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Chapter Six

Keanu helped Cammie out of the shower. She looked so beautiful it hurt his eyes. He knew in that moment of complete clarity that Cammie Masters was his soul mate. His parents had that connection, he knew, from the stories his mom told him. He’d sworn he’d never fall that hard.

When his dad left, his mother had become a shell of her former self for months, only coming out of it when her own mother had passed away.

Although he’d vowed it would never happen to him, Cammie Masters had just blown that all to hell.

Taking time to properly dry her took patience, when he just wanted to feast on her for hours.

“Keanu, your grandfather said you have a guest. Do you think we can meet her?”

His mother’s yell through the bedroom door startled Keanu. Since the door had to be at least four inches thick, yell might not be a strong enough word.

“I’m just getting her settled, Mom. We’ll be right out.”

The little minx giggled and twisted his nipple. He grabbed for her, but came away with a wet towel to see a buck-ass naked Cammie streaking into his bedroom. He followed at a more leisurely pace, happy to watch as she bent to inspect the bags.

“Damn, you’ve got a fine fucking ass.” He kept his voice low.

A beautiful smile lit up her face. “You’re such a sweet talker.”

“You’ve got a sweet pussy, so I guess we’re even.”

She looked over her shoulder, giving him a look that promised retribution. Turning her head, she let all that gorgeous red hair tumble down her back, then turned to the side, giving him a perfect peek-a-boo of her breasts. He looked down and saw his cock rising to the bait.

“Kea,” his mother bellowed.

Put that thought on hold
.

“Coming, Mom.” Only, not little Kea for a little longer.

* * * *

Aiyana Raine stood next to the counter in the kitchen, her eyes pinning him with their intensity. “I really like her.”

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“That’s good. Because I’m pretty sure she’s it for me.”

His mother didn’t even blink. “What does she think about that?”

Keanu looked away from her quizzical gaze. “I haven’t told her, and I’m not going to, yet.

I’m not really sure how it will work.”

His mother patted his cheek, giving him that mysterious smile that all mothers seem to be born with.

“You better figure it out.”

Keanu gave her a little salute and went to help his grandfather.

Alo’s lips twitched. “Is your mother giving you a hard time?”

“Yes.” He pulled his hair back.

“That is what they do. Your grandmother would tease the older boys the same way. Never did it with your mother, though.”

The old man couldn’t contain his mirth.

Standing side by side, they manned the grill. This was one of Keanu’s favorite places to be.

He owned the thirty acres bordering his family’s land. The blueprints had been drawn up, and the lumber and stones ordered. He just needed to find the time to start the project. No time like the present, especially with how he felt about Cammie. He wondered how attached she was to her own house.

“Hey, why the long face?” Cammie came up and slid her arm around his waist. His

grandfather gave them a sideways glance, ambling off without a word.

He pivoted and placed his hands on her hips. “I’m Indian, woman, of course I have a long face.”

“Ha, ha, funny-man, don’t evade the question.”

“It’s nothing. I was just telling my grandfather about my suspicions.”

He looked over Cammie’s head, making eye contact with Alo. Not wanting her to see the

worry on the older man’s face, he pulled her in for a kiss. She responded so sweetly, he was glad he’d chosen a pair of loose cargo shorts instead of jeans.

“Stop it, you hussy,” he teased against her lips. The blush that stole up her neck and into her face, made him pull her in for another, deeper kiss.

The not so gentle punch she aimed at his solar plexus wasn’t an accident. The brush of her fingers over his dick wasn’t either.

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“You tug on a tiger’s tail, and you might get more than you bargained for,” Keanu

murmured too low for his grandfather to hear.

She stood on her tiptoes and whispered for his ears only. “Bring it on, big boy.” Then she danced out of his reach.

His mother’s delighted laugh, and Cammie’s husky chuckle soothed his need for dominance.

When they finished eating, and after Cammie insisted on them cleaning up the mess, he was ready for a walk. He wanted to take her on his favorite trail, and make love to her under the moon.

Keanu held his hand out to her. “Come for a hike with me?”

A quizzical look crossed her features. “I don’t have any tennis shoes.”

“You can borrow a pair of my mother’s. I think you two are about the same size.”

* * * *

“I’ve never climbed this part before,” Cammie said

“I usually start here and come down on the other side, luckily for you.”

Cammie covered her face with her hands. “Oh God, are you talking about my one fall from grace? Because really, that’s just poor manners to keep bringing up the one time I needed to be saved.”

He pulled her hands away from her cheeks. “Now, I wouldn’t want you to think my mama

didn’t raise a gentleman. But you really were a cute kid.”

“Did you just call me cute?” She poked her finger into his chest.

“I said you were a cute kid.” Keanu cradled her face in his hands. “Now you’re a gorgeous woman.” He murmured, kissing her quickly before stepping back to continue along the path.

They’d reached a particularly level area, bringing to mind all the things he wanted to do with her, and to her.

Stepping up to Cammie, he positioned her against a large rock. Looking down into her face, he lifted her on top of the flat surface.

“Wow, that’s warm.”

Keanu gave a slight bow. “Thank you.”

“Did you do that?”

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He raised his eyebrows. “I told you I was a gentleman, and I have excellent manners. I even say please and thank you.” He flashed his brightest smile.

“Oh yes, you are a charmer.”

He stuck his lower lip out. “You are screwing up my spontaneity.”

“Why, I do apologize.” Cammie drawled.

“I don’t believe you, and for your impertinence, you must be punished.” God, he loved

teasing, and being teased, by this woman.

Cammie raised her eyebrows. “Is this where I beg you not to spank me?”

He threw his hands up. “See, spontaneity is out the window.

He chose this rock because of the waist-high proximity. It afforded him the perfect height, where he could do any number of things to his woman. He smiled a wolfish smile, and she tensed up.

“What’s the matter, Cammie? Are you scared of the big…” he licked her neck, “bad…”

another lick, “wolf?” He bit down on her shoulder.

She shuddered and wrapped her legs around him, locking her ankles behind his back.

“Oh, yeah, I like that.” She rocked against him.

“You can thank me later.” Keanu wiggled a bit to loosen her grip.

Dropping to his knees, he tapped her hips, telling her without words what he wanted her to do.

She lifted and shimmied out of her shorts.

He nearly came at the sight of her in the sheer lace thong he had picked out for her earlier in the day. Leaning in, nuzzling her tight red curls through the see-through material, he earned an intake of breath from her. He inhaled her feminine scent. She smelled like the raspberry body wash they’d bought, and all Cammie Masters.

He knew how to please a woman, and pleasuring her was more important than taking his

next breath. Using his teeth, he tugged on the little scrap of material shielding her from his view.

He hummed in delight at the obvious sign of her arousal coating her inner thighs. He jerked her panties off and tossed them somewhere behind him.

“Hey, those are new.” Her protest sounded halfhearted at best.

“Ssh, I’m busy,” he muttered against her flesh.

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With teeth, lips, and his tongue, he brought her to a swift orgasm. Inserting one, two, and then a third finger to test her readiness, he pumped them a few times before he needed to be inside her.

Keanu stood and tugged at the snap and zipper of his shorts. He took his dick in his hand and teased her with the head. He ran it up and down her slit, collecting her moisture, loving the way her sweet cream coated him.

“Look at me,” came his growled order.

Her eyes flew to his face, and he plunged to the hilt, into his heaven on earth. He knew how to read a woman’s body, and hers was telling him to move, but he wanted to make it last.

The moon was just beginning its glorious rise into the sky, and he wanted to remember this night forever. He wanted Cammie to share this with him.

With slow, measured strokes, he pulled out, and then plunged in, only to pull out and repeat the process, again and again.

She raked his back with her nails, scoring over the marks he knew she’d left earlier. Her thighs tried to pull him in as she struggled to increase the pace with short jerky movements of her hips, but Keanu wasn’t having any of it.

“Watch us, Cammie. See me claiming you.”

Cammie’s eyes lowered to where their bodies connected, watching them as her vaginal walls began to milk him.

Slamming into her, the slow pace became a race to fulfillment. He wanted to fill her with his essence, make her his forever. Mark her, so every man knew she belonged to him. He didn’t know where these thoughts came from, only that they were the absolute truth.

“Again, Cammie.” The need to feel her pleasure was almost overwhelming.

He ground his pelvis against her, hitting her clit with every forceful plunge, and threw her into another climax. Her inner muscles clamped down on him, making his movements short and jerky. His balls drew up tight, semen exploding out of the tip like a shot. He came so hard, he feared she was draining him as she continued to convulse around his still stiff dick.

He collapsed on top of her, breathing like he’d just run a marathon.

“I think you killed me.” He rested his forehead on her shoulder.

She ran her hand down his hair, freeing it from the leather thong he’d used to pull it back, threading her fingers through the strands like she enjoyed the feel of it. He nearly purred.

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“I think I love you, Keanu.”

He raised his head and met her gaze, feeling his dick twitch inside her. “You think you do, or you do?”

“If I say I do, are you going to run screaming for the hills?”

“Well, since we’re already in the hills, it would probably be a waste. Ouch. What was that for?” He gave her a mock glare for pinching his ass.

“Don’t get sassy with me. Remember, the Bobbitt woman will have nothing on me.”

“Why do I find it sexy when you threaten my manhood?”

“Um...” She tapped her chin. “Because you’re a sicko?” she giggled.

“I’ll show you sicko.” He tickled her ribs. “I love you, Cammie Masters.”

She sniffed. “You’re going to make me cry.”

Keanu stopped with his hands on her hips. “I’m waiting.”

“I love you, Keanu Raine. I fell in love with you when I saw you barreling through the forest, even when I thought you were a monster, and I was scared you were going to eat me.”

“You are mighty tasty.” He licked his lips.

“But now I love you with all my heart.”

He released the air in his lungs. He’d hoped, but until he’d heard the words, Keanu hadn’t realized how important it was to know she felt the same for him that he did for her.

“I’m so happy I saved you all those years ago, and I’m even happier to have found you

again.”

“Hey, I could’ve gotten down…” Keanu sealed his lips over hers, and anything else was

forgotten.

* * * *

“Well, well, well. Isn’t this just sweet enough to make a guy throw up," Ted

Grossman sneered, not quite steady on his feet.

Keanu looked over his shoulder. He recognized the man as the douchebag who had been

fucking with Cammie on his first night in town. Carefully, he pulled back and adjusted his pants, before bending to pick up Cammie’s. He kept his body between his and hers, shielding her from the other man’s view.

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He hated the thought of anyone screwing up their perfect moment, least of all another man.

“I was supposed to offer to let you go, but somehow, I don’t think you’ll leave the slut without a fight.”

After he made sure Cammie was covered, he turned around, keeping his body in front of his woman. “You’d be right. So why don’t you just go, and I’ll spare your life.”

“What’s going on, Ted? What are you doing here?” Cammie asked.

“You always were a stupid bitch. Thought you were better than us, just because we worked for your family,” he spat, rocking back on his heels. “I was only your friend when you needed me.”

Cammie leaned around Keanu. “What are you talking about? I thought we were friends.”

Ted’s face turned a deep shade of reddish-purple. “I loved you. I just thought I had to give you time. But as soon as he,” Ted slurred, tilting his head at Keanu, and almost falling over in the process. “Then he came to town and you couldn’t wait to spread your legs for him. You’re no better than a whore. Well I got news for you,
Cammie.
I’ll have you begging me to do whatever I want to you, before I’m through. But I won’t give you the satisfaction. I wouldn’t dirty myself with the likes of you now.”

“Well, thank God for small favors.” Cammie gave an inelegant snort. “When was the last time you showered?”

The man was completely unhinged. Maybe he’d always been unbalanced, but to taunt him

could send him over the edge. Keanu tapped Cammie’s calf in warning. “Cammie, stop it. We don’t need to antagonize him further.” He kept his voice low.

“You should listen to him, Cammie. After I kill the bastard, it will go a lot easier on you.”

Cammie tried to see around Keanu. “Fuck you, asshole. I’ll die before I ever let you touch me.”