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PROLOGUE

How had he known she would be waiting on him, here of all places Rowdy Mackay steered the Harley into its parking spot before lifting his glasses fro the demon sprite as she moved from the wood bench to stand on the sidewalk in front of him

She earing one of those short, snug little T-shirts she liked so er shirts He had lost two more on this trip ho his shirts since she was sixteen—when herhis favorite bit of trouble right into his home

And he had been running fro

He turned and tucked the sunglasses into the side of his Marine-issue duffel bag strapped on the back of the Harley before he bent his leg on the gas tank and watched her silently Dawg and Natches were supposed to be here soon Daas driving Natches over so he could take the Harley back, but they weren’t here yet There was no one to distract hi him crazy

She enty-three and her kisses were soft summer rain They slid over a et all wet and ith her, inviting hiht be a hell of a lot more than she could handle

She stepped from the sidewalk The low rise of her jeans didn’t even co shadow of her navel She made him sweat in the middle of damned winter But it wasn’t winter now, it was suain

And this time, he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that he wouldn’t be able to walk away again This was his last year away fro her, without taking her or tasting her kiss, she s he didn’t expect

His chest tightened at that knowledge At the effort it was going to take to walk away froain

“You left without saying good-bye ” She stopped beside the Harley, her dove gray eyes staring back at hiet to see you this time ”

No, she hadn’t He had stayed as far away fro the six weeks he was back on the boat he kept at the marina

A playful breeze caught at the long curls of her golden brown hair and tugged at the lush waves of silk he drea around his body He had dreahts on the boat Drea her beneath his body, and taking her until neither of the them

Other woured into his lust His stubborn body rejected them He wanted Kelly

HisHe could feel the need to pull her to hi the best of him

“Rowdy?” Her voice was filled with a young woman’s hope, her dreams, and all the passion he knew burned inside her