Razor's Traitorous Heart: The Alliance Book 2 (29 page)

“Oh, you’re leaving, Kali?” Taylor asked
before she paused to answer the comlink that ping
ed
at her collar. “Yes? Sure, ten minutes? Great, see
you then. Buzz, one of the guys from school, is coming to pick me
up. We’ll be back before it gets dark. I want to be here when
Jordan and Dagger arrive.”

“Where are you going?” Saber demanded.

Taylor looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
For the past two years, he had treated her like she was a child.
She wasn’t a child any longer. She was studying Physical Therapy
and working at the local medical clinic. Her eyes moved to the cane
that he was leaning heavily on. He still refused to do the Physical
Therapy that would help him.

A low growl drew her attention back to his
face, which had turned darker. She could see the rage that always
seemed to be simmering under the surface. She missed the Saber of
old who used to joke and tease her and the others.

“Buzz is taking me out,” she replied with a
shrug as she grabbed her jacket off the back of the kitchen chair
and started to walk by him. “We’ve been hanging out on and
off.”

Saber put his hand out to stop Taylor from
walking past him. He was breathing heavily and a dark regret burned
in his eyes. He stared down into Taylor’s flushed, upturned face.
There was so much he wanted to do and say, but he was not the male
for her. She deserved a male who was whole. A male
who
could protect her the way she deserved to be
protected.

“It is probably the way it should be,” he
muttered.

“Why?” Taylor asked softly, ignoring
everyone else in the room.

“Because you deserve a male who is whole,”
Saber bit out, dropping his arm so she could pass.

Anger glittered in Taylor’s eyes for a
moment before it was replaced with a sly grin. She reached down and
cupped the front of Saber, ignoring the shocked gasp from her
sister and the smothered, choked chuckle from Hunter’s mom and dad.
She squeezed him, empowered by the quick swelling of his cock at
her touch.

“I don’t know,” Taylor said thoughtfully,
“you feel pretty damn whole to me.”

Without another word, Taylor ran her hand
across the bulge one more time before she turned and walked out of
the front of the house. A feeling of triumph swept through her.
Saber wasn’t immune to her touch and she damn well planned on
touching him a lot more.

“Did she just…?” Jesse asked in a choked
whisper.

“I think it is time for us to leave,” Razor
muttered.

Kali’s eyes glittered with a touch of
mischief as she brushed her hand across the front of Razor. Yep,
Razor wasn’t immune to her touch either.

*.*.*

Later that evening, Kali lay back against
Razor’s bare chest. Her breath had been taken away by the beauty of
their new home. Far below, the sound of the waves crashing against
the cliffs echoed softly through their bedroom. A light breeze blew
the curtains around the tall doors that lead out onto the
balcony.

They had finally made it to the bed. They
started making love in the entry way and had made it to the thick
rug in front of the massive fireplace the first time. The second
time had been in the huge bathroom. The tub was the size of a small
pond and they had made love slowly, exploring each other; one
touch, one kiss at a time. They finally fell into an exhausted
sleep several hours ago.

Kali rose silently from the bed, glancing
down at Razor’s relaxed face. In the dim light from the moon, he
looked almost like a Greek god with his chiseled features and
muscular build.

Sweeping a silk wrap up off the footstool,
she slid it on and tied it at the waist. She stepped out onto the
wide balcony. The marble under her bare feet felt cool and smooth.
She glanced at the wide balcony. Biting her lip, she glanced behind
her before deciding once wouldn’t hurt.

Using the thick corner pillar as a brace,
she climbed up onto the banister circling the patio. She wrapped
her arm around the pillar and raised her face to the gentle breeze.
For a moment, as she looked out over the diamond spotted ocean, she
felt like she could fly.

A pair of strong arms circled her waist and
tenderly lifted her off the edge of the balcony. She melted back
against Razor’s warm body. Opening her eyes, she smiled up at
him.

“You’re supposed to be sleeping,” she
whispered, lifting a hand to run her fingers along his jaw.

“So are you,” he replied in a husky voice.
“What were you doing?”

“Flying,” she said.

Razor’s eyes darkened at her
simpl
e
explanation for nearly giving him a
heart attack. For a moment, vivid imagines of the first time they
met flashed through his mind. Her concern, the way she held his
face and kissed him for hurting him, her curiosity about the
softness of his hair. All of it.

“I love you, Kali,” Razor whispered. “I love
your strength, the beauty you see in the world around you, the
touch of your fingers against my skin. You make me feel like I can
fly whenever you look at me.”

Kali’s fingers threaded through his hair.
“Kiss me, love me,” she begged. “Never let me fall.”

“Never, my
fi’ta
. You are my
Amate
,” he said. “I am Razor. I belong to Kali as she
belongs to me. Forever will I tie my life to hers. I will care for,
protect and give my seed only to her. She is my
Amate
. She
is my life.”

“I am Kali. I belong to Razor as he belongs
to me. Forever will I tie my life to his. I will care for, protect
and cherish him as he cherishes me. He is my
Amate
. He is my
life,” Kali whispered at the same time as he spoke his vows to her.
“Forever, Razor.”

“Forever, my
fi’ta
.”

To be continued…. Dagger’s Hope.

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