6
RYDER
I awoke with the sun, as usual. What was unusual was the woman beside me. I wasn't a monk; I'd f****d enough women to sate my needs. But I'd never had a woman in my bed before. Having Ellie's lush, sated body pressed against me all night long had been heaven and hell commingled into one. Just the feel of her soft, lush body next to mine was incredible, making me hard with wanting, but knowing she was most likely too sore to take me again had me lying awake most of the night, trying to sleep, but failing. Eventually, I'd fallen into restless dreams with thoughts of Baxter shooting her.
The woman was reckless! She'd deliberately ignored my command, wanting to protect me from the murderer. Protect me! A little slip of a thing. I extracted myself from her tangle of arms and legs and
