"Looks good to me."
He glanced at her over his shoulder and caught her gazing at his nicely shaped rear.
"I was talking about the painting."
"And I was talking about your butt, but the painting looks all right too."
He laughed as he neared her and took the box out of her hands.
He brushed his hand though her hair and gave her a light kiss. Sunshine reached around his hips and gave a tight squeeze to his heinie.
"You keep doing that," Talon said throatily, "and we won't get any more unpacking done today."
She gave him a devilish grin. "That's okay. It's not like we don't have the rest of eternity to move in."
"Well, in that case..." He set the box down and scooped her up in his arms.
Sunshine laughed as he headed toward the indoor pool. "Where are you taking me?"
His look was purely sexual. "To the only room we haven't broken in yet."
"You are insatiable."
"I know. Evil to the core."
As they passed the dining room, she made him put her down long enough to grab a small, wrapped package.
Talon frowned, then he tossed her over his shoulder and sprinted with her to the back of the house.
Sunshine was still laughing when he laid her down gently next to the pool.
"What's this?" he asked after she handed him her gift.
"It's a housewarming present for you."
He opened it to find an Eddie Munster Pez dispenser.
A wide smile spread across his face. "I can't believe you found one."
Sunshine lifted his scarred right hand and kissed it. Then, she turned it over in her hands and studied the swirling design of the burn.
The first thing Talon had done when he had taken her to her loft had been to remove the scar from her hand that she had received from holding the medallion.
Now that scar resided on his hand instead of hers.
"I love you, Talon," she whispered. "More than you will ever know."
He fingered her cheek with his left hand as his amber eyes scorched her with their sincere intensity. "I love you, too, Sunshine. Thank you for your strength and for giving up soy products."
She laughed at that, then kissed him passionately.
Talon stepped away from her as he caught sight of the box she'd brought in a few minutes ago. It held a collection of things they had packed up from his desk, including the box that held Nynia's tore.
"I've been meaning to do something." He removed the tore from around his neck and placed it with Nynia's.
Sunshine frowned as she watched him slide open the door to the back porch that looked out over the swamp.
"What are you doing?"