Holding Out For A Hero: SEALs, Soldiers, Spies, Cops, FBI Agents and Rangers
hadn’t lost anyone, but then reality hit. Reality and pain. With every breath, there was pain until I finally started to heal.”
    Healing. Something she hadn’t really done in the many years since her own ordeal. But Zack’s story brought hope and more.
    “I admire what you’ve gone through, Zack. How strong you are,” she said and looked away, unable to face his intense gaze.
    With tenderness, he put his thumb and forefinger beneath her chin and applied gentle pressure to urge her head upward. “You’re strong, too, Samantha. You’ve survived and when you’re ready to move on, you will.”
    She shook her head and sniffled. “I’m not sure I can. I feel so . . . lost sometimes.”
    Something tightened around his heart at the thought of her pain. He cradled her jaw and swiped his thumb across her cheek to wipe away a tear. “You’re not alone. You have all your friends. Me. I’m here to help.”
    A ghost of a smile flitted across her lips. “You can’t even begin to understand how much you’ve already helped, Zack. Tonight . . . it’s the first time in so long that I feel almost normal.”
    He slipped his thumb across that faint smile and offered up a big grin. “I feel the same, but it doesn’t just have to be about tonight, Sam. We can hold onto this feeling for more than just this night.”
    She wanted to hold onto it. She wanted to embrace tonight and the promise of tomorrow that he brought into her life.
    “I want that. I want you. Tonight. Tomorrow. For as long as we want,” she said, leaned close and kissed him.
    He returned the kiss, one filled with hope and promise. A slow gentle kiss that breathed life back into her as desire grew.
    She eased her thigh over his, opening herself to him. Reaching down, she guided him into her center and with a long, tardy thrust, he filled her, but then held steady.
    This time it was about being one.
    He took his time, touching and caressing her. Kissing her over and over until they were both trembling and aching with need. Only then did he finally move, but it was a slow retreat followed by a determined advance as they locked gazes to not miss a second of their loving.
    She couldn’t look away as with each shift of their bodies passion rose ever higher. She trailed her hands all across his body, admiring his strength. Appreciating the play of muscles beneath sun-kissed skin.
    He cradled her back, holding her close. The tips of her breasts brushing against his chest until he reached around and caressed her nipples, tugging and tweaking them until she needed more.
    With a gentle shove of her hand, she urged him onto his back and rode him. Leaned forward so he could take the tight nubs of her breasts into his mouth and suck them, the strong pull of his lips creating a sympathetic tug between her legs.
    She rocked on him, her movements growing wilder as she sought her release and his.
    Zack moved his hands to her hips, guiding her. Helping her drive down on him as he raised his hips and thrust up into her, lost in the feel of her. In the taste of her, nipples so hard and tight against his lips.
    He groaned against her skin as his balls constricted and the swell of his climax rose ever higher until he just couldn’t hold back anymore.
    With a roll she was beneath him and he pounded into her, watching her expressive face as the powerful thrusts rocked her.
    She raised her knees and pushed against him, deepening his penetration and as her body fisted around him, he lost it.
    He came inside her, so powerfully that the edges of his gaze dimmed for a moment, but he held on, wanting to see her join him. Somehow finding the control to move again and take her over the edge, her back arching, her gaze meeting his as she climaxed.
    He held still, buried deep. Her body holding him like an embrace.
    She ran her hands across his back and urged him down, cradling him to her for long minutes.
    “I’m too heavy,” he finally said and went to move, but she caressed his back and

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