Natural Born Enemies (Cedar River Series) by Gemma K. Murray Page B

cheeks.
    I shook my head. “Nothing is wrong, babe. These are tears of joy because I’ve missed you as well.”
    Adam set his beer on the bookshelf beside where we were standing and drew me close. “I’m sorry I’ve hurt you. By staying away, I thought maybe you would move on. You don’t want a wounded soldier with no visible wounds, darlin’. I’m a mess.”
    I snorted. “You think you’re a mess? Look at me Adam! I lost you to a war and within a month of you leaving, I lost our baby, Adam. I figured if our baby was born, it would give you a reason to return to me.”
    Adam laid his cheek against the top of my head. I realized he was hurting. I tried to move to look at him, but he just held me tighter.
    “I’m so sorry, Luna. I can’t say anything other than I’m sorry. I should have fought for you. I should have stayed behind and fought. I took the coward’s way out and ran off to war. I didn’t even try to write to you to see how you were.”
    I was shocked. “Adam! You didn’t run away. Dad and Roman didn’t really give you a choice. It was either that or a battle to the death. To be honest, I think they were both hoping you would die over there. Then, there would be no blood on their hands.”
    It was Adam’s turn to snort. “Yeah, I know. Roman fears me because he thinks I want to become Alpha. As if I need any more bullshit. Rock is pissed off because I spoiled his precious pup. Maybe it would have been easier to die in the Middle East, but it would have made them two of the happiest men ever. I’m just not in that particular business.”
    I smiled against Adam’s firm chest and he took my hand in his.
    “I also would have missed the chance at this if I hadn’t come home.” He took my face in his hand and tilted it so I was looking into his teary eyes. “I came home for you, Luna. I don’t want you to ever forget that. I may not have realized it when I stepped off the plane, but you’re the reason I fought to live. You’re the reason I came back to Cedar River. Luna, you are my home.”
    My heart caught in my throat with that final proclamation. I was his home? Gods, this man had a way with words. I took his hand, picked up my bottle of water, and led him to the sofa. He sat down against the arm and pulled me into his lap.
    “Do you know you’ve always smelled like chocolate to me?”
    I smiled broadly. “You’ve always smelled like moonlight through the red cedars. It’s the smell of darkness and light combined with the smell of the cedar trees.”
    Adam stroked his hands through my hair. “You still smell like chocolate, but there is something more there now.”
    “It’s called Bitten By Chocolate. It’s the perfume I wear.”
    “That’s not it. You haven’t always worn the perfume. You have always smelled like the most decadent chocolate in the world.”
    I smiled as he nibbled on my neck. “In order to keep your smell with me, I used to walk into the deepest heart of the forest and close my eyes. In that place and in that moment, I felt closer to you.”
    Adam sighed deeply as he pulled my lips to his. “Kiss me, Luna. Welcome home a soldier.”
    I took his face in my hands and looked deep into his passion-darkened eyes. “Welcome home, Adam,” I whispered as I brushed my lips across his.
                                                                

Chapter Twelve-Adam
     
    Holding Luna in my arms was something I’d only dreamed of since I’d left. Her mouth on mine was exactly as I remembered, yet it had changed in a way. My Luna had changed while I had been away and her ruby red lips were attempting to prove just how much she’d changed. The bite to my shoulder drew me back to the present and her warm body began to slide down mine. She straddled my lap and settled her luscious backside against my growing erection. I leaned my head back and let her do whatever damage she could do to me. She unbuttoned my