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cubs,” Jessie whispered. She didn’t want to cry again. She wanted to be strong for him and herself. She swallowed the lump in her throat and it was painful.

“I know,” Cody said. He kissed her cheek and the tip of her nose and her forehead. “Whatever happens, I swear to you, we will not rest until we get them back. I don’t care what the elders said and I don’t give a shit. I don’t give a shit if the cubs belonged to the sleuth, they belong with us now. Not those monsters. We’ll get them back, Jesse. I swear. My brothers have my back. They always have. I need you to trust them as much as you trust me. Do you trust me?”

“Always,” Jessie murmured.

There was more to be said. She wanted to know how the sleuth had found her and him and if he had any idea where the cubs were but just for this moment, she was dizzy with want and love for him. She clung to him and kissed him, their lips sliding together as they drew strength equally from each other.

“It’s okay, my love,” Cody whispered. She felt like they were both a little dazed from how surreal things felt. But it loosened their tongues. There was no use pretending how they felt anymore. They could only be honest now. “It’s okay, my mate.”

“Yes,” Jessie said. “I am. Always.”

They couldn’t hear the guards anymore. They might as well have been miles away. So Cody kissed her deeply as the two of them sank slowly to the floor.

53

Jessie

Cody and Jessie might as well have been in Cody’s big bed back in his luxurious suite for all that either of them cared about their surroundings. The cell was dingy and dim and it smelled like rust and dust. But none of that mattered when Cody was holding her. All they could feel were each other; the sensation of skin on skin as their bodies melded into each other and they writhed on the hard cold floor.

Jessie let Cody plunder her mouth with his tongue. He was unapologetic in his passion, his hand sliding up her leg from her ankle and up the curve of her calf to the cool softness of her thigh. She was still wearing her maid’s uniform and he pushed up the skirt slowly, crouching over her.

Jessie yanked at Cody’s shirt. He tended to wear sleek black button-ups that he probably bought at the shops in the lodge’s promenade for too much money instead of going anywhere else. The shirt likely cost more than half of Jessie’s wardrobe, but she wasn’t gentle as she yanked out of his waistband as their breath mingled. His musky scent was overpowering and by now it was all tied up in her desire for him. All she needed was to smell him, especially when he was turned on, and that was enough to get her wet. She was wet now, wantonly parting her legs for Cody as he shoved her skirt up over her thighs, shoving the tight fabric all the way over the curve of her hips.

Jessie arched up off the floor, urging Cody on, and fumbled with his buttons until he sat up and stripped off his shirt, tossing it aside. He didn’t grin in that assured slightly wolfish way he had. His mouth was a grimace of steady concentration, his gaze intense, as if he were doing something important. Jessie almost had a feeling that if they got close enough or loved each other enough or managed somehow to merge themselves into each other, perhaps they’d gain the sympathy of the fates who would step down and help them and save the cubs and the family they had only just discovered together.

Cody unbuttoned his slacks and she helped him unzip until he shoved his boxer-briefs down, his cock springing free. It was half hard and Jessie breathed some incoherent plea as she pulled him down on top of her. She reached between them and stroked the length of him, his shaft firming up at her touch alone.

“Jessie,” Cody whispered in her ear. “Jessie, my mate, my love... ”

The last time they’d shared this together, they’d both talked so dirty. She had loved that. It felt like something a little bit forbidden and they’d revealed themselves to each other that way, making themselves vulnerable to each other. But this felt entirely different. This was love and even if it was heated and impulsive and taken and