Seducing Their Wayfaring Souls [3xtasy Lake 7] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Corinne Davies Page A

wanted, little notes left for each other over mundane things highlighted with sensual promises and doodled hearts. He wrote down his cell phone number and address. After a second of deliberation he wrote down a second number. “If you need anything at any time then I want you to call me, okay?” He handed the sheet to Tara. “I wrote Lars’s phone number on there, too. I know he wouldn’t mind.”
    She glanced down at the number and folded the paper and put it in her pocket and nodded. “Sure, um, I’m staying at the hotel for the next day or two at the most. Maybe we can meet for a coffee or something.”
    “I work at the radio station across the street from The Shack. It’s a couple of doors down from the hotel. We could meet there tomorrow, say about noon?” This way he could buy her and Zack lunch. Jelani’s earlier comment about Tara needing a good meal haunted his thoughts. “I’ll call Lars and see if he wants to meet us, too.”
    Colour rushed into Tara’s cheeks and she fidgeted, avoiding his gaze. “No it’s okay. I don’t want to bother him or anything.”
    Interesting reaction. Cris was looking forward to seeing Lars’s reaction when Tara’s name came up. “We’ll see then.”
    She was back to not looking him in the eye, so he cupped his hand under her jaw and leaned forward, pressing his lips against her cheek, near her temple. He inhaled slowly, taking her scent into his lungs, which went a long way to settling down the animal restlessly pacing inside of him. He wasn’t dumb enough to push the issue right now, but he had no intention of letting her run away from him.
    “I’m very happy you found me, Tara,” he whispered against her skin. “You might not believe this, but I’ve thought about you every day wondering what happened.” Before she could voice what was no doubt disbelief, he swooped down and pressed his lips against hers. Gently and softly, he tasted her skin and fought back the urge to seduce her mouth open so he could deepen the kiss.
    She gazed up at him with a slightly unfocused look, and lifted her fingers against her lips as if to hold the memory of his kiss there. I hope that’s what she’s thinking . “The universe has given me a chance to get to know you again and if the accident hadn’t happened, you would’ve driven past and we might never have crossed paths. Think about it. I’ll see you both tomorrow, Tara.”
    Walking away from her was one of the biggest challenges he’d ever faced. He lifted his arm and waved at the group playing soccer on the back lawn, but didn’t stop. If he had, he wouldn’t have left and right now he wanted Tara to be comfortable and relaxed. He knew his presence wasn’t conducive to that at the moment.
    He pulled on his helmet and straddled the bike. It rumbled underneath him. The sound should’ve drowned out Zack’s laughter, but Cris heard him. He looked up in time to see Zack run around the corner, jumping up and down and waving.
    Cris laughed and waved to him. Tara stood in the front window, her fingers still resting against her lips. He blew her a kiss and winked. A ghost of a smile curled her lips and he counted that as a step forward. There were so many challenges to face if he was going to convince her to stay there. The greatest of all would be getting her to accept that her son wasn’t completely human.

Chapter Five
     
    Lars sat in a Muskoka chair at the end of a long dock, looking out over the shimmering surface of his lake. The stars glinted on the water like diamonds and the crescent moon rippled every time he tossed another stone out in front of him. He loved swimming deep on nights like this and looking up at the reflections from underneath and then diving down deeper and deeper until he couldn’t see the sky, only the still perfection of the deep. The pressure of the water on his skin was a comfort to his senses. So much happened up on the surface, he relished the deprivation the bottom of the lake