“You coming?”
She didn’t have to ask him twice. “I brought you some sunscreen.”
“I hope that’s not in place of maple syrup.” Was she laughing at him?
He pulled out a green bottle, squeezed out a dollop of gel and gently slathered it on her nose. “You’ve been by the pool all morning. We live in the desert, you know.”
She started to laugh. A lyrical, carefree laugh so full of joy it staggered him.
“Shortbread?”
She wiped happy tears from her eyes. “Yes, Cookie?”
“Care to let me in on the joke? What happened between me going in to cook breakfast and now? Something to do with alternate realities? Any more shapeshifters or grandmother spiders?”
“Don’t worry, I’m still mad at you.” But her eyes were full of joy. “You’re going to have to promise me that you will never lie to me again, not even for a surprise party. Not just me. You’ll tell the truth from now on. To everyone. Liam the Truthteller, they’ll call you. You might lose a few friends, but that’s the deal.”
He didn’t hesitate. “I promise. And if you still want to—”
“I love you, too.”
“What?” He wasn’t sure how many surprises he could take. “What did you say?”
She placed her hand over his heart. “I said, I love you. I love everything you are. My best friend. My favorite roommate. My dirty-talking beast of a lover.”
“Are you sure?” For an instant he was terrified she was stringing him along, paying him back for all his half-truths and omissions.
She didn’t answer him, pushing her chair back and standing up instead.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m not that hungry anymore. I think I want to take a nap. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure Bailey is in my bed.”
She took his hand and he found himself walking with her toward the house. “You look like you need to lie down, too. You’re always taking care of me. I think it’s time I took care of you for a while.”
If he was dreaming, he never wanted to wake up. “I am a little stiff.”
Not a lie.
She pursed her lips and made a cooing sound, pulling him through the kitchen and down the hall to his bedroom. “Oh, poor Cookie. Let me kiss it and make it better. Or better yet, I could get excited and, you know, jiggle for you.”
“I had a fantasy that started just like this.”
She laughed and dragged him into the bedroom, shutting the door behind them. “If you say Anna Paquin was in it, I’m leaving.”
He wrapped his arms around her and fell back with her onto the bed. “Only you, Dani. It’s always been you.”
He kissed her, so lost in her that he almost didn’t hear the coyote’s howl in the distance.
He lifted head. “Dani, do you think Stax—”
“Liam.” She shook her head, a knowing gleam in her dark blue eyes. “Stax has eternity, apparently. He can wait. I can’t.”
Liam let her tug his head down, more than happy to oblige her for the rest of his life.
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About R.G. Alexander
R.G. Alexander (aka Rachel Grace) is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author who has written over 50 erotic paranormal, contemporary, urban fantasy, sci-fi/fantasy and LGBTQ romance books for multiple e-publishers and Berkley Heat.
She has lived all over the United States, studied archaeology and mythology, been a nurse, a vocalist, and for the last decade a writer who dreams of vampires, airship battles and happy endings for all.
RG feels lucky every day that she gets to share her stories with her readers, and she loves talking to them on Twitter and FB. She is happily married to a man known affectionately as The Cookie—her best friend, research assistant, and the love of her life. Together they battle to tame the wild Rouxgaroux that has taken over their home.
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