The new client G.H. hadn’t called with a location that day and Ryder was glad that he didn’t. He was enjoying his time with Tempest and wanted to stretch it out a little longer.

That sounded crazy to him. How could the girl who almost made him shove chopsticks into his ears a few days ago have grown on him so much?

But he knew why. She was amazing.

Everything about her. She always made him laugh with her silliness, playfulness, and unfailingly positive attitude. Her clumsiness that was once an annoyance was now an endearing character trait that he adored and he loved how he never knew what she was going to say. Ever.

And it didn’t hurt that she was gorgeous to look at. He kept stealing glances at her every chance he got and watching her through the reflections in mirrors, metal chairs, windows and of course, the toilet paper holder.

Not only had she invaded his life, but she had also invaded his mind. He thought about her constantly and even dreamed about her when he was sleeping.

Last night he had woken up after dreaming that his lion had bonded to her and watched her sleep for an hour. An hour!

Shit, he was broken.

As feared, this girl had made him lose his mind. Just not in the way he thought she would.

“Ready?” Ryder was in the living room of his cabin, sitting against the bathroom door with his handcuffed arm hooked over his head on the other side of the door. He was getting pretty used to it. Normally, she made him wear these big noise canceling headphones that blared 90’s pop music from her iPod whenever she was in the bathroom, but she was only putting her bathing suit on this time so he wasn’t forced to listen to Hit Me Baby One More Time again. Thank God.

“Ready,” she said as she swung the door open.

Ryder gulped as he looked up at her. She was wearing the world’s sexiest white bikini and it took him everything he had not to rip it off her beautiful body.

“Take a picture it will last longer,” she said with a grin.

“Let me get my camera.”

She laughed and tugged the handcuffs as she walked past him. Her round ass passed by his face, making him instantly hard.

Fuck. This girl… She wasn’t just a bounty hunter—she was a real killer.

“Let’s go, Mr. Perv,” she said, pulling him to his feet.

It was about three in the morning and hot as shit in Ryder’s cabin. They tossed and turned and neither of them could fall asleep so they decided on a late night swim to cool off.

So far, he wasn’t getting any cooler. He was heating up.

They walked outside in the warm night, looking up at the gazillion stars overhead. He turned the pool lights on and they lit up in a turquoise glow, giving the place a sexy atmosphere. Tempest dipped her toe in the water as Ryder lit the tiki torches. He turned some soft music on—Monster by Mumford and Sons.

“I love this song,” she said as they sat by the water letting their feet sink in.

“You were wearing their shirt,” he said softly. “When we first met.”

“You remembered,” she said with a warm smile. “I can’t believe you remembered.”

“Of course,” he said. “How could I forget? I had never seen anyone like you before.”

“You mean with the wand?”

He licked his lips. “With the wand. And with other things.”

She dropped her eyes to the water and smiled shyly.

“I had never seen anyone like you either,” she said as she stirred her foot in a circle, making little waves.

Ryder ran his hand through his hair. “Sorry I was a jerk.”

“No worries,” she said. “Sorry I was a bitch.”

He laughed. “No worries.”

They sat there for a moment, enjoying the warm night, the company, the song, and the nice atmosphere. Tempest looked up, watching the stars as Ryder watched her.

“My first night here, you said you might be moving. What did you mean by that? Why would you want to leave this paradise?”

Ryder watched her lips as she spoke, wondering what they would feel like pressed up against his.

“We don’t want to move,” he said with a sigh. “But we might not have a choice.” He opened up and told her about the ranch’s financial problems and the governor who was breathing down their necks. He told her about the lack of business in town and how they needed to catch this guy or their family legacy would go up in smoke. He poured his heart out to her, getting choked up as he shared his feelings and his fears and speaking to her like he hadn’t spoken to anyone before.

When he finished, her hand was on his, holding it tight.

“You’re not going to lose it,” she said with a sureness in her voice. “We’ll catch this guy and everything will be all right.”

The beautiful song ended and Love Love Love by Of Monsters and Men came on next. They sat in a comfortable silence as they listened to the soothing singing.

“I hope you’re right,” he whispered.

Tempest took his chin in her hand and turned his face until he was looking into her stunning blue eyes. “I’m right. I’m always right. When are you going to learn that?”

He smiled, wondering what her mouth tasted like.

“Come,” she said, squeezing his hand. She pushed off the side of the pool and disappeared under the warm water. Ryder smiled and then joined her.

“That’s better,” she said, licking her wet lips as she popped back up. Her brown hair was slicked back and the glow from the water was giving her soft skin a turquoise hue that made her eyes pop and made her look spectacular.

Ryder couldn’t help himself. He reached out for her and she glided into his arms.

He wrapped his arms around her soft skin as she wrapped her legs around him. Her breasts pressed against his chest as their lips hovered as close as they could get without kissing.

“Hello,” she whispered, tickling his lips with her warm breath.

He smiled. “Hi.”

“Nighttime pool kiss,” she whispered as her fingers glided through his wet hair. “That’s a sexy first kiss.”

“The best kind,” he whispered.

She smiled and Ryder pulled her in, touching her soft lips with his. Her arms tightened around his shoulders as she opened her mouth and their tongues slid up against one another.

They kissed long and slow, stretching the moment out as they tasted each other for the first time.

When Ryder finally released her mouth, she gently tugged down on his bottom lip with her teeth, releasing a hungry moan.

“How was that?” he asked with a smile.

“Better than expected,” she said, licking her soft lips as she looked down at his mouth. “Can I have another?”

He kissed her again, deepening it this time as their bodies closed the distance between them. He could feel her hard nipples pressed against his chest like two little diamonds and it was making him harder than ever.

She moaned into his mouth when her stomach pressed up against his throbbing erection.

“Nighttime pool sex,” she said with a wicked grin. “My favorite kind.”

She pulled back and Ryder started kissing the top of her chest. Fuck, this girl. She was killing him. He had never had anything so perfect in his arms.

“What’s your favorite kind?” she asked.

“I have a feeling,” he said between kisses, “that any kind with you will be my favorite kind.”

She reached behind her back and pulled the string of her bikini top, letting it fall loose over her breasts. “I think you’re going to be right on that one.”

Ryder pulled back and watched with heated eyes as she pulled the top over her head with a sexy grin on her face. He licked his lips as she tossed it behind her, letting it float away on the glowing turquoise water.

She arched her back and Ryder groaned with his dick aching as he looked down at her beautiful breasts bobbing in the water. Her skin was slick and wet, shining with the light of the pool, making her tits look perfect. He admired them for as long as he could before the overwhelming need took over and he had to touch them.

Tempest lowered her back into the water, floating with her legs wrapped around him as he explored her curves with his lips and tongue, kissing one breast than the other. He licked the water off the sides before curving up in an arch and taking her nipple in his mouth, sucking and nibbling until they were both breathing even heavier.

He was far from done caressing and venerating her perfect breasts, but there was more he wanted to explore, and he reassured himself that there would be time later to continue. They would do this again. And again. He didn’t know why, but he was sure of that.

The warm water splashed away from them in large ripples as he pressed a hand on her back and lifted her back up. She grinned as she started grinding her hips on him, rubbing her pussy against his hard cock.

“Your buddy Mack isn’t going to come bumbling out of his cabin for a late night swim is he?” she asked in a husky voice.

“Probably,” Ryder said with a grin. “He likes to swim in the nude. Is that going to be a problem?”

She part laughed, part moaned as she kept rubbing her pussy against him, harder and faster.

He grabbed her waist and pushed her off him. She looked surprised and frustrated for a second, but he held on with a firm grip. “Come,” he whispered, pulling her through the water. “I know just the place where no one can see us.”

She grinned as she glided through the water and wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her breasts to his back as she let him pull her toward the rock grotto.

Ryder’s heart was thumping in his chest as he swam to the little private cave. He didn’t understand why they had paid extra to have that done when they were building the pool—what the hell do five single guys need with a sexy grotto?—but he was happy they had it now.

“This night keeps getting sexier and sexier,” Tempest said with a grin as he pulled her inside. It was covered and private in here, surrounded by rock that was glowing a sexy blue glow from the warm water.

Ryder slid his fingers into the bottom of her bathing suit and pulled it down slowly. “And sexier,” he whispered as her lips came up to his.

She kissed him hard with a deep demanding kiss that shook him to his bones. Her bathing suit bottom slid down to her knees and then Ryder’s foot did the rest of the work. He pushed it down until it slid from her ankles and floated away at the bottom of the pool, leaving nothing on her but a handcuff.

“Am I the only one getting naked?” she asked as her hand glided down his stomach. Her finger dipped into his bathing suit and traced the head of his cock, making him groan. “That hardly seems fair.”

“You know me,” he said as he pulled his bathing suit down, freeing his cock. “I’m all about fair.”

She wrapped her hand around his throbbing shaft and grinned. “That’s what I like about you,” she said before kissing him with her sexy wet lips. “That and your big cock.”

Her legs were back around him as she gripped his dick, looking like she was never going to let it go.

Ryder caught her ass as she glided toward him, gripping her soft round cheeks with two firm grips. She let out a cute little moan as he spread her cheeks apart and guided her toward his dick.

They both looked down through the wavy water as she pulled the tip of his cock up through her soft folds, making them both shiver with anticipation.

The need he felt for her was overwhelming. To have her, to be inside her, to be a part of her. It was agonizing how much he wanted her.

She bit her lip and held her breath as she pressed the head of his cock to her wet opening. Ryder slowly pushed his hips forward, sliding his thick cock inside her.

“Oh, yeah,” she moaned as he pushed in further, taking his time with every agonizing inch. She was so wet and hot and tight.

They both moaned as he thrust all the way in. He held her there for a moment, enjoying the snug fit of his dick surrounded by her tight warmth.

Her lips parted as she gasped and Ryder brought his lips down on her hard and rough, taking her mouth in a desperate kiss.

She let out little whimpers as he slowly pulled his hips back and then thrust them back in with a little more force than the last time.

“I’ve been wanting to do this all week, Tempest Kole,” he said as he pulled back, leaving only his tip in to tease her.

Her grip on his shoulders tightened as she rocked her hips, trying to get more of him inside her.

“Then what are you waiting for?” she asked with a challenging, lust-filled grin. “Blow my fucking mind.”

Ryder was up to the challenge. He squeezed her ass and gave her a hard thrust, that had her screaming out. He increased the pace, hitting her with hard, long strokes that had her gritting her teeth when she wasn’t crying out in pleasure.

They were turning the calm little grotto into a wave pool. It looked like a sea storm as the waves crashed against the rocks and then swelled back against their bodies.

He never let up. He just held her in place and gave one devastating thrust after another until both of their bodies were tight with tension and ready to come.

She grabbed him tight. Her nails digging into his soft wet skin.

“Come in me, Ryder.” Her voice was raspy and deep right next to his ear. The heat of her breath on his skin was enough to do it. “Now. I need to feel it now.”

He released her ass and wrapped his arms around her body tight as he thrust into her deep with one last hard push. She gasped and opened her mouth, twisting her face up as she came on his cock.

Her soft pussy tightened on his shaft, squeezing it in a death grip. A deep roar burst from his throat as he came, filling her insides with a hot rush of cum.

He gritted his teeth as he emptied every last drop inside her. Her eyes were closed, her mouth open, and she was breathing deep ragged breaths as he held her as tight as he could without breaking her.

The warm waves of his orgasm surged through him as the warm waves of the pool settled down around them, crashing into them with less ferocity.

After the intensity faded, he slid out with a moan and they sank back into the water, separating from each other as they came back down to earth.

Tempest’s lips curled up into a smile as she submerged into the water up to her chin.

“What are you grinning at?” he asked. He wanted to know everything about. What she was thinking, what she was feeling. He couldn’t get enough of her.

“We just had sex.”

He laughed. “I know. I was there.”

“It was a good thing you were,” she said with a grin. “Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been nearly as much fun.”

He pulled on the chain of the handcuffs, bringing her toward him. “You know that spell that takes these off?”

She licked her lips and nodded as their bodies came together—it was strange how their bodies were already fitting together so perfectly.

“You should throw it in the garbage,” he said. “Or burn it.”

She slid her hand through his hair and started giving him gentle kisses on his neck. “You want to be attached to me forever?”

He took a deep breath as he closed his eyes, focusing on her lips touching his tingling skin.

“It would be nice,” he whispered. “At least for another decade.”

She chuckled. “Be careful what you wish for Mr. Ryder. I have been known to drive people crazy.”

“Oh, you’ve already done that,” he said as his dick started to harden once again. “You’re driving me crazy in more ways than one.”

He could feel her lips smiling on his neck. “I hope one of those is crazy in the good way.”

Ryder sighed. “They’re all in the good way.”

“Good,” she said as she started rocking her hips on him again, making the water angry. “Because you’re stuck with me for a little longer at least.”

Ryder felt a surge of dread as he held her close.

It wouldn’t be long enough.