Kale watched Shira as she spoke to her cousin on the phone a week later. Shira had been calling Erin daily, hoping to hear more strength in her voice, but concerned at the end of each call that Erin was only pretending to feel better.
At the concerned look upon her face, Kale strode across the room, wrapping her in his arms as she finished her call. “Still not feeling well?”
Shira shook her head, “She says she’s fine, but I can hear it in her voice. Something’s not quite right. I really wanted to tell her about our engagement, but it doesn’t seem right to tell her something like that when she’s feeling so poorly.”
“Is she still going to work?” Kale asked, leaning his chin atop her head.
“Yes. Maybe she’s just having trouble with one of her cases. Sometimes when the case is really difficult, it gets to her.”
“Well, how would you like to check in on her personally?”
Shira turned her head, looking up into his handsome face, “We’re going back to the states?”
“Tomorrow. I figured we would spend six weeks or so letting you pack up your belongings and take care of any other matters. You said your parents might be coming home around that time…”
“Well, they’re not really my parents. They’re Erin’s parents; I just kind of adopted them.”
“Whatever their relationship is to you, I know it’s important to you and I want you to have some time to spend with them before I bring you back to Jawhara.”
Shira turned in his arms, kissing him with all the emotion she had in her heart. “Thank you. That means so much to me. I’ll check in on Erin when we arrive and if she’s still sick, I’ll make her go to the doctor. She can be stubborn, but I learned from the best and I’m not only stubborn, I can be mean, too.”
Kale lifted her up into his arms, heading for their bedchamber, “I think you only pretend to be mean. You’re all soft and caring inside that hardness and you know it.”
“Yeah, you’re right, but don’t tell my cousin that. She still thinks I won’t hesitate to make her life miserable.” Shira laughed, quickly turning her laughter into moans of pleasure as Kale removed her clothing and then his own.
The chemistry between them continued to get better and the emotional bond between them was unexplainable. They had learned much about each other, and took great delight in making the other crazy with desire.
Shira knew just how to touch Kale to send his heart rate racing and his thoughts fleeing from his head. Likewise, Kale had learned all of the secret spots that caused her knees to fold and her body to melt for him.
Together, they could run each other up the mountain of pleasure and then fall into each other’s arms on the way down.
Kale didn’t waste time once he joined Shira back on their bed. He touched her everywhere, tasting her behind every touch and leaving her writhing in pleasure and unfulfilled lust on the bed. When she attempted to wrestle control from him, he allowed it, letting himself be pushed back on the bed as she straddled his hips.
When she was sitting astride him, letting his hardness melt beneath her heat, he watched her through slitted eyes as she ran her hands up and down his chest, using her lips and teeth to make him just as crazy as she had been moments before.
Using his hands on her hips, he lifted her slightly, bringing her down as their bodies joined together. In a dance as old as time, Shira began to move her hips as Kale guided her and soon, she was collapsing across his chest in complete satiation, a smile upon her face.
She fell asleep moments later, dreaming of the things she needed to do before she returned to Jawhara and
her new life. She would miss certain aspects of her American lifestyle, but being with Kale would make up for all of those things and then some.
Chapter 13
Kamal stopped his brother the next morning after breakfast, sending Shira on ahead to finish packing for the flight back to America. “We received some disturbing intelligence this morning.”
“More trouble with the refugees?” Kale asked.
“No. It seems that the faction that overthrew their government is divided on the issue of their return home. I will be travelling to meet with the new leaders and ensure that they understand these refugees need to come home.”
“Is that going to be a problem?”
“No. I don’t believe so, but threats have been made against Jawhara, specifically the royal family, if the refugees are allowed to cross the border.”
Kale was stunned. “They would attack us personally for allowing their own countrymen to leave Jawhara?”
Kamal nodded, “Yes. I am under no illusions that my life is always being threatened. My concern is for Erin and Shira at this point. I tell you this so that you will be extra cautious during your travels. Six weeks is a long time to be on your guard and while in America, you will not have the same level of protection that you have here.”
“I’ll see to the protection of myself and Shira. What about Erin?”