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slowly drove into her as his cock thickened again. As they lay beneath the moon, Zane took her over and over again until they both fell to an exhausted slumber.
    He woke alone, covered by part of the blanket. A quick glance at his watch told him it was five. A thick fog covered the ground and almost the shadow of his truck.
    “Zoë?”
    No answer. He rose and tugged on his jeans. He called for her a few more times with the same disappointing result. She wasn’t there. He opened his truck door and saw her shirt no longer lay on the seat.
    He checked the steering column but didn’t find a note from her there. Not that she had paper with her.
    He hadn’t any clue where she went. Or if she was hurt somewhere. A frustrated curse fell from his lips. Striding back to the blanket, he thought about turning her over his knee when he found her. He bent for his shirt and tugged it on. Shoving his feet into his boots, he wadded up the blanket then jogged back to the truck.
    As he slipped behind the wheel he realized he’d slept well without nightmares for the first time in many months. I just should have stayed away from her. That’s all there is to it. He drove home making sure to swing by the garage. Her vehicle was gone so he figured she just ran. Short of banging on her parents’ door, he hadn’t any way of finding her. He didn’t know where she lived, if it was with her folks or not, nor did he have her phone number.
    Something that was definitely going to have to change.
    He strode in the house, meeting Cade who was just coming down the stairs.
    “Morning, bro. Where have you been?”
    Zane swung the door shut behind him. “Out.”
    “Breakfast is in the oven, I was about to call you. I left that bag in your truck, can I go grab it?”
    “Sure. It’s open.”
    He jogged upstairs and stepped into his bathroom. Within moments he stood beneath the hot spray of the shower. He longed to go back to sleep but this was a working ranch and if his brothers were up, then he would be as well. He dried off and stepped into his bedroom. As he dressed, he stared at his reflection in the mirror.
    His scars stopped him and he wondered if she hadn’t liked feeling them against her skin. She’d been so smooth and he…wasn’t. Zane tugged on a shirt and toweled off his hair once more before returning the damp item to the shower rack.
    He returned to the first floor and joined his brothers in the kitchen. Cade had a shitty grin on his face. Zane looked between both men. “What’s going on?”
    “Cade was telling me you were out late last night with a girl.”
    “How does he think he knows this?” Zane fixed a plate of food and sat at the table. “I didn’t say anything to him other than I was out.”
    “I went to your truck,” Cade reminded him.
    Zane shrugged. “And?”
    His brother lifted one hand and dangling from his finger was a red thong. “I’m guessing this isn’t quite your size.”
    Zoë must have forgotten her panties in his truck. He forced himself to remain seated. “Put those down, Cade.”
    “Who was it?” he asked.
    “Leave him alone, Cade,” Nate interfered. “He’s not answerable to you. If he wants to go out he can without getting the third degree from us.”
    Zane didn’t respond, aware if he did, Cade would latch back on like a leech. He finished his food in silence, drank the rest of his coffee, then took his dishes to the sink. As he left the room, he snatched the panties from his brother and walked to his room where he put them in his hamper. At the door, he rested his head against the wood.
    I need to stay far away from her. I’m anything but what she needs in this world.
    Even as the words tumbled through his mind he was trying to figure out a way to see her again.
    ***
    Zoë scowled when the darkness in her room gave way to brilliant light, waking her from the dreams that replayed her night in Zane’s arms. Squinting, she spied Cora sitting on the edge of her bed.
    “Why are you in my