never admit it.”
“Of course not. We’re men, baby. We can never admit to having anything less than go-all-night stamina.” Rylan waggled his eyebrows at her.
Laughing, she stepped closer and threw her arms around him in a tight hug. “Night, Ry.”
Rylan squeezed her back, planting a kiss on the top of her head. The other man watched the exchange without a hint of jealousy in his eyes. He turned into a possessive asshole whenever anyone showed interest in Hudson, but never around Rylan. Maybe Connor was confident that Rylan would never try to steal his woman. Or maybe Con just suspected what Rylan had never voiced out loud – that he had no interest in settling down. Ever.
Either way, it didn’t matter why his friend trusted him. He enjoyed his visits to their bed, and as long as Con was willing to share Hudson, Rylan was happy to accommodate them.
The moment Hudson was inside the cabin, Connor finally voiced his thoughts. “Reese is lying to me.”
“Huh. Okay.” Rylan’s gaze sharpened. “You think there weren’t any attacks on Foxworth?”
“No, the attacks were real. I spoke to her people. They confirmed it.”
“They could have been lying too. You know everyone there follows Reese’s lead.” Which never failed to get him hard, seeing the power Reese wielded over her people.
Something about that woman turned Rylan on something fierce. He found it insanely bothersome that she didn’t return the interest. He could rock the woman’s world, if she’d just let him.
Connor was shaking his head. “I know when I’m being lied to. Her people were telling the truth. She wasn’t.” His hands curled over the wooden ledge, frustration etched into his features. “Her request for training… something about it sounded off.”
“What do you think she’s up to?”
“No clue, but there’s definitely something brewing in Foxworth.” Con shrugged. “I need you to find out what it is.”
Rylan offered a rueful grin. “If you need to me to set up some kind of honey pot operation – or would it be honey dick? – then you might be shit out of luck. My natural charisma doesn’t work on that woman.”
The other man chuckled. “Guess you’ll have to dip into your other bag of tricks, then. I don’t care how you get the intel, just get it done. I’m not happy about sending people to Foxworth when I know Reese is cooking something up.”
“I’ll do what I can,” he promised.
“Good, now I should probably get inside before Hudson comes out and —”
A loud crash sounded from the vicinity of the trees. In a heartbeat, both men had their guns out of their waistbands and aimed at the dark forest. Since the entire camp was rigged with trip wires, Rylan tensed, expecting an explosion to light up the sky at any moment, but the night went silent again.
Frowning, Connor slid the radio out of his belt. “Xan, you at the lodge?”
A static-ridden response came back. “Yeah.”
“Check the cameras in the east woods. We heard a crash.”
There was a long beat of silence, then, “Think it was a branch. A few of those dead trees we need to cut down took a beating during the thunderstorm the other night. I’m seeing lots of branches on the ground.”
Connor relaxed. “Gotcha. Thanks.”
They kept their weapons trained for several more seconds before lowering them. It probably
had
been a fallen branch, Rylan decided. The chances of anyone sneaking into the camp without setting off one of the motion sensors or explosives were pretty damn slim.
Tucking his gun away, Connor headed for the cabin door, then halted when he realized Rylan was still at the railing. He slanted his head and said, “You coming in or what?”
Rylan barked out a laugh. “Your woman’s tired.”
A wicked gleam entered Connor’s eyes. “Yeah, but nothing puts her to bed faster than a screaming orgasm. Been a while since we gave her one.”
Rylan’s dick was hard in a nanosecond. Yeah, it’d been a couple of
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