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.Or maybe she shouldn't say anything at all.Maybe she shouldn't have him present when Leah returned and she and Esme worked on restoring Iris's lost weeks."Iris." Cade eased his way onto the bed next to her, his tone a jumble of frustration, tenderness and impatience.She drew a shaky breath.He had every right to be impatient.She had made him wait for twelve years.His hand curled around hers and she released the breath she had been holding.Start small, she thought."Esme and Leah are going to regress my memory this afternoon."His gaze widened and he gave a small nod."I wondered why she didn't argue with Dana about delaying a while longer before contacting the Witches Council.""Exactly," Iris answered."That and making sure the other latents are clear.""Yeah." A harsh laugh punctuated his agreement as his mind turned toward the crystals in Esme."Camille better hope someone other than Dana gets to her first."Pulling Iris's hand onto his lap, Cade tilted his head down so he could see her face and she could see his.He waited for her to say something more.She let him wait, her brain still turning over which was the wiser course -- have him present or lie and say that was all she wanted to tell him.Hell, "wise" wasn't even part of her calculations.She wanted what was less painful, for both of them.Only she hurt at the idea of him being absent during the regression every bit as much as his being present cut at her.Different pains, but equal.Smothering both was the fear of the unknown.What would she remember? What horrible, terrifying things would come out of her mouth?"I suppose you don't want me there when it happens?" He said at last.She didn't listen to the words so much as their tone, at the fierce quiver of need to protect her and at the undercurrent of hurt because he thought she didn't want him with her.She turned toward him, tears filling her eyes and shook her head."I absolutely want you with me when they do it."There! The decision was made, no turning back.So why didn't she feel any relief?Cade pulled her close, one arm behind her back and his big hand curled around her other hip."Why?"A silent, slightly hysterical laugh rang inside her head.She hadn't felt relief because a decision made is not a decision executed.He wanted to know why.More than one reason clamored in her thoughts.Scared shitless, she felt afraid, vulnerable, unable to protect herself.Cade would keep her safe.And if she shifted again, just as she had done while trapped in Oscar's memories, who would protect Esme and Leah?"I don't want to repeat what I remember," she answered flatly.Cade made a little noise at the back of his throat, as if he wanted to call her on the bullshit she'd just spread out in front of him.Instead, he pressed his lips against her hair, nuzzling her for a second before he asked, "Is that all?"No, but she didn't think she could admit it, not with him sitting so close, his arm already around her, his lips a centimeter from her face.Letting go of the hand he still held, Cade smoothed his palm across Iris's stomach so that he had her fully encircled in his arms.The kiss he had pressed to her hair moved down to her cheek, the lips whispering over her skin in a feathering of kisses inexorably aimed at her mouth.She wanted to turn into him, to offer up her submission, to tell him that she wanted him there because she loved him, always had, and was terrified to go in alone.But she knew where that would lead.Hell, she was sitting where that would lead!Pushing lightly at his chest, she cleared a little distance between them."We can't be intimate.before."She wasn't sure about after, either, and Cade knew it.He lifted his dark brows at her, his mouth lightly upturned in a mischievous smile."Is that a magic rule, baby?""No." She rolled her eyes at him before turning serious."You might regret it after you hear what I--""Never," he interrupted and pulled her close again, his arms tensing to ensure she stayed within his embrace."You're just looking for another excuse to hide, baby.You don't ever need to hide from me."His teeth captured the lobe of her ear as one hand slid up the swell of her stomach.Reaching the breast, he paused, the heat of his open palm penetrating her blouse and bra as Cade gently chewed along the curve of her jaw.Iris turned her face toward Cade's.His mouth captured hers as his palm slid further up to cup her swollen flesh.His thumb and index finger found the jut of her excited nipple and he gave a slow tug."Cade." She repeated his name in a half concealed moan, the jaws of her wolf locked around any protest Iris might offer.He eased off the bed, his tongue and lips unceasing in their sweet torment as his hands gripped her knees and teased her legs apart.The clothes she had dressed in earlier that afternoon were Esme's.The hem of the long black skirt that usually swished around the witch's ankles fell mid calf on Iris.Cade pushed the fabric up to her thighs, his touch hotter than lava as his fingertips and palms flowed over her skin.With one hand against the center of Iris's chest, Cade coaxed her onto her back, her plump bottom perched at the edge of the mattress and her legs spread as wide as they would go.Knowing he was seconds from tasting her, Iris felt the first stab of panic and reached for the mass of dark curls slowly descending toward her sex.Cade let his mate knot her fingers in his hair, but didn't alter his trajectory.When she lightly tried to pull him away, he shook his head.His lips played over her inside thigh, the kisses hotter than his hands had been seconds before."Baby, you don't understand what a well-behaved wolf I've been," he cautioned."You're still in heat."Kissing her other thigh, Cade let the words sink in.When Iris started to squirm, he gave a small nip, just hard enough to flush the pale skin without breaking its surface."Baby, you're a walking land mine," he pressed."You heard all those cars and trucks that pulled up while we were talking?"Her grip slowly relaxed as she realized his point before he said it."No one has come inside." He nipped her again, a little harder and through the thin material of her underwear."Because of this
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