deflected.

 "The 'cat that ate the canary' grin that you've got." Mom was looking at me quizzically.

 "I don't know what you're talking about." I tried to sound as innocent as I could.

 "Yeah, sure you don't." Mom clearly didn't believe me.

 A few minutes later Abigail brought our breakfast to the table, but Little Bunny still hadn't come down.

 "Where's Trinity?" Mom asked, a look of concern on her face.

 "I haven't seen her." Abigail answered.

 "Julie, will you go find out what is keeping her?" I asked, I wanted to see my mate before I had to leave.

 "Yes, Sir." She replied before hurrying out of the room.

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Trinity

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 I had just sat down to read a book until lunch when I heard a knock at the door. I was really letting myself get distracted today.

 "Come in." I said.

 "Hey." Juniper called as she opened the door.

 "Hey Juniper, what are you doing here?" I asked her, confused.

 "Well, I tried calling you, but you didn't answer." She giggled. "But I know you can't go anywhere, so I figured you would be here." She sat on the sofa next to me.

 "Yeah, you probably called while I was taking a shower." I told her. "I missed you." I said, leaning over to hug her. The motion caused a sharp pain, making me wince.

 "Trin, what's wrong?" Juniper asked me.

 "Don't worry about it." I laughed. I did not need another person interrogating me until they found out what I did.

 "You got hurt again? But you've been at the estate this whole time, right? You haven't left." She sounded scared.

~~

Trinity

~~

A little while later, Caleb was pulling the car into the parking lot near the campus bookstore. It was just a little after seven, so I had plenty of time before they closed. Frederick had stayed behind at the house to wait for us. That left Caleb and me alone in the car. I'm not used to him yet so the ride was a little tense and awkward.

Caleb parked near the back of the empty parking lot, Vincent always did the same but usually when the lots were going to be full. Maybe it was just something that they all did. One major difference that I noticed between Caleb and the other though, was he didn't open doors like I was told to expect. Perhaps that was because he wasn't a guard but instead the Beta and just wasn't used to it. Oh well, I could open them myself.

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Reece

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"As you can see, gentleman, my company's success rate with acquired businesses has been phenomenal. I have no reason to believe that your company wouldn't follow suit." I was currently in the middle of a meeting with the owners and operators of the bodyguard agency, but my mind was actually eleven hundred miles away. I couldn't stop reliving every moment with my sexy little temptress from the past two nights. I needed to stop it, I needed to focus.

"Mr. Gray, I see no reason not to proceed." The current owner of the company was smiling happily.

~~

Reece

~~

It was nine before we were given the all clear for take off. The Liberty 75 Learjet was small and wouldn't fly nearly as fast as a commercial plane, but it was better than having layovers that last hours long. The result was a nearly three hour flight, and with the time change, it was one in the morning when I deplaned and made my way toward my rental car.

I had rented the fastest sports car I could find, and I would be putting it to the test. I raced through the night, across the empty highway. I made the seventy-minute drive in just over forty-five minutes. I pulled into the garage back at home by two in the morning.

I should have been tired, with how late it was and the hectic night, but sleep was the last thing on my mind. I found Vincent and David waiting for me in the kitchen when I went inside. 

"Tell me you found something." I begged him.

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Trinity

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I woke up in a room that was nearly dark, just a small lamp across the room from me. It was damp and smelled like mold, mildew and dirt. I felt a slight chill. All these clues made me think I was underground somewhere, most likely an old cellar or basement. The table the lamp sat on, and a single chair next to it were the only furniture I could see in the room.

The last thing I had remembered was calling out Reece's name when Caleb was about to put the cloth over my mouth. Now, I was waking up groggily with my face pressed into the dirt. The left side of my face stung like I had been hit, or maybe dropped, on my face. 

I tried to push myself into a sitting position, but that was when I realized that my arms were tied behind my back. They had obviously been there for a while because they had gone numb from the position they were in. I didn't know what time it was, or how long I'd been here, but I knew I needed to get away.